Settlement would forgive $6B for defrauded college students
Under the proposed settlement, anyone who attended an eligible school and applied for cancellation as of Wednesday would get their federal student loans and interest fully forgiven. The for-profit company closed its campuses amid widespread findings of fraud, prompting thousands of students to apply for debt cancellation. Earlier this month the Biden administration agreed to cancel federal student debt for anyone who attended a Corinthian school from the company's founding in 1995 to its collapse two decades later. The settlement adds to the administration's effort to cancel student debt for certain groups of borrowers. Biden has also faced mounting pressure to pursue mass student debt cancellation.
wftv.comLGBTQ students would get new protections under Biden plan
Title IX Sexual Assault FILE - Education Secretary Miguel Cardona speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington, April 27, 2022. The Biden administration proposed a dramatic rewrite of campus sexual assault rules on Thursday, June 23, moving to expand protections for LGBTQ students, bolster the rights of victims and widen colleges' responsibilities in addressing sexual misconduct. Advocates say DeVos' rules have gone too far in protecting students accused of sexual misconduct, at the expense of victims. Biden marked the anniversary of Title IX by acknowledging the impact the law has had in advancing equity but acknowledging there was more to do. As a result, some campuses have seen steep decreases in the number of Title IX complaints coming in from students.
wftv.comBiden administration moves to expand Title IX protections
Title IX Sexual Assault FILE - Education Secretary Miguel Cardona speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington, April 27, 2022. The Biden administration proposed a dramatic rewrite of campus sexual assault rules on Thursday, June 23, moving to expand protections for LGBTQ students, bolster the rights of victims and widen colleges' responsibilities in addressing sexual misconduct. The proposal was announced on the 50th anniversary of the Title IX women’s rights law. Cardona said Title IX has been “instrumental” in fighting sexual assault and violence in education. President Joe Biden's education secretary, Miguel Cardona, said Title IX has been "instrumental" in fighting sexual assault and violence in education.
wftv.comStudent loan debt wiped clean for former Corinthian students
Student Debt Corinthian Colleges FILE - Education Secretary Miguel Cardona speaks during the 2022 National and State Teachers of the Year event in the East Room of the White House in Washington, April 27, 2022. The Biden administration says it will forgive all remaining federal student debt for former students of the for-profit Corinthian Colleges chain. Anyone who attended the now-defunct chain from its founding in 1995 to its collapse in 2015 will get his or her federal student debt wiped clean. Those with a remaining balance on their Corinthian debt will also get refunds on payments already made, department officials said. The administration's announcement on the Corinthian debt cancellation comes as President Joe Biden faces mounting pressure to enact broader student loan forgiveness for millions of people.
wftv.comFormer Corinthian students get federal student debt erased
Student Debt Corinthian Colleges FILE - Education Secretary Miguel Cardona speaks during the 2022 National and State Teachers of the Year event in the East Room of the White House in Washington, April 27, 2022. The Biden administration says it will forgive all remaining federal student debt for former students of the for-profit Corinthian Colleges chain. “As of today, every student deceived, defrauded and driven into debt by Corinthian Colleges can rest assured that the Biden-Harris Administration has their back and will discharge their federal student loans,” Cardona said. Under the new action, anyone who attended the now-defunct chain from its founding in 1995 to its collapse in 2015 will get their federal student debt wiped clean. “As of today, every student deceived, defrauded and driven into debt by Corinthian Colleges can rest assured that the Biden-Harris Administration has their back and will discharge their federal student loans,” Education Secretary Miguel Cardona said Wednesday.
