I have student debt. What happens to it?
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Your loans stay what they are: contracts between you and the lender. Independence does not void them, and it does not change their terms by itself.
A contract carries on
A student loan is a contract, and a change of government does not tear up contracts already signed. The terms you agreed to carry on until you and the lender settle them, the same as a car loan or a lease.
Tuition is already set in Texas
Texas public universities and the Legislature already set what a Texas degree costs. TNM does not claim a specific tuition cut. The decisions about what the next class of Texas students pays are already made in Texas, and would stay there.
The bottom line
Your debt is a contract, and it carries on. What Texas builds next is ours to decide.
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