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June 13, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Teachers Forced to Foot Bill for Thousands in Promised Aid
Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
June 11, 2018
Tweet - "Sec DeVos' own staff found deadbeat #4profit accreditor ACICS failed to meet requirements for federal recognition, she reinstated them anyway. She continues to side with corporate and #4profit interests over students and taxpayers."
Sen. Dick Durbin
June 8, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Clarify Testimony on Gun Violence and School Safety
Rep. Subramanian Krishnamoorthi, ...
June 5, 2018
Tweet - "#4profit colleges enroll 9% of our students, but account for 33% of all student loan defaults. How can that be? They are charging too much and providing too little. They mislead these students into debt."
Sen. Dick Durbin
June 4, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Rep. Adriano Espaillat Leads Congressional Call For Secretary DeVos to Correct Testimony and Uphold Obligation to Serve All Students
Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
June 4, 2018
Letter to Secretary DeVos, Department of Education - Protect Students & taxpayers In Potential Transfer Of Predatory For-Profit DeVry University To Cogswell Education
Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
May 25, 2018
Tweet - "We're 21 weeks into 2018, and there have already been 23 school shootings where someone was hurt or killed. That averages out to more than 1 shooting a week. Is there any sane person in America who thinks our kids should have to go through this?"
Sen. Dick Durbin
May 24, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Preserve Educational Equity for English Learners
Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
May 24, 2018
Letter to Secretary DeVos, Department of Education - Preserve Educational Equity for English Learners
Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
May 24, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Press for Answers Following Decision to Restore Recognition of For-Profit Accreditor ACICS
Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
May 23, 2018
Quigley Meets with Parkland Students on Capitol Hill, Discusses Policy Proposals to Combat Gun Violence
Rep. Mike Quigley
May 23, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Senators Denounce Move by Secretary DeVos to End Investigations and Office Responsible for Protecting Students from Predatory Colleges
Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
May 23, 2018
Letter to the Honorable Betsy Devos, Secretary of Education - Lawmakers Blast DeVos, Department of Education for Continuing to Fail Higher Ed. in Puerto Rico
Rep. Jan Schakowsky, ...
May 22, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Press DeVos on Department of Education Actions to Weaken Discrimination Protections
Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
May 22, 2018
Tweet - "In her latest move, Sec. DeVos has dismantled the Enforcement Unit that was set-up in 2016 to prevent future fraud by for-profit colleges. She did this all while tens of thousands of students continue to wait for the federal student loan discharges to which they are entitled."
Sen. Dick Durbin
May 18, 2018
Letter to Ms. Leandra English, Acting Director, CFPB, and Mr. Mick Mulvaney, Director, OMB - Help Committees Call on Mulvaney to Protect Student Loan Borrowers
Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
May 18, 2018
Senators Duckworth, Murray Announce New Study to Examine Child Care Challenges Faced by Student Parents in College
Sen. Ladda Duckworth
May 17, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Swiftly Implement Funding Increase to Affordable Child Care Program
Sen. Ladda Duckworth
May 9, 2018
Durbin Statement On Trump Administration Decision To Shutter CFPB Office Designed To Protect Student Loan Borrowers
Sen. Dick Durbin
May 9, 2018
Tweet - "The Trump Administration's message to families ripped off by student loan fraud: "stop whining.' Dismantling a student loan watchdog office at the CFPB -- which has returned three quarters of a billion dollars to students who had been ripped off -- is cold."
Sen. Dick Durbin
May 8, 2018
Letter to the Hon Ricardo A. Rosselló Nevares, Governor of Puerto Rico - Rep. Grijalva Leads Letter Opposing Public School Closures in Puerto Rico
Rep. Jan Schakowsky, ...
