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Read. Follow. Verify.Combating Predatory Lending in Higher Education Act of 2023
Last action · May 17, 2023: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.Sponsor: Beth Van Duyne
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What This Bill Would Do
This bill proposes changing how the federal government calculates and reports student loan default rates. It requires that parent loans and graduate student loans be included in official statistics to provide a more comprehensive view of loan repayment performance.
If passed, this bill would change how the Department of Education tracks loan defaults, potentially impacting how colleges are evaluated based on the repayment success of their students and parents.
Who It Would Affect
Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Higher education institutions
Colleges and universities will have their official default rates calculated using a broader set of loan data, which may impact their institutional standing.
Parent borrowers
Repayment data for Federal Direct PLUS loans will now be explicitly included in federal default rate reporting.
Graduate students
Repayment data for graduate student loans will be included in the updated cohort default rate calculations.
Key Facts
- The bill amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to include parent loans (Federal Direct PLUS) and graduate student loans in the definition of 'cohort default rate'.
- The Secretary of Education is required to collect and report default rates for these specific loan types.
- The definition of 'students' for default rate calculations is expanded to explicitly include parents who receive Federal Direct PLUS loans or section 428B loans on behalf of dependent students.
- The amendments apply to Federal Direct Consolidation Loans.
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- The changes take effect starting the first fiscal year following the date of the bill's enactment.
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Expansion of Default Reporting
The bill shifts the focus of default reporting from primarily undergraduate student loans to include parent and graduate-level debt.
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