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Suing Betsy DeVos

A federal judge declined to dismiss the bulk of California’s lawsuit over U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’ decision to rescind full debt forgiveness for defrauded students of for-profit Corinthian Colleges, finding the state had adequately shown harm to its mission to educate its residents and its financial well-being.

SAN FRANCISCO – A federal judge declined to dismiss the bulk of California’s lawsuit over U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’ decision to rescind full debt forgiveness for defrauded students of for-profit Corinthian Colleges, finding the state had adequately shown harm to its mission to educate its residents and its financial well-being.

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