Nearly 2.5 million Floridians affected by Biden student loan plan
TALLAHASSEE - Nearly 2.43 million people in Florida are eligible for reductions or elimination of student-loan debt under a plan announced last month by President Joe Biden.
According to numbers released by the White House, the total includes more than 1.7 million Pell Grant recipients in Florida.
Overall, 38.5 million borrowers across the country are eligible, according to the White House.
While Biden has touted the plan, many Republicans, including Gov. Ron DeSantis, have criticized it. During an August 25th appearance, DeSantis said the plan was "unfair" to people who paid off loans and people who "took other pathways in life that didn't require them to take out a lot of loans."
Biden's plan would forgive up to $20,000 in loans for Pell Grant recipients and up to $10,000 for other borrowers. The White House said nearly 90 percent of the money would benefit people who earn less than $75,000 a year and none would go to people or households in the top five percent of U.S. incomes.