wftv.comBiden administration cancels $5.8B in loans held by students who attended Corinthian Colleges
Proposal would extend student loans payment pause, eventually cancel loans (NCD)WASHINGTON — The Biden administration announced Wednesday was canceling approximately $5.8 billion in student loans held by students who attended Corinthian Colleges, The Associated Press reported. >> Read more trending newsHundreds of thousands of students who attended the for-profit colleges will automatically have their loans canceled. Under the cancellation action, anyone who attended the defunct chain between its founding in 1995 until it collapsed 20 years later will have their federal student debt forgiven, the AP reported. “As of today, every student deceived, defrauded and driven into debt by Corinthian Colleges can rest assured that the Biden-Harris Administration has their back and will discharge their federal student loans,” Department of Education Secretary Miguel Cardona said in a statement. “For far too long, Corinthian engaged in the wholesale financial exploitation of students, misleading them into taking on more and more debt to pay for promises they would never keep.”©2022 Cox Media Group
wftv.comFormer Corinthian students get federal student debt erased
Student Debt Corinthian Colleges FILE - Education Secretary Miguel Cardona speaks during the 2022 National and State Teachers of the Year event in the East Room of the White House in Washington, April 27, 2022. The Biden administration says it will forgive all remaining federal student debt for former students of the for-profit Corinthian Colleges chain. “As of today, every student deceived, defrauded and driven into debt by Corinthian Colleges can rest assured that the Biden-Harris Administration has their back and will discharge their federal student loans,” Cardona said. Under the new action, anyone who attended the now-defunct chain from its founding in 1995 to its collapse in 2015 will get their federal student debt wiped clean. “As of today, every student deceived, defrauded and driven into debt by Corinthian Colleges can rest assured that the Biden-Harris Administration has their back and will discharge their federal student loans,” Education Secretary Miguel Cardona said.
wftv.comUS education chief seeks action to prevent school shootings
Texas School Shooting Cardona FILE - Education Secretary Miguel Cardona speaks during the 2022 National and State Teachers of the Year event in the East Room of the White House in Washington, April 27, 2022. Cardona said Thursday, May 26, that he's ashamed that the country is "becoming desensitized to the murder of children” and that action is needed now to prevent more lives from being lost in school shootings like the one in Uvalde, Texas. While the hearing was on the Education Department's budget and priorities, Cardona started his testimony by addressing the shooting. Scott, in his opening remarks, called school shootings “too common of an occurrence” in America. “Federal changes should not be made in haste.”___More on the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas: https://apnews.com/hub/school-shootings.
wftv.comChanges to student loan programs could bring millions closer to getting out of debt, Education Department says
A review found some servicers had been placing borrowers facing financial difficulties into forbearance instead of giving them clear information about income-driven repayment options.
cbsnews.comEducation secretary says ‘conversations about broader loan forgiveness’ are continuing
WASHINGTON, Fla. — This week, millions of borrowers learned the pandemic pause on their federal student loan repayments has been extended through the end of August. EXPLAINER: Biden extends student loan freeze through August“We recognize that this is a tough time,” said U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona in a one-on-one interview with our Washington News Bureau. Progressives in Congress have been critical of the Biden administration’s inaction on widespread student loan forgiveness. “We’re continuing those conversations about broader loan forgiveness,” said Cardona. $17 billion in loan forgiveness.
wftv.comEXPLAINER: Biden extends student loan freeze through August
Education Student Loans FILE - Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona speaks during a visit with first lady Jill Biden to Bergen Community College in Paramus, N.J., Jan. 20, 2022. The Biden administration plans to freeze federal student loan payments through Aug. 31, extending a moratorium that has allowed millions of Americans to postpone payments during the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File) (Seth Wenig)The Biden administration on Wednesday announced that federal student loan payments will remain paused through Aug. 31, extending a freeze that began in 2020 but was set to end after this month. The extension gives Americans another four months to get ready for student loan payments to restart. The moratorium applies to most federal student loan programs, including the Direct Loan Program, which issues subsidized and unsubsidized student loans.
wftv.comWhite House to extend student loan pause through August
The Biden administration plans to freeze federal student loan payments through Aug. 31, extending a moratorium that has allowed millions of Americans to postpone payments during the coronavirus pandemic. Student loan payments were scheduled to resume May 1 after being halted since early in the pandemic. “Serious delinquency rates for student debt could snap back from historic lows to their previous highs in which 10% or more of the debt was past due,” the bank said. The Trump administration initially gave Americans the option to suspend loan payments in March 2020, and Congress made it automatic soon after. It remains in question whether Biden will pursue widespread debt forgiveness to reduce the nation’s student debt.
