Betsy DeVos Sued For Failing To Implement Automatic Student Loan Forgiveness
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Betsy DeVos Sued For Failing To Implement Automatic Student Loan Forgiveness

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Betsy DeVos Sued For Failing To Implement Automatic Student Loan Forgiveness Enlarge this image toggle caption Mark Wilson/Getty Images Mark Wilson/Getty Images A ruling by a federal judge last month seemed like it would end a long legal battle between Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and tens of thousands of student loan borrowers waiting to have their debts canceled. Sponsor Message "Under current leadership, the Department of Education seems determined to deny student borrowers the financial relief to which they are entitled," Aaron Ament, president of the National Student Legal Defense Network, which filed the lawsuit on behalf of HERA, said in a statement. Liz Hill, a spokeswoman for DeVos, told NPR in an email that the department is "moving quickly to implement the rule, starting with the borrowers who qualify for a closed school loan discharge under the 2016 regulations." As NPR's Bill Chappell reported: "The Borrower Defense Rule was negotiated after two large for-profit chains — Corinthian Colleges and the ITT Technical Institute — shut down hundreds of campuses following regulatory crackdowns in recent years.

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