How has student loan debt impacted you? Share your story

June 30, 2023 at 3:01PM
A police officer watches as student loan borrowers and advocates gather for the People’s Rally to Cancel Student Debt during Supreme Court hearings on student debt relief in February. (Jemal Countess, TNS - TNS/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

The Supreme Court has ruled the Biden administration overstepped its authority in trying to cancel or reduce student loan debt, effectively killing the $400 billion plan, which would have canceled up to $20,000 in federal student loans for 43 million people. Of those, 20 million would have had their remaining student debt erased completely.

The court's decision means, barring an act of Congress, those Americans are on the hook for payments starting in October.

More than 775,000 Minnesotans have student loan debt.

The Star Tribune is looking for Minnesotans who are willing to talk about how student debt has affected their lives. If you're interested or would like to learn more, please include your contact information in the form below.

about the writer

Liz Navratil

Higher education reporter

Liz Navratil covers higher education for the Star Tribune. She spent the previous three years covering Minneapolis City Hall as leaders responded to the coronavirus pandemic and George Floyd’s murder.

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