April 30, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Assist Students Harmed by Closure of ITT Tech
Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
April 26, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Betsy Devos, Secretary of Education - Concerns Over For-Profit College Industry Lobbyist's "Oversight" Role at the Department of Education
Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
April 25, 2018
Schakowsky Statement on Puerto Rico School Closures
Rep. Jan Schakowsky
April 24, 2018
Eliminate Obstacles to Student Voters
Rep. Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
April 23, 2018
Letter to Principal - Sound The Alarm On For-Profit Colleges
Sen. Dick Durbin
April 23, 2018
Tweet - "As high school seniors make decisions on their educational futures, they have to know the risks associated with #4profit colleges. I'm asking our educators to help inform students now so they don't end up with a lifetime of student debt and despair: https://www.durbin.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/durbin-enlists-illinois-high-school-educators-to-sound-the-alarm-on-for-profit-colleges "
Sen. Dick Durbin
April 18, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Properly Implement New Program
Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
April 18, 2018
Booker, Durbin, Krishnamoorthi Introduce Help Students Vote Act
Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
April 18, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Roy Blunt, Sen. Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health, and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Chairman, and the Hon. Patty Murray, Ranking Member - Call For More Childcare Support For Student Parents
Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
April 13, 2018
Letter to the Honorable Roy Blunt, Chairman for the Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education and Related Agencies, and the Honorabe Patty Murray, Ranking Member for the Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education and Related Agencies - Cassidy, Colleagues Urge Support for Bookshare Program Helping Students with Disabilities
Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
April 6, 2018
Southern Illinois Legislators Urge Caution in SIU Carbondale Funding Reallocation Plan
Rep. Mike Bost
April 5, 2018
Democrats Meet with Millennials in Elgin on College Costs, "Dreamers'
Rep. Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
March 29, 2018
Letter to the Hon Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Whitehouse, Kaine, Duckworth, Hassan Push DeVos to Put New Public Service Student Debt Relief Into Action
Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
March 27, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Langevin, Portman Lead Joint Letter Urging Relief for Families with Disabled Students
Rep. Subramanian Krishnamoorthi, ...
March 23, 2018
Schneider, Bost School Safety Proposal Signed Into Law
Rep. Brad Schneider, ...
March 23, 2018
Upton, Dingell Pledge to Push for Further Bipartisan Gun Safety Measures, Applaud Passage of School Safety and Mental Health Measures
Rep. Brad Schneider, ...
March 23, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Menendez, Booker Urge Education Department to Focus on School Safety, Not Scapegoats
Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
March 23, 2018
Letter to the Hon Betsy DeVos, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education - Booker, Kaine, Gillibrand Lead Colleagues in Urging Education Department to Focus on School Safety, Not Scapegoats
Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
March 22, 2018
Tweet - "Unfortunately, for too many students these days, the payoff of a college education isn't being realized. They find themselves in default with their credit scores ruined and holding massive amounts of debt. This trend has got to stop."
Sen. Dick Durbin
March 19, 2018
Letter to the Hon Tom Cole, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and the Hon Rosa DeLauro, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education - Sinema Leads Bipartisan Effort to Help Prepare the Next Generation of Arizona Teachers for High-Need Classrooms
Rep. Danny Davis, ...
March 19, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Tom Cole, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies and the Hon. Rosa DeLauro, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies - Chairman Crowley Advocates for Additional Funding to Make College More Affordable for Low-Income Students
Rep. Subramanian Krishnamoorthi, ...
March 19, 2018
Letter to the Honorable Tom Cole, Chairman, and the Honorable Rosa DeLauro, Ranking Member of House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and related Agencies - Increased Education Funding for School Leadership Recruitment and Support Program
Rep. Danny Davis, ...
March 19, 2018
Letter to the Honorable Tom Cole, Chairman, and the Honorable Rosa DeLauro, Ranking Member of House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and related Agencies - Increased Education Funding for Teacher Quality Programs
Rep. Bill Foster, ...
March 16, 2018
Letter to the Honorable Tom Cole, Chairman, and the Honorable Rosa DeLauro, Ranking Member of House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies - Increased Education Funding for Impact Aid
Rep. Danny Davis, ...
March 15, 2018
Letter to Mr. Clark - Halt New GI Bill Enrollments Amid Questions Of Eligibility
Sen. Dick Durbin
March 15, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Call for Top DeVos Adviser's Recusal from Decisions on For-Profit Colleges Owned by Former Employer
Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
March 14, 2018
Schneider, Bost School Safety Proposal Passes House of Representatives
Rep. Mike Bost, ...
