# 2026-08746: Speak Up: Help Shape Affordable Student Loan Payment Rules

2026-08746, Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; Loan Rehabilitation: Reasonable and Affordable Payments, is a Federal Register notice from Education Department published 2026-05-05, effective 2026-07-06; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-06-08).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-08746
- As of: 2026-06-08
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2026-08746
- Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; Loan Rehabilitation: Reasonable and Affordable Payments
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Education Department
- Citation: 91 FR 24213
- Published: 2026-05-05
- Effective: 2026-07-06
- Comments close: 2026-07-06
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: yes
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-06-08

## In one line

Speak Up: Help Shape Affordable Student Loan Payment Rules

## Summary

The Department of Education wants your thoughts on updating how they collect info about making student loan payments reasonable and affordable. If you have a federal student loan, these changes could affect how you prove your payments fit your budget. You’ve got until July 6, 2026, to share your ideas—so don’t miss out on shaping the future of loan help!

## Abstract

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the Department is proposing revision of a currently approved information collection request (ICR).

## Effects PRIA read

- New loan-rehab financial form: benefit, medium. If you have a defaulted Direct Loan or FFEL federal student loan, the Department will revise the form that collects your standardized financial information so it can set a “reasonable and affordable” monthly payment that could let you rehabilitate the loan. These revisions reflect statutory changes…
- Estimated paperwork burden: cost, low. The Department estimates the revised collection will produce 139,000 annual responses and 139,000 total annual burden hours from individuals or households responding to the form. If you are a borrower with a defaulted federal student loan, you may be among those asked to provide this information, a…

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## Sources
- [2026-08746 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/05/2026-08746/agency-information-collection-activities-comment-request-loan-rehabilitation-reasonable-and)
- [2026-08746 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-05-05/pdf/2026-08746.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-08746 (as of 2026-06-08).