Education Dept has stalled on approving debt relief for defrauded students
Source: The Hill
BY TAL AXELROD - 04/05/19 07:49 PM EDT
The Department of Education did not approve any applications for federal student loan relief in the second half of 2018, according to new department data reviewed by The New York Times.
The Times reported that the data likely means students defrauded by their colleges may not be able to turn to Washington for help in the near future.
The department, according to the Times, did not approve or turn down a single relief claim filed under the borrower defense rule from June to December, despite a federal ruling that the agency’s deliberate delay was illegal.
A judge ruled in October that the Education Department must enforce a rule implemented under the Obama administration that broadened and expedited loan relief for defrauded students after many of them were cheated by for-profit institutions, the Times reported.
Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/437662-education-dept-has-stalled-on-approving-debt-relief-for-defrauded
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