March 14, 2018
Foster Statement on National Gun Violence Walkout
Rep. Bill Foster
March 14, 2018
Student, Teachers, and Officers Preventing School Violence Act of 2018
Rep. Mike Bost
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June 13, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Teachers Forced to Foot Bill for Thousands in Promised Aid
Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
June 11, 2018
Tweet - "Sec DeVos' own staff found deadbeat #4profit accreditor ACICS failed to meet requirements for federal recognition, she reinstated them anyway. She continues to side with corporate and #4profit interests over students and taxpayers."
Sen.Dick Durbin
June 8, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Clarify Testimony on Gun Violence and School Safety
Rep.Subramanian Krishnamoorthi, ...
June 5, 2018
Tweet - "#4profit colleges enroll 9% of our students, but account for 33% of all student loan defaults. How can that be? They are charging too much and providing too little. They mislead these students into debt."
Sen.Dick Durbin
June 4, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Rep. Adriano Espaillat Leads Congressional Call For Secretary DeVos to Correct Testimony and Uphold Obligation to Serve All Students
Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
June 4, 2018
Letter to Secretary DeVos, Department of Education - Protect Students & taxpayers In Potential Transfer Of Predatory For-Profit DeVry University To Cogswell Education
Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
May 25, 2018
Tweet - "We're 21 weeks into 2018, and there have already been 23 school shootings where someone was hurt or killed. That averages out to more than 1 shooting a week. Is there any sane person in America who thinks our kids should have to go through this?"
Sen.Dick Durbin
May 24, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Preserve Educational Equity for English Learners
Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
May 24, 2018
Letter to Secretary DeVos, Department of Education - Preserve Educational Equity for English Learners
Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
May 24, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Press for Answers Following Decision to Restore Recognition of For-Profit Accreditor ACICS
Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
May 23, 2018
Quigley Meets with Parkland Students on Capitol Hill, Discusses Policy Proposals to Combat Gun Violence
Rep.Mike Quigley
May 23, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Senators Denounce Move by Secretary DeVos to End Investigations and Office Responsible for Protecting Students from Predatory Colleges
Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
May 23, 2018
Letter to the Honorable Betsy Devos, Secretary of Education - Lawmakers Blast DeVos, Department of Education for Continuing to Fail Higher Ed. in Puerto Rico
Rep.Jan Schakowsky, ...
May 22, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Press DeVos on Department of Education Actions to Weaken Discrimination Protections
Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
May 22, 2018
Tweet - "In her latest move, Sec. DeVos has dismantled the Enforcement Unit that was set-up in 2016 to prevent future fraud by for-profit colleges. She did this all while tens of thousands of students continue to wait for the federal student loan discharges to which they are entitled."
Sen.Dick Durbin
May 18, 2018
Letter to Ms. Leandra English, Acting Director, CFPB, and Mr. Mick Mulvaney, Director, OMB - Help Committees Call on Mulvaney to Protect Student Loan Borrowers
Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
May 18, 2018
Senators Duckworth, Murray Announce New Study to Examine Child Care Challenges Faced by Student Parents in College
Sen.Ladda Duckworth
May 17, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Swiftly Implement Funding Increase to Affordable Child Care Program
Sen.Ladda Duckworth
May 9, 2018
Durbin Statement On Trump Administration Decision To Shutter CFPB Office Designed To Protect Student Loan Borrowers
Sen.Dick Durbin
May 9, 2018
Tweet - "The Trump Administration's message to families ripped off by student loan fraud: "stop whining.' Dismantling a student loan watchdog office at the CFPB -- which has returned three quarters of a billion dollars to students who had been ripped off -- is cold."
Sen.Dick Durbin
May 8, 2018
Letter to the Hon Ricardo A. Rosselló Nevares, Governor of Puerto Rico - Rep. Grijalva Leads Letter Opposing Public School Closures in Puerto Rico
Rep.Jan Schakowsky, ...
