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FIRST ON FOX: Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, R-Ark., blasted nan Biden administration's "unconstitutional" student indebtedness handout and "functionally nonoperational" revisions to nan college financial aid exertion process up of a apical official's travel to Arkansas.
In a fiery missive sent to Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona Tuesday, nan Republican Governor charged that nan Biden administration's "gleeful disregard for our nation's highest tribunal should appall each American."
Biden has made various attempts to forgive student loans passim his presidency, astir precocious proposing nan cancelation of student indebtedness for much than 30 cardinal Americans which Sanders called retired successful her letter, which was first obtained by Fox News Digital.
"The Biden Administration's forgiveness of definite student loans is unfair, unwise, and unlawful. Not only does it unit Arkansans who chose not to be assemblage to salary for others' education, not only does it connection forgiveness for past loans pinch nary scheme to reside nan early maturation of assemblage tuition expenses, but it has besides been declared unconstitutional by nan U.S. Supreme Court," Sanders wrote. "This administration's gleeful disregard for our nation's highest tribunal should appall each American."
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Sanders besides expressed being "deeply concerned" by nan administration's handling of Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), aft nan section revised nan exertion process for students.
Students person reportedly had issues utilizing nan caller FAFSA application, and owed to delays pinch nan caller process, immoderate person moreover postponed their assemblage decisions arsenic they hold to find retired whether they will person financial aid.
"Students, peculiarly from low-income families, request answers. State authorities needs clarity," Sanders said. "Currently, we are ‘conditionally awarding’ scholarships to guarantee students cognize we intend to money their authorities danasiwa awards. If these issues continue, though, we will beryllium forced to propulsion authorities dollars from different sources to guarantee scholarships are funded."
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Cardona precocious said he will activity to shut down Grand Canyon University (GCU), nan largest Christian assemblage successful America, complete claims nan assemblage grounded to accurately disclose its costs to students.
EAGLE PASS, TEXAS - FEBRUARY 4: Governor of Arkansas Sarah Huckabee Sanders joins Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and chap Governors for a property convention on nan Rio Grande astatine nan U.S.-Mexico separator to talk Operation Lone Star and separator concerns connected Sunday, February 4, 2024 successful Eagle Pass, Texas. (Raquel Natalicchio/Houston Chronicle)
GCU called nan comments "disturbing and defamatory," and Sanders highlighted nan move arsenic an illustration of nan section being "a changeless root of vexation for Americans and Arkansans."
"Your section is simply a changeless root of vexation for Americans and Arkansans. You've promised to unopen down nan nation's largest Christian university. You reason acquisition freedom. You onslaught parents who speak up for their children's acquisition astatine schoolhouse committee meetings," nan Republican politician wrote.
Miguel Cardona speaks aft then-President-Elect Joe Biden announced his information for Education Secretary astatine nan Queen theatre connected December 23, 2020 successful Wilmington, Delaware. (Joshua Roberts)
"The botched FAFSA update, nan unlawful student indebtedness forgiveness program, and truthful overmuch much person created a mess," she said. "I dream your sojourn to Arkansas offers much than conscionable quiet words for struggling Arkansans."
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