Education Secretary Linda McMahon temporarily halted student loan forgiveness under a long-standing federal repayment plan to carry out system updates the agency says are needed to ensure it is in compliance with court injunctions against a Biden-era debt relief policy.

No court has ordered the DOE to pause forgiveness under IBR. The law says that borrowers who have made 20 or 25 years of qualifying payments are entitled to have their remaining student loan balance forgiven.