Attorney General Raoul Urges Dept. of Education to Reverse Limitations Placed on Disclosure of Student Loan Info

Lawndale News Chicago's Bilingual Newspaper - Education

Lawndale News Chicago's Bilingual Newspaper - Education

Attorney General Kwame Raoul, along with a coalition of 20 attorneys general, sent a letter to Department of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos renewing their request that the department reverse limitations placed on the routine disclosure of student loan information to state law enforcement agencies. The letter sent by Raoul and the coalition follows a similar July 2018 letter urging the department to reverse the change of its longstanding policy of routinely disclosing information about student loan borrowers to state law enforcement agencies. The attorneys general note several reports, including one by the department’s own Inspector General, that identify concerns with the department’s oversight of student loan servicers, private companies that contract with the department to service the student loans the department owns. The attorneys general write: “Dual oversight in this arena has become particularly important in recent years, as concerns mount about these companies’ compliance with the requirements for servicing federal student loans and consumer protection laws enforced by State Attorneys General.”

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