Letters

SBPC calls on ED to use its existing authorities more robustly to weed out predatory courses of study.

In a letter, the Student Borrower Protection Center calls on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to wield authorities already at its disposal to initiate long-overdue supervision of Accenture Federal Services.

SBPC calls on ED to hold Accenture Federal Services accountable for sending inaccurate communications to millions of borrowers about their applications for student debt relief.

In a letter, more than 220 organizations representing students, workers, and people of color called on President Biden to extend the pause on federal student loan payments set to expire on December 31, 2022, and utilize every legal authority available to enact debt relief.

In a letter to the Consumer Bankers Association, advocates demand that the organization abandon its bad-faith legal action against the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

The SBPC submits comments to the U.S. Department of Education's NPRM on expanding Pell Grant eligibility for Prison Education Programs.

The SBPC submits a comment applauding certain proposed changes aimed at expanding access to the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program and outlining additional needed changes.

Congress passed the Stop Student Debt Relief Scams Act of 2019 (STOP) to crack down on debt relief scammers while protecting borrowers’ access to legal counsel; ED has failed to fully implement.

A coalition of 134 diverse advocacy organizations urge Biden to extend and expand the PSLF Waiver and IDR Adjustment programs.

In a letter to the CFPB, the SBPC and Dr. Stephanie Hall of The Century Foundation call on the CFPB to protect borrowers from predatory practices by OPMs. A recent GAO report revealed that ED is failing to supervise the market.