litigation
May 13, 2020

Complaint: Student Defense v. ED — Gainful Employment Rule Communications

Lawsuit filed by Student Defense, represented by American Oversight, against the Department of Education for communications with non-government parties regarding the Gainful Employment Rule, which Secretary Betsy DeVos repealed in July 2019. The Gainful Employment rule sought to protect borrowers from for-profit colleges that graduate students with excessive loan debt.

Statusclosed
Docket Number 20-1258

Lawsuit filed by Student Defense, represented by American Oversight, against the Department of Education for communications with non-government parties regarding the Gainful Employment Rule, which Secretary Betsy DeVos repealed in June 2019. The Gainful Employment rule sought to protect borrowers from for-profit colleges that graduate students with excessive loan debt. 

The initial FOIA request that is the subject of the lawsuit was filed by Student Defense. You can find the request here

https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/6891199-Complaint-Student-Defense-v-ED-Gainful.html