Judge Greenlights Lawsuit Over Student Debt Relief With Limitations

Only three of 11 states have ’skin in the game,' that is, standing to sue the Education Department, the U.S. district judge in Kansas ruled.

U.S. Department of Education building in Washington on July 6, 2023. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

A federal judge has allowed a multistate lawsuit challenging the Biden administration’s “most generous” student loan repayment option to proceed, but only after dismissing most plaintiff states from the case.

Republican attorneys general of Kansas and 10 other states sued the U.S. Department of Education in late March.