Click here to read the complaint.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\nThe complaint, filed in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia,\u00a0alleges that the Department of Education violated federal law by refusing to enforce the Gainful Employment Rule. The rule, established to hold for-profit institutions accountable for the future success of their student, reinforces a requirement in the Higher Education Act that all for-profit schools, all vocational schools, and non-degree programs at all other schools should \u201cprepare students for gainful employment in a recognized occupation.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\nAt a minimum,\u00a0according to the Gainful Employment Rule, schools must provide information about the program\u2019s average debt load, the loan repayment rate of all students who enroll in the program, the percentage of students who graduate from the program, the number of graduates who obtain employment in a field related to the program, and the average earnings of graduates. Additionally, the Gainful Employment Rule assesses whether schools\u2019 programs provide education and training to their students that lead to earnings that will allow students to pay back their student loan debts. Programs that fail to meet these two objective metrics, risk losing federal student loans and grants.<\/span><\/p>\nOn July 5, 2017, and Aug. 18, 2017, the Department announced its intent to delay large portions of the Gainful Employment Rule without soliciting, receiving, or responding to any comment from any stakeholder or member of the public, and without engaging in a public deliberative process. The Department has also publicly stated that it has no plans to calculate the necessary metrics to determine whether programs are failing the Gainful Employment Rule\u2019s minimum requirements. State Attorneys General argue in their lawsuit that the delays have no legal justification and the Department\u2019s actions are \u201carbitrary and capricious and an abuse of discretion.\u201d<\/p>\n
Today\u2019s complaint asks the Court to declare the Department\u2019s delay notices unlawful and to order the Department to implement the\u00a0Gainful Employment Rule.<\/p>\n
The complaint was led by Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh and Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro, and filed by the Attorneys General of California, Connecticut, the District of Columbia, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia and Washington.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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<\/b>18 AGs Sue Secretary DeVos For Refusing To Enforce Rule That Safeguards Students And Taxpayers From Abuse By For-Profit Schools<\/i>\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n