Student Loan Forbearance Paperwork Gets Boring Extension
Published Date: 3/30/2026
Notice
Summary
The Department of Education wants to keep collecting info about student loans without changing the rules. This affects folks with Federal Direct Loans who use forbearance or loan rehab options. You’ve got until May 29, 2026, to share your thoughts—no new costs or changes, just a paperwork check-in!
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1 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.
Federal Direct Loan Paperwork Extended
If you have a Federal Direct Loan that may use forbearance or loan rehabilitation, the Department of Education is extending without change its information collection under OMB Control Number 1845-0119. The collection will continue to cover 129,027 annual responses and a total estimated 35,094 annual burden hours. You can submit comments on this extension on or before May 29, 2026.
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