October loan payments will still be due, but an extended shutdown could impact customer service.
On Monday, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre
Again, that doesn't excuse borrowers from making their first payment. That obligation, as well as the accrual of interest, would continue onward like a ghost ship."We have enough funding to continue operations at [loan] servicers for at least a few more weeks," Kvaal told NPR on Friday."After that, there is potential that there could be significant disruption to the service we provide to borrowers, including call center operations.
In the servicers' defense, their budgets have been cut by the Education Department even as they're scrambling to hire more call center workers.
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