Their colleges closed, but the government refuses to erase their debts, lawsuit says

Federal law requires the Education Department to erase the student loans of borrowers whose colleges close suddenly. A new lawsuit claims the department isn't fully following those rules.

<img src='https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/8256x5504+0+0/resize/8256x5504!/quality/85/format/webp/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fba%2Fa9%2Fc0fade634387ad7d6736dda6e1d9%2F20261026-student-loans-kendrick-gaussoin-02.jpg' alt='Kendrick Gaussoin near his home in Winsted, Connecticut. Under a Biden-era change, Gaussoin's federal student loans should have been erased.'/><p>Federal law requires the Education Department to erase the student loans of borrowers whose colleges close suddenly. A new lawsuit claims the department isn't fully following those rules.</p><p>(Image credit: Raquel C. Zaldívar for NPR)</p><img src='https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=nx-s1-6003916' />