Information still not available re: student loan interest being paused temporarily. NASFAA is working to get more clarification, but this is from NASFAA News Today:
At a press conference Friday afternoon in which President Donald Trump declared a national emergency due to the novel coronavirus outbreak, he also announced he would be pausing the interest on federal loans to support impacted student borrowers — though it’s unclear exactly how that change will be implemented …
The interest accrual pause would apply to all federal loans, including those in income-driven repayment plans, those in forbearance, federally-held Federal Family Education Loan Program (FFELP) loans, and federally-held Perkins loans. The interest waiver will be automatic, retroactively dated to Friday, though Department of Education (ED) officials said it may take time to operationalize.