Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican presidential candidate, announced Thursday that the state has filed a lawsuit that seeks to block federal enforcement of higher education accrediting requirements.
The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Fort Lauderdale, names U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona and other federal education officials as defendants. It lists several complaints about a Georgia-based accreditor called the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges, alleging that the association has sought to “curb the State’s governance of public institutions, hold hostage billions of dollars in federal funds, and evade input from the public.
Accreditors play a key role in enabling colleges and universities to participate in federal financial aid programs.
“Federal law and the Department’s regulations contain provisions intended to prevent institutions from changing accreditors in search of lower standards,” James Kvaal, undersecretary of education, wrote to DeSantis at the time. Steps needed to change accreditors, Kvaal wrote, “may be tedious and costly, which could lead to increased institutional burden and costs that may be passed down to students and families.
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