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Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2024 10:34:12 +0000
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+---
+date: '2024-12-20'
+modified_time: 2024-12-19 22:56:19-05:00
+published_time: 2024-12-20 05:00:00-05:00
+source_url: https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2024/12/20/statement-from-president-joe-biden-on-student-debt-cancellation-for-public-service-workers/
+tags: statements-releases
+title: "Statement from President Joe\_Biden on Student Debt Cancellation for Public\
+  \ Service\_Workers"
+---
+ 
+Today, my Administration is announcing student debt cancellation for
+another 55,000 public service workers, bringing the total number of
+individuals who have been approved for student debt relief under my
+Administration to nearly 5 million people through various actions. The
+public servants approved for debt cancellation today include teachers,
+nurses, service members, law enforcement officials, and other public
+service workers who have dedicated their lives to giving back to their
+communities and who are finally earning the relief they are entitled to
+under the law.
+
+Over the last four years, we have made significant progress for students
+and borrowers – including securing the largest increase to the maximum
+Pell Grant award in over a decade; holding institutions accountable for
+taking advantage of students; and fixing broken student loan programs
+such as Public Service Loan Forgiveness and Income Driven Repayment.
+
+From Day One of my Administration, I promised to make sure that higher
+education is a ticket to the middle class, not a barrier to opportunity.
+Because of our actions, millions of people across the country now have
+the breathing room to start businesses, save for retirement, and pursue
+life plans they had to put on hold because of the burden of student loan
+debt.
+
+\###