wftv.comLGBTQ groups sue Florida over so-called 'Don't Say Gay' law
Ron DeSantis displays the signed Parental Rights in Education, aka the Don't Say Gay bill, flanked by elementary school students during a news conference on Monday, March 28, 2022, at Classical Preparatory school in Shady Hills. (Douglas R. Clifford/Tampa Bay Times via AP) (Douglas R. Clifford)TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — (AP) — Gay rights advocates sued Florida Gov. The law has catapulted Florida and DeSantis, a potential 2024 Republican presidential candidate, to the forefront of the country's culture wars. Critics call it the " Don't Say Gay " law and argue that its true intent is to marginalize LGBTQ people and their families. “The United States Supreme Court has repeatedly affirmed that LGBTQ people and their families are at home in our constitutional order.
wftv.comLGBTQ groups sue Florida over so-called 'Don't Say Gay' law
Ron DeSantis displays the signed Parental Rights in Education, aka the Don't Say Gay bill, flanked by elementary school students during a news conference on Monday, March 28, 2022, at Classical Preparatory school in Shady Hills. (Douglas R. Clifford/Tampa Bay Times via AP) (Douglas R. Clifford)TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — (AP) — Gay rights advocates sued Florida Gov. The law has catapulted Florida and DeSantis, a potential 2024 Republican presidential candidate, to the forefront of the country's culture wars. Critics call it the " Don't Say Gay " law and argue that its true intent is to marginalize LGBTQ people and their families. “The United States Supreme Court has repeatedly affirmed that LGBTQ people and their families are at home in our constitutional order.
wftv.comLGBTQ groups sue Florida over so-called 'Don't Say Gay' law
Ron DeSantis displays the signed Parental Rights in Education, aka the Don't Say Gay bill, flanked by elementary school students during a news conference on Monday, March 28, 2022, at Classical Preparatory school in Shady Hills. (Douglas R. Clifford/Tampa Bay Times via AP) (Douglas R. Clifford)TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — (AP) — Gay rights advocates sued Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday to block a new law that forbids classroom instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity in kindergarten through third grade. The law has catapulted Florida and DeSantis, a potential 2024 Republican presidential candidate, to the forefront of the country's culture wars. Critics call it the " Don't Say Gay " law and argue that its true intent is to marginalize LGBTQ people and their families.
wftv.comUS education secretary to Florida LGBTQ kids: Got your back
Ron DeSantis, U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona spoke with LGBTQ students to say the federal government supports them even if the governor does not. Cardona's call Thursday with students, parents and teachers was a response to Florida legislation opponents call the "don't say gay" bill, which forbids instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity in kindergarten through third grade. We just want these kids to be able go to school, learn, get the support that they need. “Developmentally appropriate education, which means no sex and gender theory instruction in grades K-3, promotes kids’ emotional well being." People on the call with Cardona said DeSantis is pushing backwards acceptance of LGBTQ people.
wftv.comUS education secretary to Florida LGBTQ kids: Got your back
Ron DeSantis, U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona spoke with LGBTQ students to say the federal government supports them even if the governor does not. Cardona's call Thursday with students, parents and teachers was a response to Florida legislation opponents call the "don't say gay" bill, which forbids instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity in kindergarten through third grade. We just want these kids to be able go to school, learn, get the support that they need. “Developmentally appropriate education, which means no sex and gender theory instruction in grades K-3, promotes kids’ emotional well being." People on the call with Cardona said DeSantis is pushing backwards acceptance of LGBTQ people.
