Top FSA Official to Step Down, Run for Senate, Call for Student Debt Relief

Inside Higher Education reports that a top official in the Office of Federal Student Aid (FSA) in the U.S. Department of Education, A. Wayne Johnson (R-GA), is stepping down to run for a U.S. Senate seat in Georgia and to call for "canceling massive amounts of student loan debt." From Inside Higher Education: "His first campaign proposal is a call for canceling up to $50,000 in student debt for anyone holding federal loans. He also wants to make the same amount available as a grant for students to cover postsecondary education, including workforce training and vocational programs."