It’s too early to know how the changes will impact borrowers, but the announcement will come amid confusion surrounding student-loan payment plans.

This move to gather feedback may be in response to President Donald Trump's March 7 executive order to limit eligibility for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program, a debt relief plan that wipes out student loan balances for eligible teachers, nurses and other public servants after 10 years of on-time payments.

After months of Republican backlash against a Biden-era plan, the Department of Education suspended four of the agency’s programs in early March.