Borrowers can now enroll in a new incomedriven repayment plan that could lower their monthly bills and reduce the amount they pay back over the lifetime of their loans . The SAVE plan will essentially replace one of those known as REPAYE Revised Pay As You Earn while the others are phased out for new borrowers . Some parts of the new plan will be implemented this summer and others will take effect in July . The plan which Biden is calling SAVE Saving on a Valuable Education is fully phased in next year some people will see their monthly bill cut in half and remaining debt canceled after making at least years of payments . The new SAVE repayment plan has gone through a formal rulemaking process at the Department of Education . It will cost the government around $1 billion to $1.5 million to $10 million . Borrower must have federally held student loans to qualify for the new repayment plan or any other federal repayment plan . Private student loans are not eligible for the plan . The changes go into effect this summer . Parents who took out a federal PLUS loan to help their child pay for college are not allowed to qualify . Parents with Federal Family Education Loans known as FFEL or Perkins Loans that are held by a commercial lender rather than the government will need to consolidate into a Direct loan in order to qualify to qualify. Private loans do not qualify for private student loans . Private Student Loans do not Qualify for the New SAVE . The change will not qualify. The changes will not be allowed to Qualify. Borrowing to Qualifying for the SAVE. The change is not allowed. The plan. The new. to Qualified. to qualify in the new. Federal Student Loan Service. Forgiving. Loans