Protect Borrowers, in a statement by senior counsel Laura C. Dismore, accuses McMahon of blatant flouting of the law
Protect BorrowersStudent debt advocacy group and counsel for the plaintiffs, through senior counsel Laura C. Dismore in the lawsuit announcement on its website
In the lawsuit announcement posted on the Protect Borrowers website, the group's senior counsel Laura C. Dismore says the AFT is again going to court to hold McMahon accountable for what Dismore calls her blatant flouting of the law.
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The Education Department is withholding or delaying Public Service Loan Forgiveness buyback decisions, failing to credit borrowers for time worked in public service and clawing back credit it had already given.
“AFT is, once again, stepping up to hold Linda McMahon accountable in court for her blatant flouting of the law.”
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AFT sues Education Secretary McMahon over stalled Public Service Loan Forgiveness buyback requests and reduced payment counts; the department says it is correcting Biden-era coding errors
On October 30, 2026, AFT President Randi Weingarten and borrowers who work in public service sued Education Secretary Linda McMahon and the U.S. Department of Education in federal court in Washington, D.C. The proposed class action says the department has left tens of thousands of Public Service Loan Forgiveness buyback requests undecided, removed qualifying payment credit that borrowers had already received and stopped posting recent payments. An Education Department spokesperson told CNBC that the agency is correcting coding errors made under the Biden administration that resulted in inaccurate payment counts for some borrowers.
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Protect Borrowers press release of October 30, 2026, on the lawsuit it filed with Berger Montague as counsel for the plaintiffs. It carries the same statements as the AFT release, including one from Protect Borrowers senior counsel Laura C. Dismore, and describes the AFT's earlier suits against the department.
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The announcement, which also quotes AFT President Randi Weingarten and two plaintiffs, quotes Dismore saying that teachers, nurses and public service workers deserve the debt relief Congress promised them and that the AFT will fight to deliver on that promise.
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Dismore goes on to say the administration is so focused on destroying what is left of the Department of Education, and blaming borrowers for the consequences, that it has lost sight of its basic obligation to the American people.
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The reference point is the Education Department's handling of Public Service Loan Forgiveness buyback requests and payment counts, which the lawsuit challenges. Protect Borrowers, counsel for the plaintiffs, calls McMahon's conduct a blatant flouting of the law, condemning it.
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