Navigation DeSantis challenges constitutionality of college accreditation and federal funding
A lawsuit filed against the Biden administration and the U.S. Department of Education claims a federal law requiring colleges and universities to submit to private accreditors to qualify for federal funding is unconstitutional.
The State of Florida filed the complaint in the Southern District of Florida federal court against Education Secretary Miguel Cardona and other federal officials, including Accreditation Group Director Herman Bounds Jr, Office of Postsecondary Education Chief Operating Officer Richard Cordray and Office of Postsecondary Education Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, Planning, and Innovation Annmarie Weisman.
“Congress’s desire that federal funds flow to legitimate institutions is understandable,” Attorney Natalie P. Christmas wrote in the June 21 complaint. “But it must rely on government actors — both state and federal — to provide those assurances. It cannot lend the power of the purse to private entities by giving them the keys to billions in federal education dollars.”
