The Department of Education confirmed Tuesday it will not move forward with a previously-floated plan to garnish Social Security benefits for individuals who have defaulted on student loans.

Borrowers who have defaulted on their federal student loans will no longer be at risk of having their Social Security benefits garnished, an Education Department spokesperson said Tuesday. The government last month restarted collections for the millions of people in default on their loans.

KEY TAKEAWAYS Federal student loan borrowers who have not paid their loans in over 270 days and receive Social Security benefits will not see their benefits garnished during collections.Although Social Security beneficiaries will still be required to repay their defaulted student loans,