DeVos Sued Amid New Evidence About Whether Her Agency Aided For-Profit Operator
Source: US News & World Report
Two lawsuits were filed on the same day House Democrats threatened to subpoena the education secretary.
By Lauren Camera, Senior Education Writer?Oct. 23, 2019, at 3:06 p.m.
TWO STUDENT ADVOCACY groups have filed separate lawsuits against Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos, one alleging her Department of Education allowed an operator of for-profit schools to mislead students and sack them with debt they are now unable to repay, and another that accused her of continuing to refuse to discharge the student loan debt of borrowers previously enrolled in for-profit schools that abruptly shuttered.
The lawsuits were filed Tuesday, the same day House Democrats threatened to subpoena DeVos for obstructing their investigation into the department's role in allowing the operator of for-profit colleges to mislead students and continue operating the schools despite losing their accreditation.
The lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia by National Student Legal Defense Network is directly related to the subpoena issued by House Democrats. It alleges that the Education Department's actions "caused students at the schools to borrow money and waste months of their lives in pursuit of an education they did not know was unaccredited."
At issue is the department's handling of Dream Center Education Holdings, which bought about 100 for-profit schools from Education Management Corporation in 2017, just months before two of the schools lost full accreditation in January 2018.
Read more: https://www.usnews.com/news/education-news/articles/2019-10-23/devos-sued-amid-new-evidence-about-whether-her-agency-aided-for-profit-operator
Meadowoak
(5,556 posts)Crash2Parties
(6,017 posts)to force her family's biggest education competitor out of business by revoking accreditation.
Scarsdale
(9,426 posts)in this administration, run by the supreme "leader" with zero qualifications. Name one member of this administration who actually has the credentials and experience to hold their position? Their only required skill is to be underhanded and brazen enough to act as though they actually know what the hell they are doing. Since Putin's goal is to destroy this country, he seems to have chosen the very best candidates to accomplish that. From the WH down, not a single honest person in this group. This is the worst administration in history. They continue to prove that, with stunts like the one yesterday. Don't these people have JOBS they should be doing?
NonPC
(308 posts)Her only job in life is to be a spoiled heir to the Amway fortune. Her brother is the infamous Eric Prince, the founder of Blackwater -- who gets US funding to murder people in other countries. Both are total slugs.
gademocrat7
(10,665 posts)She is another unqualified trump lackey.
mysteryowl
(7,396 posts)If there were a flood a lawsuits challenging the WH cabinet members on multiple fronts, they may not want to keep their supposedly "public service" position (s). Enough with the criminal federal government!
Javaman
(62,533 posts)BlueIdaho
(13,582 posts)The vetting process for Trumps White House includes proof you have successfully scammed at least half a million crooked dollars.