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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 — 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 – “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.”
Shapiro: “Rolling back borrower protections hurts Pennsylvanians” HARRISBURG — Attorney General Josh Shapiro today joined a multistate letter with 20 other attorneys general that expresses “profound concern” to the U.S. Department of Education for abdicating its responsibility to millions of student loan borrowers and their families across the country by revoking critical reforms […]
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 – 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.
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 — Attorney General Josh Shapiro announced today he is creating a Consumer Financial Protection Unit to better protect Pennsylvania consumers from financial scams, and appointing an experienced consumer protection attorney to lead the initiative. Attorney General Shapiro announced the appointment of Nicholas Smyth, who helped create the federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), as […]
HARRISBURG —Attorney General Josh Shapiro and 19 other Attorneys General today sent a letter to U.S. Senate leaders defending the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s Arbitration Rule, which stops companies from forcing consumers to sign away legal rights. The House recently passed a Joint Resolution of Disapproval that would set aside the CFPB’s Arbitration Rule under […]