http://tpr.org en http://tpr.org/post/federal-government-accelerates-implementation-student-loan-repayment-plan <p></p><p>People who are saddled with big student-loan debts can soon take advantage of the government’s loan repayment and forgiveness plan that officially begins this Friday.</p><p>The Department of Education program will allow students and families who are paying off high student loan debt to reduce their payments to 10 percent of their discretionary income.</p><p>Derrick Smith, a certified credit counselor with <a href="http://www.cccssa.org/" target="_blank">Consumer Credit Counseling of San Antonio</a>, said students must have received two separate loans.</p> Tue, 18 Dec 2012 16:13:19 +0000 Eileen Pace 3456 at http://tpr.org Federal Government Accelerates Implementation Of Student Loan Repayment Plan