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AFR Statement: Department of Education must expedite and broaden relief to Corinthian students

“We join with the advocates, lawmakers, and law enforcement officials who have all called on the Department use its legal authority to discharge debts of students covered by the Department’s enforcement actions without further delay and without requiring each borrower to make an individual application.”

Letter to Regulators: AFR, 34 Orgs Press for Automatic Relief to Groups of Students Victimized by Predatory Practices

“We are deeply concerned by the slow pace and small number of discharges that have been processed and that many of the Department’s proposals in the current negotiated rulemaking process move in the wrong direction, reducing eligibility for relief, pitting students against schools, and creating unnecessary burdens on students and the Department.”