A federal judge dismissed the State of Georgia from a lawsuit challenging the federal government's student loan forgiveness program because it could not prove standing to claim that the program will directly reduce its state income tax revenues.

U.S. District Judge J. Randal Hall of the Southern District of Georgia issued an order on Oct. 3 dismissing Georgia from a suit that includes the states of Missouri, Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, North Dakota and Ohio against the U.S. Department of Education's enforcement of the Third Mass Cancellation Rule, which would cancel student loan debt in 2024 and 2025.