18 States (And D.C.) Are Suing Betsy DeVos
On Thursday, a coalition of Democratic attorneys general from 18 states and the District of Columbia sued Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and her department for freezing a rule aimed at helping student loan borrowers who have been defrauded by exploitative institutions.
The attorneys general, led by Massachusetts’ Maura Healey, argued in a federal court filing that the Department of Education violated federal law when it delayed the implementation of the “borrower defense to repayment” rule—an Obama-era regulation designed to speed up the process for students to get loan relief if they prove that their colleges engaged in predatory practices to entice them to enroll there. The rule was finalized last October after years of negotiation and set to go into effect on July 1.