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Attorney General Josh Shapiro Calls On Education Secretary Betsy DeVos to Scrap Plan to Eliminate Key Protections for Students from Predatory For-Profit Schools
September 14, 2018

HARRISBURG — Attorney General Josh Shapiro led a coalition of 21 Attorneys General today to formally oppose U.S. Department of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’ plan to eliminate the Gainful Employment Rule, which requires schools to provide information about their programs’ costs, debt load, success rate, expected earnings and other critical information so students and families can make informed choices.

AG Shapiro: We’ll Act If DeVos Illegally Withholds School Funding
July 21, 2020

HARRISBURG―Attorney General Josh Shapiro today wrote a letter to school district superintendents across the Commonwealth addressing the recent threats made by Department of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos to withhold federal funding from schools that do not open for full-time, in-person instruction due to COVID-19. AG Shapiro assured educators that the Office of Attorney General would act if DeVos illegally withholds funding appropriated by Congress.

Attorney General Josh Shapiro Demands U.S. Department of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos Stop Rolling Back Critical Protections for Student Borrowers
September 26, 2017

Pennsylvania Attorney General Shapiro leads 18 Other State Attorneys General to Protect Student Borrowers in Letter to Education Secretary DeVos HARRISBURG – Today, Attorney General Josh Shapiro led a coalition of Attorneys General to send a letter to U.S. Department of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, demanding the Department of Education stop its systematic rolling back […]

AG Shapiro to Education Secretary DeVos: Deliver on Promise to America’s Public Servants
August 28, 2019

HARRISBURG—Attorney General Josh Shapiro and 11 other attorneys general sent a letter today to U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos urging once again that the U.S. Department of Education provide data to help states address the ongoing problems with the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program. The PSLF program was created in 2007 to help student loan borrowers who give back to their country or community by working in a public service field, but on DeVos’s watch, only about 1% of applits have been approved for forgiveness. The attorneys general are demanding access to this data in order to identify problems with the program and learn how to best assisted borrowers.

20 AGs Call on Secretary DeVos to Maintain Protections for Survivors of Campus Sexual Assault
July 19, 2017

HARRISBURG — Today, Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro, New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas and 18 Attorneys General sent a letter to Education Secretary Betsy DeVos expressing their concern over reports the Department of Education is preparing to roll back important protections for survivors of sexual assault on college campuses and urging her to keep […]

Attorney General Shapiro Sues Education Secretary Betsy DeVos over Student Loan Protections
July 6, 2017

HARRISBURG —Attorney General Josh Shapiro and 18 other Attorneys General today sued Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and the U.S. Department of Education for abandoning federal rules to protect college students from abusive loan practices by higher education institutions that were set to go into effect on July 1. The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court […]

AG Shapiro To Betsy DeVos: Relief Needed Now for Student Loans Amidst Crisis, Skyrocketing Unemployment
March 26, 2020

HARRISBURG—Attorney General Josh Shapiro today led a coalition of 27 attorneys general from around the nation calling on the U.S. Department of Education to use their emergency powers to provide federal student loan borrowers with help during this time. In a letter to Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, the coalition asks the Department to take specific steps to protect borrowers from further financial burden and debt collection due to job losses and lost wages resulting from the rise in national unemployment in the last few weeks.

Statement of Attorney General Josh Shapiro on Department of Education’s and Secretary DeVos’ Proposed Repeal of the Gainful Employment Rule
August 10, 2018

HARRISBURG — “The Department of Education’s move today to obliterate the Gainful Employment Rule is another move by Secretary Devos to prioritize deceptive for-profit colleges over students working to earn an education,” Attorney General Josh Shapiro said.

Attorney General Shapiro Sues U.S. Education Secretary DeVos for Refusing to Enforce Laws Designed to Protect Students from Abuse by Predatory For-profit Schools
October 17, 2017

HARRISBURG — Attorney General Josh Shapiro led a coalition of 17 other state Attorneys General today and sued the U.S. Department of Education and Secretary Betsy DeVos for refusing to enforce the Gainful Employment Rule, designed to protect students from predatory practices at for-profit schools. The rule helps students make informed choices by requiring schools […]

Attorney General Shapiro Demands Secretary DeVos Begin Granting Relief for Tens of Thousands of Eligible Borrowers
October 31, 2018

HARRISBURG — Attorney General Josh Shapiro yesterday called on the U.S. Department of Education to immediately discharge the student loans of eligible borrowers who attended schools that abruptly shut down before they could complete their degrees. Many of those schools were predatory, for-profit colleges.