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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><b>From:</b> Buswell, Jessica D. (ATG) <jessica.buswell@atg.wa.gov><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, June 12, 2020 5:49 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> rwoods@columbiabasin.edu; Delores.Cleary@cwu.edu; MorelliC@evergreen.edu; tBuchmann@greenriver.edu; Brianne.Sanchez@seattlecolleges.edu; thuttner@pierce.ctc.edu; Joe Holliday; Crystal.Allison@skagit.edu; cflores@wvc.edu; brian.dixon@wsu.edu; capron@wwu.edu;
msledge@wwu.edu<br>
<b>Cc:</b> Sprung, Jeff T (ATG); Simpson, July (ATG); Coates, Spencer W. (ATG); Crisalli, Paul M. (ATG); Madeley, Jessica L (ATG)<br>
<b>Subject:</b> State v. DeVos, et al. (CARES Act) - Order Granting Motion for Preliminary Injunction
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">This afternoon the federal district court in Spokane granted our motion for preliminary injunction against the U.S. Department of Education in our lawsuit concerning student
eligibility restrictions for CARES Act emergency financial assistance grants. A copy of the Order is attached. The Court’s order states:</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">“The United States Department of Education, Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos, and their officers, agents, servants, employees, attorneys,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">and any person in active concert or participation with them, are hereby preliminarily enjoined from implementing or enforcing the provisions</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">in the April 21, 2020 guidance and the Interim Final Rule that restricts the discretion of higher education institutions in the State of Washington</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">to determine which students will receive CARES Act student emergency financial assistance grants to only those students who are eligible for</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">federal financial aid under Title IV, section 484 of the Higher Education Act, in any manner or in any respect.”</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Here’s the link to today’s Office of the Attorney General’s press release:
<a href="https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.atg.wa.gov%2Fnews%2Fnews-releases%2Fspokane-judge-agrees-ag-ferguson-stops-department-education-decision-blocking&data=02%7C01%7Cjessica.buswell%40atg.wa.gov%7C5120b4dbd8b0474c8e0808d80f2f560b%7C2cc5baaf3b9742c9bcb8392cad34af3f%7C0%7C0%7C637276043281987778&sdata=kah88FCsnrKtn1DlagACiq1p8yezarTiVitMfIAOJ08%3D&reserved=0">
https://www.atg.wa.gov/news/news-releases/spokane-judge-agrees-ag-ferguson-stops-department-education-decision-blocking</a>.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Thank you for your assistance on this case.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Sincerely,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt; font-family:"Brush Script MT"; color:#943634">Jessica Buswell</span><span style="font-size:18.0pt; font-family:"Brush Script MT"; color:#943634"></span></p>
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