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Apr 25, 2024

Scholars Discuss and Release New Research on the Broad and Transformative Impact of Student Debt Cancellation and Payment Pause on Borrowers’ Lives

SBPC and SLLI host a virtual event featuring new research on the impact of student debt relief and borrowers’ experiences with the PSLF program.

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Apr 24, 2024

California DFPI Consent Order With MOHELA is Model for State Role in Protecting Student Loan Borrowers from Failing Servicing Companies

Consent order is an affirmation of states authority to supervise the private companies that service student loans.

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Apr 24, 2024

Advocates Condemn U.S. Chamber of Commerce-Led Lawsuit to Block Biden Administration’s Landmark Effort to Ban Non-Competes

Lawsuits look to right-wing judges to overturn final rule, which frees millions from coercive contracts like Training Repayment Agreement Provisions (Traps) and is expected to generate more than $400 billion in increased wages.

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Apr 23, 2024

Advocates Applaud the Federal Trade Commission’s Ban on TRAPs and Stay-or-Pay Contracts that Function as Non-Competes

The FTC’s decision to ban de facto non-competes, like stay-or-pay contracts and TRAPs, will empower millions of workers.

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Apr 17, 2024

CFPB Halts Silicon Valley Predatory Student Lending Scheme, Bans Disgraced Tech Founder from Student Loan Industry

Austen Allred, pioneering “Income Share Agreement” loan shark and founder of for-profit coding bootcamp BloomTech (formerly “Lambda School”) is named in federal enforcement action; company and founder must cancel debt owed by some current and former students.

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Apr 16, 2024

Incarcerated Borrowers Finally Able to Consolidate Student Loans Following 32-Year Ban

Biden Administration announces revised guidance, overturning a 32-year-old policy prohibiting incarcerated student loan borrowers from consolidating their student loans.

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Apr 16, 2024

Biden Administration Announces Public Comment Period for Proposed “Plan B” Debt Relief Plan, Marking Critical Step Forward Toward Sweeping Relief

Proposal addressing hardship posed by student debt is expected to follow.

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Apr 9, 2024

Senate Hearing Sets Stage for Long-Awaited Oversight and Accountability of Student Loan Servicing Giant MOHELA for Failing Borrowers

Student loan expert and borrower advocate Persis Yu will offer testimony; MOHELA CEO Scott Giles declines to publicly testify.

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Apr 8, 2024

President Biden to Take Major Step Towards Plan B Debt Relief for 30 Million Borrowers

Today, President Biden offered his Administration’s first detailed overview of the sweeping student debt relief package that the U.S. Department of Education will unveil in the coming months.

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Apr 2, 2024

Advocates Sound Alarm: Online Ed-Tech Giant’s Looming Collapse Spells Disaster for its Student Loan Borrowers

Today, SBPC and partners sent an urgent letter to the CFPB and the Department of Education warning about the potential collapse of ed tech giant 2U, inc.

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