Federal Student Loans Archives

Map: How State Stack Up: Which Jurisdictions Have Student Protection Funds?

January 1, 2021

Map for Report: How States Can Help Students Harmed by Higher Education Fraud

Letter to U.S. Dept. of Education Regarding Joint Federal State Oversight

September 10, 2021

Letter to Beth Grebeldinger re: Docket ID ED-2021-OS-0107

Group Letter to DOE Regarding Harm to Defaulted Borrowers as a Result of System-Wide Staffing Shortage

April 25, 2019

We are writing to demand that the U.S. Department of Education take immediate steps to address the ongoing, unprecedented, and system wide problems and delays currently plaguing its default servicing system.

Letter Regarding Recommended Revisions to False Certification Discharge Policies and Regulations

December 9, 2020

Letter to President-Elect Joseph Biden Transition Team re: Recommended Revisions to False Certification (Ability-to-Benefit) Discharge Policies and Regulations

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.

H.R. 2648, to Provide Bankruptcy Relief for Student Borrowers

May 9, 2019

Bill text for H.R. 2648, legislation to provide bankruptcy relief for student borrowers

Group Response Letter to Safely Back to School and Back to Work Act

July 28, 2020

We write on behalf of the 56 undersigned organizations advocating for students and student loan borrowers in response to the Safely Back to School and Back to Work Act. Although simplifying the FAFSA and establishing clear repayment options are worthy goals, this legislation would actually penalize many borrowers and remove important protections, while ignoring the urgent needs for both student loan debt cancellation and, at the very least, extension and expansion of the automatic forbearance period put in place by the CARES Act.

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.

Group Letter to the U.S. Department of Education Regarding the Gainful Employment Rule

September 13, 2018

As 68 organizations and advocates working on behalf of students, consumers, veterans, service members, faculty and staff, civil rights, and college access, we emphatically support a strong gainful employment rule. A strong rule is needed to protect students and taxpayers from career education programs that consistently leave students with large debts they cannot afford to…

Group Letter to the Department of Education Opposing a Return to the Default and Involuntary Collection of Student Loans

November 1, 2021

The 25 undersigned legal aid organizations write to express our deep concern about the futures of our clients with defaulted federal student loans once repayment restarts in just a few short months.

Group Letter to NC-SARA Regarding Call for Policy Proposals, July 26, 2021

July 26, 2021

As organizations with a shared goal of ensuring that higher education students have access to high quality education that does not leave them with worthless degrees and unaffordable debt, whether they enroll in brick-and-mortar programs or in online education programs, we appreciate the call for proposals to modify NC-SARA policy. NC-SARA’s position affords it important opportunities to ensure policies exist to protect students from being harmed.

Group Letter to Congress Urging Passage of the CARES Act

April 13, 2020

The 66 undersigned community, civil rights, consumer, and student advocacy organizations thank you for taking swift action to pass the CARES Act to begin to grapple with the ongoing economic fallout caused by the coronavirus.

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