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The U.S. Department of Education says it will retroactively help millions of federal student loan borrowers who have been hurt and held back by its troubled income-driven repayment (IDR) plans, calling the plans' longstanding flaws and mismanagement "inexcusable." Tuesday's announcement comes after years of complaints and lawsuits and, most recently, an NPR investigation that revealed that these IDR plans, which promise affordable monthly payments as low as $0 and loan forgiveness after 20-25 years, have been badly mismanaged by the department and the loan servicing companies it employs. INVESTIGATIONS

Exclusive: How the most affordable student loan program failed low-income borrowers

"Today, the Department of Education will begin to remedy years of administrative failures that effectively denied the promise of loan forgiveness to certain borrowers enrolled in IDR plans," U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona said in a statement.

History was made moments ago when the U.S. Senate confirmed Ketanji Brown Jackson to become the next Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Jackson is the first African American woman to serve on the court and the 116th Associate Justice overall.

Plano ISD April Board Meetings

Shout out to Denise Williams, Cafeteria Manager at Mendenhall Elementary, goes above and beyond for all students and staff at Mendenhall. Congrats on a well deserved honor!

Plano ISD incoming Superintendent Dr. Theresa Williams invites campus staff to an upcoming Meet & Greet with your fellow feeder campuses. This will be an informal “come and go” gathering to get to know you better and for you to get to know her and the leadership team. A Meet & Greet event for non-campus staff will be announced soon.

Click the link below to watch the flipgrid submissions from our wonderful candidates!

Networking and being plugged into many different organizations, groups and committees is a great way to stay informed and make change. One of our goals as PAABSE is to be able to network to assist our students but also our fellow educators as well. Please help us with this by adding some information to help our network grow.

Headed into May with all it's craziness sometimes I need a reminder to SMILE :)!

Plano Area Alliance of Black School Educators is an organization of Educators and those who support education working with Kindergarten through twelfth grade students to enhance their academic performance in pursuit to becoming productive citizens.

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