Lamar Alexander in Trump campaign vs. Trump administration


On Education: Don't forgive loans from bankrupt colleges, with exceptions

The Department of Education said it will cancel $150 million of student loan debt, impacting about 15,000 people whose schools closed. The Obama-era borrower defense relief program--which essentially ground to a halt under Education Secretary Betsy Devos--provided a path for people to seek forgiveness for federal student loans if a shuttered school violated specific laws or misled students.

[After a lawsuit], about 15,000 people have been flagged by the Education Department as eligible. About $80 million of the $150 million debt is attributed to the now-defunct Corinthian schools. Those eligible for loan forgiveness must have been enrolled at the school when it closed and not enrolled at another Title-IV school within three years.

Sen. Lamar Alexander, the Education Committee chair, previously argued the "Obama administration went too far in rewriting this provision by setting overly broad and vague standards and as a result, put taxpayers on the hook for too many loans."

Source: Fox News on 2018 Trump Administration, "$150M student debt" Dec 15, 2018

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