April 30, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Assist Students Harmed by Closure of ITT Tech
Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
April 26, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Betsy Devos, Secretary of Education - Concerns Over For-Profit College Industry Lobbyist's "Oversight" Role at the Department of Education
Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
April 25, 2018
Schakowsky Statement on Puerto Rico School Closures
Rep.Jan Schakowsky
April 24, 2018
Eliminate Obstacles to Student Voters
Rep.Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
April 23, 2018
Letter to Principal - Sound The Alarm On For-Profit Colleges
Sen.Dick Durbin
April 23, 2018
Tweet - "As high school seniors make decisions on their educational futures, they have to know the risks associated with #4profit colleges. I'm asking our educators to help inform students now so they don't end up with a lifetime of student debt and despair: https://www.durbin.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/durbin-enlists-illinois-high-school-educators-to-sound-the-alarm-on-for-profit-colleges "
Sen.Dick Durbin
April 18, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Properly Implement New Program
Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
April 18, 2018
Booker, Durbin, Krishnamoorthi Introduce Help Students Vote Act
Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
April 18, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Roy Blunt, Sen. Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health, and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Chairman, and the Hon. Patty Murray, Ranking Member - Call For More Childcare Support For Student Parents
Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
April 13, 2018
Letter to the Honorable Roy Blunt, Chairman for the Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education and Related Agencies, and the Honorabe Patty Murray, Ranking Member for the Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education and Related Agencies - Cassidy, Colleagues Urge Support for Bookshare Program Helping Students with Disabilities
Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
April 6, 2018
Southern Illinois Legislators Urge Caution in SIU Carbondale Funding Reallocation Plan
Rep.Mike Bost
April 5, 2018
Democrats Meet with Millennials in Elgin on College Costs, "Dreamers'
Rep.Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
March 29, 2018
Letter to the Hon Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Whitehouse, Kaine, Duckworth, Hassan Push DeVos to Put New Public Service Student Debt Relief Into Action
Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
March 27, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Langevin, Portman Lead Joint Letter Urging Relief for Families with Disabled Students
Rep.Subramanian Krishnamoorthi, ...
March 23, 2018
Schneider, Bost School Safety Proposal Signed Into Law
Rep.Brad Schneider, ...
March 23, 2018
Upton, Dingell Pledge to Push for Further Bipartisan Gun Safety Measures, Applaud Passage of School Safety and Mental Health Measures
Rep.Brad Schneider, ...
March 23, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Menendez, Booker Urge Education Department to Focus on School Safety, Not Scapegoats
Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
March 23, 2018
Letter to the Hon Betsy DeVos, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education - Booker, Kaine, Gillibrand Lead Colleagues in Urging Education Department to Focus on School Safety, Not Scapegoats
Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
March 22, 2018
Tweet - "Unfortunately, for too many students these days, the payoff of a college education isn't being realized. They find themselves in default with their credit scores ruined and holding massive amounts of debt. This trend has got to stop."
Sen.Dick Durbin
March 19, 2018
Letter to the Hon Tom Cole, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and the Hon Rosa DeLauro, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education - Sinema Leads Bipartisan Effort to Help Prepare the Next Generation of Arizona Teachers for High-Need Classrooms
Rep.Danny Davis, ...
March 19, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Tom Cole, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies and the Hon. Rosa DeLauro, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies - Chairman Crowley Advocates for Additional Funding to Make College More Affordable for Low-Income Students
Rep.Subramanian Krishnamoorthi, ...
March 19, 2018
Letter to the Honorable Tom Cole, Chairman, and the Honorable Rosa DeLauro, Ranking Member of House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and related Agencies - Increased Education Funding for School Leadership Recruitment and Support Program
Rep.Danny Davis, ...
March 19, 2018
Letter to the Honorable Tom Cole, Chairman, and the Honorable Rosa DeLauro, Ranking Member of House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and related Agencies - Increased Education Funding for Teacher Quality Programs
Rep.Bill Foster, ...
March 16, 2018
Letter to the Honorable Tom Cole, Chairman, and the Honorable Rosa DeLauro, Ranking Member of House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies - Increased Education Funding for Impact Aid
Rep.Danny Davis, ...
March 15, 2018
Letter to Mr. Clark - Halt New GI Bill Enrollments Amid Questions Of Eligibility
Sen.Dick Durbin
March 15, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Call for Top DeVos Adviser's Recusal from Decisions on For-Profit Colleges Owned by Former Employer
Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
March 14, 2018
Schneider, Bost School Safety Proposal Passes House of Representatives
Rep.Mike Bost, ...
March 14, 2018
Foster Statement on National Gun Violence Walkout
Rep.Bill Foster
March 14, 2018
Student, Teachers, and Officers Preventing School Violence Act of 2018
Rep.Mike Bost
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