AGs Sue DeVos Over Gainful-Employment Rule

October 18, 2017
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Attorneys general in 18 states have sued the U.S. Department of Education over the Trump administration's move to pause enforcement of the so-called gainful-employment rule, which applies to vocational programs at nonprofit colleges and to all programs at for-profit institutions.

Betsy DeVos, the education secretary, in June announced that the department would start over again on gainful employment with a rule-making process aimed at creating a new version of the rule. Since then the department has delayed action on key provisions of the Obama administration regulation, including disclosures to students.

The lawsuit filed this week by the group of AGs argues that the Trump administration's delay in implementing the rule is illegal.

Read more at Inside Higher Ed: https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2017/10/18/ags-sue-devos-over-gainful-employment-rule