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States and Consumer Advocates sue Betsy DeVos over delay of student loan protections

  • Writer: SDCC
    SDCC
  • Sep 29, 2017
  • 1 min read

 The lawsuits accuse DeVos of illegally delaying the regulations aimed at predatory colleges Eighteen states and the District of Columbia filed suit against Education Secretary Betsy DeVos on Thursday over her delay of regulations meant to protect federal student loan borrowers defrauded by their schools. The lawsuit filed in Federal District Court in D.C., led by Massachusetts and joined by 18 other Democratic attorneys general, accuses DeVos of illegally delaying the regulations aimed at predatory colleges, which were finalized by the Obama administration and had been set to take effect on July 1.

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