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Letters & Memos

Mar 13, 2024

Comments in Response to Proposed Joint Consolidation Loan Separation Application

In response to the U.S. Department of Education’s proposed Joint Consolidation Loan Separation Application, the Student Borrower Protection Center submitted a comment urging the Department to finalize the proposed application and begin to implement the Joint Consolidation Loan Separation Act quickly and to the fullest extent possible.

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Jan 18, 2024

60+ Organizations Urge the Department of Education to Finish the Job and Deliver on President Biden’s Promise to Cancel Student Debt

Civil rights, labor, and borrower advocacy groups representing millions urge the Education Department to hold a fourth negotiated rulemaking session to properly establish a rule to support borrowers experiencing hardship.

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Nov 15, 2023

Material Omissions Related to the Income-Driven Repayment Account Adjustment

This memo details the authorities held by federal and state consumer protection agencies that can be used to address student loan servicers that are blocking millions of federal student loan borrowers from receiving debt cancellation granted by Congress.

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Sep 21, 2023

Cities and Counties Urge Swift Action to Enact New Student Debt Relief Plan

On behalf of more than 1.2 million student loan borrowers with nearly $50B in student debt, a coalition of 20 cities and counties urge President Biden to swiftly deliver on promised student debt relief.

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Jul 19, 2023

175+ Organizations Send Letter to President Biden Urging Swift Action to Enact New Student Debt Cancellation Plan Immediately

Groups applaud President Biden for announcing plans to enact a new student debt relief plan under the Higher Education Act in response to unjust SCOTUS ruling and urge him to deliver it quickly.

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Jun 30, 2023

Delivering Student Debt Relief Remains Popular Politics

Using popular polling and analysis, this memo makes the political case for action in the face of the unjust ruling blocking the President’s plan to use emergency powers to cancel student debt.

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Jun 21, 2023

Letter Formally Calls for Justice Alito to Recuse Himself from the Supreme Court Cases Biden v. Nebraska and U.S. Department of Education v. Brown

In a letter, the Student Borrower Protection Center formally calls on Justice Alito to recuse himself from Biden v. Nebraska and U.S. Department of Education v. Brown following his well-documented financial entanglement with billionaire investor Paul Singer. Prior to the decisions in these cases, new reporting from ProPublica highlighted that Justice Alito failed to disclose […]

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May 16, 2023

Letter Calling on the FDIC and North Carolina State Agencies to Scrutinize a Proposed Partnership Between First Carolina Bank and BM Technologies

In a letter, SBPC and US PIRG call on the FDIC and North Carolina regulators to intervene in a proposed “Deposit Processing Services Agreement” between First Carolina Bank and BM Technologies.

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May 8, 2023

260+ Organizations Urge Congress to Reject Efforts to Attack Student Loan Borrowers through the CRA

261 organizations send a letter calling on members of Congress to reject Republican efforts to use the CRA to reverse the federal student loan payment pause and block President Biden’s debt relief plan.

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May 5, 2023

Letter from the Student Borrower Protection Center to the Department of Education Regarding Its Intent to Establish Negotiated Rulemaking Committee

The SBPC sends a letter applauding the University of California’s recent decision to ban fully online degrees, while urging it to fully protect students from predatory online program managers by also banning fully online non-degree programs.

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