9 MILLION PEOPLE RECEIVED EMAILS THAT MISTAKENLY SAID THEIR STUDENT LOAN FORGIVENESS WAS APPROVED:

About nine million people received an email in November from the Department of Education that mistakenly said their application for student loan forgiveness had been approved. The nine million borrowers who received the inaccurate emails have now started to receive new emails from the government correcting the error. While their applications were received, they have yet to be approved or rejected.

The department received about 26 million applications for student loan forgiveness before the program was halted by a federal district judge in November. The administration has said that it accurately approved 16 million of those applications for debt cancellation – though it has not been able to provide that relief due to the ongoing lawsuits.

A human error led to the email being sent with an inaccurate subject line, according to the company.

Borrowers should not expect to see debt relief unless the US Supreme Court allows the program to move forward. The justices are scheduled to hear oral arguments in February, with a decision expected by June.