{"id":371,"date":"2023-06-07T15:39:56","date_gmt":"2023-06-07T19:39:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/updateeducation\/?p=371"},"modified":"2026-05-13T15:41:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T19:41:19","slug":"student-arbitration-agreements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/updateeducation\/2023\/06\/07\/student-arbitration-agreements\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Arbitration Agreements"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">By Edward Cramp and Jessica S. High<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">July 1<\/span>\u00a0is quickly approaching for institutions that require students to sign pre-dispute arbitration agreements. \u00a0The new Borrower Defense to Repayment (BDR) regulation goes into effect\u00a0<span class=\"s1\">on July 1. <\/span>Among other things, it prohibits\u00a0Title IV institutions from requiring students to sign mandatory pre-dispute arbitration agreements covering BDR claims.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Institutions can continue to use arbitration agreements for non-BDR claims. Institutions should review current arbitration agreements to ensure they comply with the new regulation. \u00a0Additionally, institutions must provide notice (with prescribed language) to students who previously signed a pre-dispute arbitration agreement that does not comply with the new regulations. The notice must be provided no later than exit counseling or the date on which the school files its initial response to a demand for arbitration or service of a complaint, whichever is\u00a0<span class=\"s1\"><b>earlier<\/b><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Compliant arbitration agreements and notices must be implemented by\u00a0<span class=\"s1\">July 1.<\/span> Some arbitration administrators, such as the American Arbitration Association, required consumer arbitration agreements to be registered with the agency. \u00a0Such administrators may decline to administer an arbitration if the college or business does not comply with the registration requirement. Institutions should review their arbitration administrator\u2019s rules to see if this is required.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Finally, litigation is pending in the case of CCST v. Cardoza, which may impact whether the new BDR regulation goes into effect as scheduled. \u00a0Institutions should be on the watch for updates in the event that the court issues a ruling that impacts the implementation of the new rule.<\/p>\n<p>If you have any questions about this blog post, please contact Edward Cramp, Jessica High, any of the attorneys in our Higher Education Group or the attorney in the firm with whom you are regularly in contact.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Edward Cramp and Jessica S. High July 1\u00a0is quickly approaching for institutions that require students to sign pre-dispute arbitration agreements. \u00a0The new Borrower Defense to Repayment (BDR) regulation goes into effect\u00a0on July 1. Among other things, it prohibits\u00a0Title IV institutions from requiring students to sign mandatory pre-dispute arbitration agreements covering BDR claims. Institutions can &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/updateeducation\/2023\/06\/07\/student-arbitration-agreements\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Student Arbitration Agreements&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":377,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[60,106],"ppma_author":[190],"class_list":["post-371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-edward-cramp","tag-jessica-high"],"authors":[{"term_id":190,"user_id":377,"is_guest":0,"slug":"emcramp","display_name":"Edward Cramp","avatar_url":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/updateeducation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2019\/06\/cramped-125x150.jpg","0":null,"1":"","2":"","3":"","4":"","5":"","6":"","7":"","8":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/updateeducation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/371","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/updateeducation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/updateeducation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/updateeducation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/377"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/updateeducation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=371"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/updateeducation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/371\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/updateeducation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/updateeducation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/updateeducation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=371"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/updateeducation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}