Comments of John Patrick Hunt on Student Loan Negotiated Rulemaking

Abstract

These comments, submitted to the Department of Education on June 30, 2021, urge the Department (1) to take heed of the educational mission of the student loan programs, and not just the interest in recovering money, in fashioning student loan collection policy; and (2) resume reconsideration of its policies relating to consent to student loan discharge in bankruptcy. The Department solicited public comment in early 2018 on bankruptcy discharge policy, but the issue does not appear on the current list of items under consideration for negotiated rulemaking.

Keywords: student loans, bankruptcy

JEL Classification: K35, I22