WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 17:  Betsy DeVos, President-elect Donald Trump's pick to be the next Secretary of Education, arrives for her confirmation hearing before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill  January 17, 2017 in Washington, DC. DeVos is known for her advocacy of school choice and education voucher programs and is a long-time leader of the Republican Party in Michigan.  (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Betsy DeVos
WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 17:  Betsy DeVos, President-elect Donald Trump's pick to be the next Secretary of Education, arrives for her confirmation hearing before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill  January 17, 2017 in Washington, DC. DeVos is known for her advocacy of school choice and education voucher programs and is a long-time leader of the Republican Party in Michigan.  (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Betsy DeVos

Betsy DeVos has reached an ethics agreement with the government requiring her to divest from 102 different assets within 90 days of being confirmed as Donald Trump’s education secretary. Here’s the best part:

DeVos listed on her financial paperwork a holding company that invests in Performant Business Services, Inc., which the Education Department hires to collect defaulted federal student loans.

The probable future education secretary has been profiting from debt collection on student loans. What a commitment to affordable higher education and helping students avoid the burden of high debt! 

DeVos will also divest from a series of companies intended to profit off of education, from software to textbooks to campus parking.

Sign and send the petition to your senators: Block Betsy DeVos as education secretary.


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