Cosmetology Schools Sue Betsy DeVos Over Obama-Era Rules
- Lawsuit claims gainful-employment rule harms beauty training
- Rule set in 2015 said schools can’t saddle grads with debt
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The American Association of Cosmetology Schools sued Education Secretary Betsy DeVos claiming that a gainful-employment rule implemented by the Obama administration shouldn’t be applied to beauty schools.
The lawsuit, filed Friday in federal court in Washington, seeks an order barring the rule that threatens career schools’ access to federal student aid if they saddle their graduates with too much debt relative to their earnings. The trade group said the rule is harmful when applied to beauty schools, whose graduates typically underreport income from cash tips.