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Tue Nov 24, 2020, 10:09 PM Nov 2020

Education Department removed tool for defrauded students 9 days after launch

On Nov. 10, the Department of Education (ED) launched a fresh website to help borrowers who are seeking debt relief after being defrauded by a college.

The new website attempted to improve the borrower defense process, which is a fairly complicated process that involves former students of allegedly predatory schools seeking loan forgiveness.

On Nov. 19, that website was taken down.

“We are troubled that the Department of Education removed a new web tool from its website that was designed to help students who have been defrauded,” Reps. Bobby Scott, Chairman of the Committee on Education and Labor, and Carolyn Maloney, Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, said in a statement.

Politico reported that the ED was forced to walk back its tool because they had not obtained the required approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), which is required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. ED has not responded to a request for comment from Yahoo Finance.

Reps. Scott and Maloney refused to accept this reason.

“Once again, the Department’s public explanations do not hold water, and it now appears that the White House may be interfering in this process,” they stated. “The Department should immediately put the tool back online and stop its continued and repeated efforts to undermine the Borrower Defense program.”

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https://finance.yahoo.com/news/education-department-removes-tool-for-defrauded-students-two-weeks-after-launching-the-new-website-212738359.html

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