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AG Josh Shapiro: “If Secretary DeVos and her Department won’t protect our college students, I will.” HARRISBURG —Attorney General Josh Shapiro and 20 other Attorneys General submitted public comments to Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, calling a decision by the U.S. Department of Education to replace existing student protections a “waste of resources and a betrayal […]
HARRISBURG – Attorney General Josh Shapiro filed suit today with 18 other Attorneys General to stop U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos from eliminating critical protections for students considering enrolling in for-profit colleges and vocational schools.
HARRISBURG – “Over the past several months, I have joined with campus safety advocates to express serious concerns about Secretary DeVos and the Department of Education’s plans to protect students on campus. While today’s proposal incorporates a few of the positive changes we fought for, the rules released today remain fundamentally flawed and are a step backward.”
HARRISBURG — Attorney General Josh Shapiro, together with the Attorneys General of New Jersey and California, yesterday led a multistate coalition of 19 Attorneys General in submitting a formal, legal comment letter to Secretary Betsy DeVos and the U.S. Department of Education calling on federal officials to withdraw a proposed rule that would undermine the anti-discrimination protections of Title IX of the Education Amendments Act of 1972, and weaken protections against sexual harassment and violence for students. The proposed rule would impose new requirements on schools and students that would be a significant departure from the fundamental purpose of Title IX and the Education Department’s longstanding Title IX guidance, and leave campuses less safe.
HARRISBURG — Following a successful effort by state Attorneys General to save critical student loan protections, a federal judge today rejected a challenge to the Borrower Defense Rule and ordered its immediate implementation for students nationwide.
HARRISBURG―Attorney General Josh Shapiro today stepped up to defend survivors, schools, and universities from new Title IX regulations published by the Trump Administration. Shapiro’s action ― which he is co-leading with New Jersey, California, and 17 other Attorneys General ― is designed to stop these rules from weakening protections for sexual assault and harassment victims, and block the creation of inequitable disciplinary proceedings from kindergarten through college.
HARRISBURG― With Pennsylvanians and schools nationwide addressing the COVID-19 virus, Attorney General Josh Shapiro is leading efforts with 17 other Attorneys General to stop the Trump administration’s ongoing efforts to implement proposed Title IX rules that threaten protections at K-12 schools, colleges, and universities across the nation. The U.S. Department of Education proposed rule changes to Title IX in 2018.
HARRISBURG—Attorney General Shapiro today led a group of 18 Attorneys General, co-led with New Jersey and California, in seeking to block the U.S. Department of Education’s new Title IX rule, which weakens protections for sexual harassment victims and creates inequitable disciplinary proceedings for students from kindergarten through college.
HARRISBURG — Attorney General Josh Shapiro today took legal action to keep in place critical reforms that protect college students from abusive loan practices by for-profit schools and other institutions. Attorney General Shapiro joined 8 other attorneys general in filing a motion to intervene in a case currently in U.S. District Court for the District […]
HARRISBURG – In the wake of widespread fraud and abuse by predatory for-profit schools, Attorney General Josh Shapiro today formally opposed an application by a national accrediting agency for for-profit colleges and schools to regain its status as an accreditor, following “far-reaching oversight failures” that harmed college students and taxpayers across the country.