News & Analysis as of

State Attorneys General Department of Education

Cozen O'Connor

The State AG Report – 05.29.2025

Cozen O'Connor on

Here are curated AG and federal regulatory news stories highlighting key areas in which state and federal regulators’ decisions are having an impact across the US: • NY Fights FAIR to Expand State Consumer Protection Law - ...more

Cozen O'Connor

Democratic AGs Take U.S. Department of Education to School Over Administration Directives

Cozen O'Connor on

A group of 21 Democratic AGs obtained a preliminary injunction preventing the Department of Education (DOE) from taking further steps to dismantle the agency. In the court’s order, it found that the states and plaintiffs...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

What K-12 Leaders Need to Know About the Trump Administration's New Executive Order on School Discipline

The U.S. Department of Education (DOE) is developing significant changes to how school discipline is addressed at the federal level. An executive order from President Donald Trump in late April requires the DOE to issue new...more

Cozen O'Connor

The State AG Report – 05.01.2025

Cozen O'Connor on

Here are curated AG and federal regulatory news stories highlighting key areas in which state and federal regulators’ decisions are having an impact across the US: • Republican AGs Urge EPA to Recognize Greater State...more

Cozen O'Connor

Democratic AGs Sue to Protect States’ Access to Federal Education Funds

Cozen O'Connor on

A group of 19 Democratic AGs filed a lawsuit to block the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) from enforcing a directive conditioning federal education funding on certification that state and local education agencies will not...more

Cooley LLP

Department of Education: What to Know About Dissolution, Reduction and Reallocation

Cooley LLP on

The 13th Secretary of the Department of Education (ED), Linda McMahon, was confirmed in a 51 – 45 Senate vote on March 3, 2025. Upon becoming secretary, McMahon delivered her opening speech to ED, “Our Department’s Final...more

Cozen O'Connor

Democratic AGs Challenge Education Dept Cuts

Cozen O'Connor on

A group of 21 Democratic AGs filed a lawsuit in federal court challenging the Reduction in Force (RIF) announced by the Department of Education (DOE). The complaint alleges that the DOE’s RIF usurps legislative authority in...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Federal Court Refuses to Lift Preliminary Injunction Blocking DEI Executive Orders, While EEOC, USDOE, and State AGs Address DEI...

Ballard Spahr LLP on

Last week brought further developments related to the Trump administration’s efforts to curtail what it views as illegal diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives....more

Foley Hoag LLP - White Collar Law &...

Developments in the DEI Landscape Heading into Trump's Second Month

President Trump’s Executive Orders targeting diversity, equity, and inclusion (“DEI”), discussed in previous client alerts with regard to higher education institutions and business more broadly, have prompted responses from...more

Cozen O'Connor

The State AG Report – 12.05.2024

Cozen O'Connor on

Here are curated AG and federal regulatory news stories highlighting key areas in which state and federal regulators’ decisions are having an impact across the US: •Republican AGs Counter Latest Student Loan Repayment...more

Cozen O'Connor

Republican AGs Counter Latest Student Loan Repayment Relief Efforts

Cozen O'Connor on

A group of 23 Republican AGs, led by Missouri AG Andrew Bailey and Kansas AG Kris Kobach, wrote a letter to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education (ED) expressing opposition to the ED’s Proposed Rule which would...more

Cozen O'Connor

The State AG Report – 5.9.2024

Cozen O'Connor on

Here are curated AG and federal regulatory news stories highlighting key areas in which state and federal regulators’ decisions are having an impact across the US: • Republican AGs Seek to Unplug DOE’s Appliance Efficiency...more

Cozen O'Connor

U.S. Department of Education Discharges Student Loans for Victims of Alleged Art Institutes Deceit

Cozen O'Connor on

Massachusetts AG Andrew Joy Campbell, Pennsylvania AG Michelle Henry, Iowa AG Brenna Bird, and the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) announced that the DOE approved $6.1 billion in automatic student loan relief for nearly...more

Cozen O'Connor

Republican AGs Take Another Bite at the Apple in Challenging Student Loan Cancellations

Cozen O'Connor on

11 Republican AGs filed a lawsuit against the Biden administration and the Department of Education (ED) alleging that they exceeded executive and agency authority in implementing the SAVE Plan, which provides student loan...more

Cozen O'Connor

AGs Defend Borrower Defense Rule

Cozen O'Connor on

A group of 23 Democratic AGs, led by Massachusetts AG Andrea Joy Campbell, filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit case Career Colleges and Schools of Texas v. U.S. Department of Education, et...more

Cozen O'Connor

Federal Student Loan Repayment Resumption Sparks Democratic AG Concern

Cozen O'Connor on

A group of 19 Democratic AGs wrote a letter to the President and the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education asking for stronger protections for borrowers as federal student loan payments resume following a...more

Cozen O'Connor

U.S. Department of Education Discharges Student Loans for Victims of Alleged Ashford University Deceit

Cozen O'Connor on

The U.S. Department of Education (DOE) approved $72 million in borrower defense to repayment discharges for students of online for-profit school Ashford University, which allegedly made substantial misrepresentations to...more

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,...

The Supreme Court’s Affirmative Action Ruling: A Shift in How Private Employers Approach DEI?

The Supreme Court of the United States’ recent decision to strike down affirmative action admissions policies in higher education is having significant indirect consequences for private employers and their diversity, equity,...more

Cozen O'Connor

AGs Say Proposed Federal Relief for Student Loan Borrowers Is a Good Start, Could Go Further

Cozen O'Connor on

A coalition of 22 AGs wrote a letter in support of the Department of Education’s proposed rulemaking regarding the Income-Driven Repayment (IDR) program for federal student loan borrowers and encouraged additional changes to...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

State Attorneys General Sue to Halt Cancellation of Student Loan Debt

Ballard Spahr LLP on

On September 29, 2022, the Attorneys General of Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and South Carolina filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri against President Biden,...more

Cozen O'Connor

AGs File Suit Over Student Debt Cancellation

Cozen O'Connor on

Missouri AG Eric Schmitt led AGs from Nebraska, Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, and South Carolina in suing President Biden, Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona, and the United States Department of Education alleging that the Biden...more

Cozen O'Connor

AG James Announces $78 Million in Student Loan Forgiveness for 4,400 New Yorkers Who Attended ITT

Cozen O'Connor on

New York AG Letitia James announced that as a result of a group discharge application filed with the U.S. Department of Education (ED) by a coalition of state AGs, over 4,400 New Yorkers will have their student loans...more

Cozen O'Connor

Multistate AG Coalition Urges Enhancement and Clarification of Federal Student Loan Rules and Processes

Cozen O'Connor on

In a letter to Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona and Analyst Jean-Didier Gaina, a coalition of AGs from nineteen states, the District of Columbia and the State of Hawaii Office of Consumer Protection submitted comments on...more

Cozen O'Connor

AG Bonta Applauds Student Loan Program Reforms

Cozen O'Connor on

California AG Rob Bonta issued a statement on April 20 applauding an announcement by the U.S. Department of Education detailing plans to address problems in its administration of federal student loan programs....more

Cozen O'Connor

Montana AG Leads Coalition Objecting to Proposed Title IX Rulemaking

Cozen O'Connor on

Montana AG Austin Knudsen, together with AGs from 14 states, sent a letter to Catherine Lhamon, Assistant Secretary of the Office for Civil Rights of the US Department of Education, urging the Department to halt efforts to...more

40 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 2

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide