教育部本周宣布，将完全免除那些“参与某些不当行为”的学校借款人的联邦贷款。

该部门表示，在特朗普政府时期，一些学生只得到部分缓解。教育部估计，新的公式可以帮助大约72，000名借款人获得10亿美元。

新任教育部长米格尔·卡多纳在一份声明中说:“当借款人受到机构不当行为的伤害时，他们应该得到简化和公平的救济途径。”。“对这些索赔和相关证据的仔细审查表明，这些借款人受到了伤害，我们将给予他们一个新的开始。”

2019年，当时的教育部长贝琪·德沃斯在众议院教育和劳工委员会露面时，因其对该问题的处理而面临严格审查。教育部表示，现在将确保拥有批准索赔的借款人“有一个获得全额贷款的简化途径”，包括以前获得“低于全额贷款”的个人。

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美国教育部位于华盛顿特区，2021年2月21日。

该部门补充说，它还将“在未来采取额外的行动，包括重新监管。”

包括弗吉尼亚州众议院教育和劳工委员会主席鲍比·斯科特在内的民主党人对这一举措表示欢迎。

他在一份声明中说:“四年多来，被诈骗的借款人及其家人一直生活在他们不应该偿还的教育债务的阴影下。”。“我赞扬拜登政府做了正确的事情，让这些借款人变得完整，我只能想象他们今天感到的喜悦和宽慰。这一声明改变了全国数万人的生活。”

Education Department to fully forgive federal loans of defrauded students

The Education Department announced this week it would fully forgive the federal loans of borrowers who enrolled in schools that "engaged in certain misconduct."

Under the Trump administration, some students only were only given partial relief, the department said. The Education Department estimates the new formula could help approximately 72,000 borrowers receive $1 billion.

"Borrowers deserve a simplified and fair path to relief when they have been harmed by their institution’s misconduct," said the new Secretary of Education, Miguel Cardona, in a statement. "A close review of these claims and the associated evidence showed these borrowers have been harmed and we will grant them a fresh start from their debt."

In 2019, then-Education Secretary Betsy DeVos faced intense scrutiny over her handling of the issue when she appeared before the House Education and Labor committee. The Education Department says it will now ensure borrowers with approved claims "have a streamlined path to receiving full loan discharges," including individuals who previously received "less than a full loan discharge."

The department added that it will also be "pursuing additional actions, including re-regulation, in the future."

Democrats, including House Education and Labor Committee Chair Bobby Scott of Virginia, applauded the move.

"For more than four years, defrauded borrowers and their families have lived under a cloud of education debt that they should not have to repay," he said in a statement. "I applaud the Biden Administration for doing the right thing by making these borrowers whole, and I can only imagine the mixture of joy and relief they are feeling today. This announcement is lifechanging for tens of thousands of people across the country."