Executive Order 14235

Restoring Public Service Loan Forgiveness

Signed 2025-03-07 in effect
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Narrows the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program to align with statutory requirements, reversing what the administration characterizes as Biden-era expansions.

Section by Section

What each section does, and how they differ.

Sec. 1 Purpose

Prior administration misused Public Service Loan Forgiveness through waivers for employees not meeting statutory requirements. PSLF has misdirected tax dollars into activist organizations engaging in illegal immigration facilitation, human trafficking, and property destruction that harm national security.

Sec. 2 Restoring Public Service Loan Forgiveness

Secretary of Education shall revise PSLF regulations to exclude organizations engaging in substantial illegal purposes: aiding immigration law violations, supporting terrorism or cartels, child abuse or trafficking, unlawful discrimination, or pattern violations of state tort laws including trespassing and vandalism.

Sec. 3 General Provisions

Standard boilerplate: preserves existing agency authority, conditions the order on appropriations, and creates no enforceable private rights.