[NYC School Reopening]
Williams: “The City must change its thinking away from focusing on a date and instead focus on accommodating the most vulnerable students and families first and building the needed health infrastructure in our school communities.”
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[UFT\ COVID-19 Safety Protocols]
UFT: “While our members want to be back in their classrooms, the safety of our students, their families and our staff comes first. Working with medical experts, we have created a set of health and safety standards we will apply to every building.’
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[Coronavirus\Mayor de Blasio]
The Department of Education will completely disinfect the building, and it will be closed for an initial 24-hour period.
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[Department of Education\”Borrower’s Defense Rule”]
Rep. Scott: “Instead of maintaining the Obama-era Borrower Defense rule, which provides a fair and streamlined process to provide debt relief to defrauded students, the Department of Education has finalized a new Borrower Defense rule that prevents an overwhelming majority of defrauded students from getting relief they deserve.”
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[Education\UNCF]
UNCF CEO Dr. Michael L. Lomax: “We have literally fought all year long for HBCUs and the kind of need-based funding beneficial for students from underserved backgrounds…I commend every single Member of the House and Senate who helped us secure the funding increases, and I call for both chambers to pass this bill without delay.”
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[Education\Funding HBCU’s, TCU’s & MSI’s]
Virginia Rep. Bobby Scott: “Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Tribally Controlled Colleges or Universities, and other Minority-Serving Institutions play a significant role in expanding access to higher education for low-income students and students of color…these schools have historically been under-resourced compared to other institutions of higher education.”
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[Education News\Student Debt]
Seth Frotman, Executive Director of the Student Borrower Protection Center: “This is a devastating indictment of the toll student debt is having on communities of color across the nation. I commend Senator Booker for his tireless work to protect borrowers and for his recognition that the student debt crisis is a critical civil rights issue. It is outrageous that the CFPB, which is charged with protecting borrowers from discrimination, has rolled back its critical oversight work of the student loan industry.”
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[Education News]
Senator Elizabeth Warren: “Students who get cheated by a predatory, for-profit college should not lose their Pell Grant eligibility. I’m glad to reintroduce this bill with Representatives Hayes, Scanlon, and McBath because our government should not be punishing students for getting scammed.”
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[Student Loan News]
NY Attorney General James: “Higher education is supposed to be a gateway to prosperity, not a trapdoor to financial ruin. Equitable scammed students by offering worthless services.”
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[Education News]
AFT President Randi Weingarten: “Public Service Loan Forgiveness is a right, but Betsy DeVos has turned it into a crapshoot.”
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