They are requesting the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California to compel the Department and Sec. Devos to implement the borrower defense regulation.
Lawsuit aims to hold the Department of Education and Sec. Devos accountable
The Harvard Law School’s Project on Predatory Student Lending and the Housing & Economic Rights Advocates (HERA) are representing the plaintiffs.
In a statement, Toby Merrill, the Director of Project on Predatory Student Lending, said, “We’re suing Betsy DeVos and the Department of Education to hold them accountable and protect students across the country.”
“The law is clear: students who experienced fraud should not be required to pay back federal loans that should never have been made by the Department in the first place. Since Betsy DeVos continues to ignore these students’ legal rights, the only way they can have their voices heard is through the courts,” added Merrill.
