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Legal Aid Coalition Comments to the Department of Education Regarding Intent to Establish Negotiated Rulemaking Committee: Title IV of the HEA

July 1, 2021

On behalf of our low-income clients and organizations across the country that provide free legal assistance to low-income student loan borrowers, the undersigned 38 legal services organization submitted these comments to address the U.S. Department of Education’s notice of intent to establish negotiated rulemaking committees to prepare proposed regulations for programs authorized under title IV…

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Comments to the Department of Education Regarding Proposed Regulations on Distance Education and Innovation

May 4, 2020

In this negotiated rulemaking, the Department stacked the committee with industry negotiators from schools and accrediting agencies, while limiting the number of negotiators representing states, consumers and students, including by vetoing the participation of state attorneys general. It also overwhelmed the committee, at the very first meeting, with hundreds of pages of proposals. Those initial…

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Group Comments to National Council for State Authorization Reciprocity Agreements

April 28, 2020

Our organizations have a shared goal of ensuring that higher education students are protected from predatory schools and have access to high quality education that does not leave them with unmanageable debt, no matter whether they enroll in brick-and-mortar programs or in online education. As colleges across the country transition to remote learning, the role…

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Support of closing the 90/10 loophole in the American Rescue Plan

March 4, 2021

Letter in support of the provision of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 that will close the 90/10 loophole and restore the intended impact of the rule. By accurately accounting for all taxpayer dollars that flow to for-profit colleges, this change will identify high-risk colleges that are overly dependent on federal subsidies, and that…

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Joint Comments to the CFPB Regarding Student Loan Borrower Concerns Regarding Proposed Debt Collection Rule

September 18, 2019

Community, civil rights, consumer, and student advocacy organizations comment on the proposed rule on Debt Collection Practices by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and express our concerns about the Proposed Rule’s failure to protect student loan borrowers from abusive debt collection practices.

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Group Letter to the U.S. Department of Education Regarding the Unclear Future Facing Students in the Wake of the Sudden Closures of Both Education Corporation of America (ECA) and Vatterott Education Holdings,

January 8, 2019

35 organizations advocating for students, families, taxpayers, veterans, and service members write to express concern about the unclear future facing students in the wake of the sudden closures of both Education Corporation of America (ECA) and Vatterott Education Holdings, companies that announced the closures of virtually all of their schools on December 5th and December 17th, 2018, respectively.

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Legal Aid Coalition Comments to the Department of Education Regarding Intent to Establish Negotiated Rulemaking Committee: Title IV of the HEA

Comments to the Department of Education Regarding Proposed Regulations on Distance Education and Innovation

Group Comments to National Council for State Authorization Reciprocity Agreements

Support of closing the 90/10 loophole in the American Rescue Plan

Joint Comments to the CFPB Regarding Student Loan Borrower Concerns Regarding Proposed Debt Collection Rule

Group Letter to the U.S. Department of Education Regarding the Unclear Future Facing Students in the Wake of the Sudden Closures of Both Education Corporation of America (ECA) and Vatterott Education Holdings,