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“Lambda is a coding school that offers its California students the option of financing the cost of the program through a contract by which students defer tuition until they begin working in a specified job earning a specific income.”

California Department of Financial Protection and Innovationdfpi.ca.gov ↗

Income share agreements were sold as a kinder alternative to student loans. Lambda’s contracts told students the debt couldn’t be wiped out in bankruptcy. That wasn’t true. A regulator had to make the school admit it in writing.