Coalition Sues Education Department Over Student Loan Forgiveness Change

In Brief

NASW is part of a coalition of more than a dozen cities, labor unions and nonprofit organizations that filed a lawsuit in November against the U.S. Department of Education. The suit charges the Trump-Vance administration with illegally repurposing the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program to silence governments and nonprofit organizations that do work the administration does not agree with. “The proposed changes to Public Service Loan Forgiveness would punish those who dedicate their careers to strengthening communities and supporting our most vulnerable neighbors, ” said NASW CEO Anthony Estreet, PhD, MBA, LCSW-C. “NASW is joining this litigation because social workers should never be penalized for choosing to serve some of the most vulnerable people in our society.”