US President-Elect Joe Biden speaks at Major Joseph R. “Beau” Biden III National Guard /Reserve Center in New Castle Airport on January 19, 2021, in New Castle, Delaware, before departing for Washington, DC.
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President Joe Biden on Wednesday plans to extend the payment pause on federal student loans through at least September 2021.
The executive order will be one of Biden’s first acts as president.
The U.S. Department of Education announced in March that borrowers wouldn’t have to pay their student loan bills or worry about interest accruing for 60 days. That relief has repeatedly been extended but was set to expire at the end of this month.
The continued pause on payments and accruing interest on federal student loan debt gives further relief to 42 million student loan borrowers.