June 26, 2020
On behalf of students across the county, TICAS is grateful to the members of the U.S. House of Representatives who voted on a bipartisan basis today to overturn the presidential veto of House Joint Resolution 76. Despite the bipartisan support for the resolution in every vote, the override vote fell short of the needed two-thirds support.
June 23, 2020
On Friday, June 26, the U.S. House of Representatives is expected to vote on student protections against fraudulent colleges. If successful, the bipartisan vote gutting House Joint Resolution 76 will override President Trump’s first domestic policy veto and block the borrower defense rule.
May 29, 2020
The unfortunate reality is that some colleges defraud and cheat their students, sticking them with debts they have no way to repay. As a direct result of today’s action, hundreds of thousands of students cheated by colleges will have no way to get a fresh start. The message to unscrupulous colleges is that there will be little or no consequences for illegal wrongdoing.
May 4, 2020
On May 4th, a coalition of 50 organizations representing and advocating for students, families, taxpayers, veterans and service members, faculty and staff, civil rights and consumers submitted comments to the Education Department.
March 11, 2020
Today, the Senate voted 53-42 to pass H.J. Res. 76, restoring stronger borrower defense protections. The borrower defense to repayment rule allows students to discharge student loans tied to fraud and other illegal conduct by their colleges. In September, the Trump Administration rewrote the rule, and it will require 97 percent of students cheated by their colleges to repay...
March 10, 2020
Memo to interested parties on the borrower defense rules in advance of the vote in the U.S. Senate on a resolution (H.J. Res 76) to disapprove the 2019 rule and restore the stronger regulation created in 2016.
