Judge Unblocks Obama-Era Rule On Student Debt Relief
Source: CNN
By Katie Lobosco, 6 hrs. ago.
An Obama-era rule designed to help students cheated by for-profit colleges get relief on their education debt finally took effect Tuesday after efforts by the Trump administration to block it.
A federal judge ordered immediate implementation of the rule, delayed last year by Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, while a challenge from the for-profit college industry proceeds. The Department of Education said Friday that it will not seek new delay.
Attorneys general from 18 states and the District of Columbia successfully sued DeVos last year over her decision to block the rule, known as Borrower Defense to Repayment, from taking effect.
The judge sided with the states last month, but implementation of the debt-relief rule was delayed pending Tuesday's decision in the separate lawsuit brought by an industry group. DeVos has been widely criticized by Democrats and consumer advocacy groups for siding with for-profit colleges over students. MORE...
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Betsy Devos, US Secretary of Education.
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