{"id":79555,"date":"2016-09-03T00:34:59","date_gmt":"2016-09-03T05:34:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=79555"},"modified":"2016-09-03T00:34:59","modified_gmt":"2016-09-03T05:34:59","slug":"a-g-forms-student-debt-advisory-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2016\/09\/03\/a-g-forms-student-debt-advisory-group\/","title":{"rendered":"A-G forms student debt advisory group"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n<p>COLUMBUS &#8212; Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine has announced the formation of the Attorney General\u2019s Advisory Group on Student Loan Debt Collection.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_50826\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-50826\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-50826\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Mike-DeWine-headshot-4-2014.jpg\" alt=\"Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine.\" width=\"150\" height=\"222\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-50826\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>A-G\u00a0Mike DeWine<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cMost students pay their student debts responsibly,\u201d DeWine said. \u201cHowever, when accounts are unpaid, we have a statutory obligation to collect this debt on behalf of public universities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The attorney general said the new group will take an in-depth look at all aspects of student loan debt collection, from what happens at a school to what happens as debt collection proceeds, to help make sure Ohio\u2019s practices are thorough, transparent, and fair.<\/p>\n<p>DeWine created the external advisory group to examine issues regarding debt collection practices for unpaid student loans at Ohio public colleges and universities, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The uniformity of university policies, fees, and penalties regarding unpaid accounts.<\/li>\n<li>Whether students are being adequately educated regarding all responsibilities when taking student loans.<\/li>\n<li>The university certification process for student debt accounts.<\/li>\n<li>Student debt collection and litigation processes within the Ohio Attorney General\u2019s Office.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The first meeting of the group will be at 2 p.m. Thursday, September 29, at the Ohio Attorney General\u2019s Office in Columbus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Submitted information COLUMBUS &#8212; Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine has announced the formation of the Attorney General\u2019s Advisory Group on Student Loan Debt Collection. \u201cMost students pay their student debts responsibly,\u201d DeWine said. \u201cHowever, when accounts are unpaid, we have a statutory obligation to collect this debt on behalf of public universities.\u201d The attorney general [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-79555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-13 10:46:50","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79555","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79555"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79555\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}