Congress passes college loan relief for deployed students

By Rick Maze: Times staff writer

Congress has approved student-loan relief for service members whose college educations were disrupted by deployments to Iraq or Afghanistan.

A provision of S 1932, the Deficit Reduction Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act, passed Wednesday by the House, defers student-loan payments and the accrual of any interest on such loans for troops deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan. Read more.