DeVos

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION

AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS,

et al., Case No. 5:20-cv-00455-EJD Plaintiffs, Re: Dkt. No. 26 v.

ELISABETH DEVOS, et al., Defendants.

PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, Case No. 5:20-cv-01889-EJD Plaintiff, Re: Dkt. No. 18 v.

ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND

ELISABETH DEVOS, et al., DENYING IN PART DEFENDANTS’

MOTIONS TO DISMISS

Defendants.

Under Title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (“HEA”), see 20 U.S.C. § 1070 et seq. (1988), students may receive “Guaranteed Student Loans” (“GSLs”) to pay for their postsecondary tuition and expenses. However, in order for the postsecondary institutions to be eligible to accept these GSLs, the institutions must “prepare students for gainful employment in a recognized occupation.” 20 U.S.C. §§ 1001(b)(1), 1002(b)(1)(A)(i), (c)(1)(A) (emphasis added). The…