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A rule that would have let the Education Secretary decide which public service jobs count is now dead in court. Watch The government quit its fight over pu...

A rule that would have let the Education Secretary decide which public service jobs count is now dead in court. Watch The government quit its fight over public service loan forgiveness (3 min), with captions The stories The fight is over On October 21, the government dropped 2 of its 3 appeals defending that rule. So the rule stays struck down. Forbes calls it a win for 2.3 million borrowers working toward forgiveness. What Public Service Loan Forgiveness is Public Service Loan Forgiveness was created by Congress in 2007. After 120 qualifying monthly payments in full-time public service, the rest of a federal student loan is cancelled. There are 18 kinds of qualifying work, from law enforcement to 501(c)(3) nonprofits. Who it reaches About 2.3 million borrowers are working toward it right now. And by January, 1.2 million had already been forgiven. What has been forgiven That's $90.6B forgiven through January. Nearly $75,000 for the average borrower. Who decides which jobs count? So who decides which jobs count? That was the whole fight. The rule On October 31, 2025, Education Secretary Linda McMahon issued a final rule: employers with a substantial illegal purpose would lose eligibility. The listed examples included aiding illegal immigration, supporting terrorism, and a pattern of illegal discrimination. From July 1, 2026, payments at those employers would not have counted. How it unraveled It started with an executive order in March 2025, then the final rule on October 31, 2025. On June 30, 2026, two courts struck it down, a day before it started. The government appealed all 3 rulings in August, and on October 21 it dropped 2 of them. Why the courts said no Both courts read the law's text as ruling out a substantial illegal purpose test. One court said the law credits work at any 501(c)(3), with no power to pick and choose. The plaintiffs were nonprofits and cities, plus 22 states and D.C. The other side Now, the other side. Linda McMahon's department called the rule restoring the program to its purpose under the law. The dismissal filings gave no reason for dropping the appeals. And one case is still open: the 22 states, with a government brief due November 4. The law decides which jobs count. Two federal courts said it on June 30, 2026. The law decides which jobs count. Listen The episode as audio Download and post Every file of this edition, with its ready-to-paste titles, descriptions and tags. Distribution kit Download the videos, audio, captions and carousel, or use the prepared post text below. Preview the carousel Videos Video 16:9 (1080p MP4) Vertical 9:16 (TikTok, Reels, Shorts) Vertical highlight Raw audio Final mix (lossless WAV) Final mix (MP3) Voice only (lossless WAV) Captions Captions (WebVTT) Captions (SRT) Highlight captions (SRT) Script Script (plain text) Instagram carousel Carousel (ZIP of slides + caption) Ready to post YouTube thumbnail (1280x720 JPEG) Highlight cover (1080x1920 JPEG) Post pack: titles, descriptions, chapters, tags (JSON) Links Podcast episode Podcast RSS feed The deck Watch page (share link) Carousel caption On October 21 the government dropped 2 of its 3 appeals defending a rule that would have cut employers with a 'substantial illegal purpose' out of Public Service Loan Forgiveness. Two courts struck the rule down on June 30. Forbes: a win for 2.3 million borrowers working toward forgiveness. What PSLF is, what the rule did, why the courts said no, and what is still open. Follow The Receipts: dataspheres.ai/pages/wtf-america #PSLF #StudentLoans #PublicService Post to each platform YouTube Upload the full video in YouTube Studio. Paste the title, description and tags into their matching fields. Add the thumbnail and captions. Review audience, synthetic-media disclosure and visibility, then publish. Download full video · Download video thumbnail · Download captions Title The government quit its fight over public service loan forgiveness | The Receipts Description A rule that would have let the Education Secretary decide which public service jobs count is now dead in court. In this episode: The government quit its fight over public service loan forgiveness; The fight is over; What Public Service Loan Forgiveness is; The rule; March 2025: How it unraveled, an executive order; Why the courts said no; The other side; Easy Media Kits on Dataspheres AI. - On October 21, the government dropped 2 of its 3 appeals defending that rule. - Public Service Loan Forgiveness was created by Congress in 2007. - About 2.3 million borrowers are working toward it right now. Chapters 0:00 The government quit its fight over public service loan forgiveness 0:19 The fight is over 0:32 What Public Service Loan Forgiveness is 1:12 The rule 1:37 March 2025: How it unraveled, an executive order 1:57 Why the courts said no 2:14 The other side 2:38 Easy Media Kits on Dataspheres AI Follow The Receipts: https://dataspheres.ai/pages/wtf-america Watch with the deck and its sources: https://datasphe