School Accountability & Student Protections

Veterans Organizations Recommend Tanya Ang for 2019 Negotiated Rulemaking

Recommendation to the US Education Department of negotiators representing veterans and military students in 2019 Negotiated Rule-Making

35 veterans and military service organizations call on the US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and US Defense Department to stop the rollback of servicemembers’ rights under the Military Lending Act

28 Veterans Organizations Call on the Education Department to Stop Waste, Fraud, and Abuse

Public comment from 28 veterans and military service organizations urging the Education Department to maintain strong integrity rules against waste, fraud, and abuse, and to expand competency-based education.

Letter from the Department of Defense responding to Senators’ letter regarding the Military Lending Act.

27 veteran and military service organizations oppose the Education Department’s rollback of protections for taxpayers and students in Borrower Defense rule

A letter by veteran organizations in opposition of the Education Department's rollback of veteran protections.   Individual veterans also filed their own public comments about their experiences.  

30 veterans and military service organizations call on the US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and US Defense Department to stop the rollback of servicemembers’ rights under the Military Lending Act

National Military and Veterans Alliance’s letter calling on the US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and US Defense Department to stop the rollback of servicemembers’ rights under the Military Lending Act

Thousands of individual service members and veterans signed our petition

For decades, predatory lenders have targeted service members with 300% interest rates and other abuses. A nearly unanimous Congress acted to pass the Military Lending Act, which stops any bank or nonbank lender from charging [...]

Protection for the Office of Servicemember Affairs

Our public comment urging the US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to maintain robust consumer financial education and to protect the Office of Servicemember Affairs

42 Ethics, Veterans, Consumer, and Education Leaders Oppose VA’s Revised Ethics Proposal

42 federal ethics experts, national veterans and military service organizations, and consumer protection and education experts urge the US Department of Veterans Affairs to properly implement an anti-corruption ethics law for VA employees taking gifts [...]

Our Letter Urging Education Department Not to Postpone State Authorization Rules for Distance Education

Our public comment urging the Education Department not to postpone implementation of State Authorization rules (distance education providers)

Letter to CFPB Regarding Consumer Complaints

Veterans and Military leaders urge the US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to maintain robust public reporting and database of consumer complaints

Borrower Defense CRA Press Conference Remarks from Veteran Tasha Berkhalter

On February 12, 2020, Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer held a press conference in support of Senator Durbin's Congressional Review Act Resolution to overturn the 2019 Department of Education [...]

Public News Service: Virginia Urged to End Restrictive Higher-Ed Enrollment Contracts

As more people explore going back to school after losing jobs in the COVID-19 pandemic, Virginia is being urged to prohibit the use of enrollment contracts by some private post-secondary schools. Michael Saunders, director of [...]

11th Circuit ruling in Great Lakes

We filed an amicus brief about veterans' need for Public Service Loan Forgiveness, in support of a legal case regarding students' rights to use state law to sue loan servicing companies that fail to honor [...]

Press Release: Thirty-Three Leading Military & Veteran Service Organizations Praise VA Effort to Protect Veterans and Taxpayers from Schools that Mislead Prospective Students

For Immediate Release                     Contact: Carrie Wofford President 202-838-5050 April, 9 2020 Thirty-Three Leading Military & Veteran Service Organizations Praise VA Effort to Protect Veterans and Taxpayers from Schools that Mislead Prospective Students The [...]

Inside Higher Ed: Maryland Closes 90-10 Loophole

“This groundbreaking legislation makes Maryland the first in the nation to stand up for veterans and stop predatory schools from cheating them out of their hard-earned GI Bill,” said Ramond Curtis, state policy manager for [...]

Education Dive: Maryland could be the first state to close a loophole on federal aid to for-profit colleges

Maryland's bill intends to pose new limits on for-profit schools by forcing them to include military and veteran benefits when determining how much federal aid they rely on for revenue. Many large for-profit chains, such [...]

Washington Post: Maryland General Assembly moves to tighten federal aid restrictions on for-profit colleges

Maryland is poised to become the first state to limit the revenue for-profit colleges can receive from enrolling veterans. On Tuesday, the state House of Delegates unanimously passed legislation to close a loophole in the [...]

Veterans Education Success Hails Maryland as the 1st State in the Nation to Close the 90/10 Loophole

Veterans Education Success Hails Maryland as the First State in the Nation to Close the 90/10 Loophole FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ANNAPOLIS, MD – As they prepare to adjourn over Coronavirus concerns, lawmakers in Annapolis, MD, [...]

Letter from Chairman Scott of the House Ed and Labor Committee to Perdoceo Education Corp. re 90/10 Compliance

Testimony in Support of Maryland SB 294 and HB 593: 2020 90/10 Loophole Closure

HB 593 and SB 294 will protect veterans and servicemembers from fraud and abuse by predatory colleges that target them with aggressive and deceptive recruiting just to get their GI Bill.

New York Times: Senate Rejects DeVos Rule Restricting Debt Relief for Bilked Students

“Veterans had a target on their backs when they were in uniform, there’s no need to have one again when they go to college,” said James Haynes, federal policy manager at Veterans Education Success. “These [...]

Press Release: Veterans Education Success Praises Bipartisan Passage of H.J. Res. 76 in the Senate to Stand with Veterans on Borrower Defense

For Immediate Release    Contact: Carrie Wofford | President (202) 838-5050 Tanya Ang | Vice President (202) 838-5050 March 11, 2020  Veterans Education Success Praises Bipartisan Passage of H.J. Res. 76 in the Senate to [...]