Student loan interest rates reached their highest levels since before the Great Recession this summer, which will cost borrowers thousands of dollars more, according to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

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With the start of October comes the start of federal student loan payments again after a pause of over three years.

Federal student loan borrowers will have to resume payments in October, including thousands of San Antonians who applied for student loan debt forgiveness before the Supreme Court rejected President Joe Biden’s initial loan program that would have wiped the slate clean for many borrowers.

Federal student loan borrowers will have to resume payments in October as millions wait to see if the Supreme Court is going to approve President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness program.

While the supreme court is still deciding on mass student loan forgiveness, nearly 40,000 student loan borrowers in Texas have been approved via the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program.

Student loan borrowers in Texas carry the second largest amount of debt in the U.S. behind California, according to a new report from Lending Tree.

Nearly 164,000 people with student loan debt applied for loan forgiveness in San Antonio since President Joe Biden announced his initiative last year.

You can officially apply for the student debt relief program through a beta launch on the Federal Student Aid’s website.

Officials with the Department of Education have announced that the application for student loan debt relief will open sometime in October and will be available until Dec. 31, 2023.

President Joe Biden announced a plan this week that will bring debt relief to millions of people who have student loans. For borrowers who made payments during the pause and also qualify for debt relief — there’s a way to get a refund.