wftv.comBy the numbers: the giant COVID relief package, 1 year later
It's been one year since President Joe Biden signed into law the American Rescue Plan. The $1.9 trillion package of relief measures was designed to fight the coronavirus pandemic and help the economy rebound. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File) (Susan Walsh)WASHINGTON — (AP) — One year ago, President Joe Biden signed the giant American Rescue Plan into law. — Schools received $122 billion in relief funding, with additional money being directed toward homeless students or children with disabilities. More than 150,000 providers who serve more than 5 million children have received funding.
wftv.com100,000 student borrowers eligible for debt cancellation: DOE
Nearly 100,000 people are eligible for student loan debt cancelation, the Department of Education announced on Wednesday.The cancellations would apply to people who were affected by changes the agency made to the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program (PSLF) last year. In total, the cancellations would amount to almost $6.2 billion in student debt relief, according to CNN.Under the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program, eligible borrowers...
news.yahoo.comLawmakers react to passage of controversial Parental Rights in Education bill – WFTV
ORLANDO, Fla. — Shortly after the Florida Senate passed the controversial “Parental Rights in Education” bill on Tuesday afternoon reaction from lawmakers began pouring in on social media. State Sen. Dennis Baxley, who sponsored the bill, thanked his fellow senators for helping to “ensure that parental rights do not end at the classroom door.”HB 1557/Parental Rights in Education passes! Thank you, Senators, for your vote to ensure that parental rights do not end at the classroom door. — Sen. Dennis Baxley (@dennisbaxley) March 8, 2022Read: Florida Senate passes controversial Parental Rights in Education billNot all reactions to the bill’s passage were positive, however. My team & I stand with our LGBTQ+ students in Florida & across the country & urge Florida leaders to protect & support all students.
wftv.comEducation chief: 'We must make up for lost time' in schools
Virus Outbreak Education FILE - Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona speaks during a visit with first lady Jill Biden to Bergen Community College in Paramus, N.J., Jan. 20, 2022. The goal is to make schools stronger than they were before, he said, seeing a “chance for a reset in education." The education secretary said schools should be able to achieve those goals using federal dollars from Biden’s American Rescue Plan, which sent $130 billion to the nation’s schools last year. Looking to Congress, Cardona pressed for passage of several key provisions of Biden’s education plan, including an increase in Title I funding for low-income schools, more money for special education and universal preschool. More than 80 lawmakers sent a letter on Tuesday calling for the cancellation of $50,000 in student debt for every borrower.
wftv.comMillions return to in-person classes despite huge jump in COVID cases and calls for remote learning
Districts that have opted for virtual learning this winter are firmly in the minority right now. Only about 100 of the nation's over 13,000 school districts are opting for virtual learning this winter despite surging case numbers.
cbsnews.comHarris says Americans under the pressures of student loan debt 'are literally making decisions about whether they can have a family, whether they can buy a home'
Harris said the administration has to "figure out how we can creatively relieve the pressure that students are feeling because of their student loan debt."
news.yahoo.comEXPLAINER: What's behind changes in student loan forgiveness
Student Loan Forgiveness In this Sept. 30, 2021, file photo, Education Secretary Miguel Cardona testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Biden administration is moving to relax the rules for a student loan forgiveness program that has been criticized for its notoriously complex requirements. It promised that if employees of governments or nonprofit groups made 10 years of monthly payments on their federal student loans, the remainder would be canceled. Along with expanding payment eligibility, the Education Department is making other changes to address past problems. The Education Department said it’s exploring a variety of changes, including possible partnerships with employers, to make it easier for public servants to apply for loan forgiveness.
wftv.comBiden administration overhauls student loan forgiveness program for public-sector workers
The Biden administration is overhauling the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program. The Department of Education said the changes could benefit more than 550,000 public-sector workers. Seth Frotman, the executive director of the Student Borrower Protection Center, joins CBSN's Lana Zak to discuss the changes and who might qualify.
news.yahoo.comFeds raise concern about Florida school mask ban, offer direct support to districts
The U.S. Department of Education is “deeply concerned” about Gov. Ron DeSantis’ executive order seeking to ban school mask mandates and is ready to help districts directly, the federal agency said in a letter to the governor Friday.