Trump says student loans will be handled by Small Business Administration

• Trump says student loans will be handled by Small Business Administration

  President Donald Trump said Friday that the Small Business Administration, instead of the Education Department, would handle the country's student loans.
  
  CNBC - 13h
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  Trump announces the Small Business Administration will handle student loans

  President Trump announced that the Small Business Administration would take over the handling of student loans after he signed an executive order aimed at dismantling the Department of Education.
  
  NBC News - 14h
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  Trump says student loans moving to SBA, 'special needs' to HHS

  President Trump said Friday he is “immediately” moving the handling of federal student loans to the Small Business Administration (SBA), and shifting programs for students with disabilities to the ...
  
  The Hill - 14h

• Small Business Administration cutting staff by 43%

  The Small Business Administration on Friday said it is cutting more than 40% of its staff as part of the Trump administration's wider effort to shrink the federal bureaucracy.
  
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  Small Business Association to oversee student loans, Trump says

  The president also said the Department of Health will handle special education and school nutrition programs.
  
  NBC News - 19h
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  US small business agency to oversee student loans

  The Small Business Administration will now manage the loans of some 40 million US borrowers.
  
  BBC News - 11h

• Trump says Education Dept. shouldn't handle student loans: 'Not their business'

  It's a major challenge to the Trump administration's plans to dismantle the Education Department: How to transfer the loan accounts of over 40 million people.
  
  CNBC - Mar. 11

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  MarketWatch - Mar. 11
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  Trump says student loans, special needs programs will be moved to new departments

  President Donald Trump said Friday that the SBA will take on student loans and HHS will take on special needs and nutrition efforts.
  
  ABC News - 11h

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