HIGHER ED Act
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Under committee review
What it doesSummary introduced in house (Sep 28, 2016)
Helping Improve Grants for Higher Education & Repayment of Expensive Debt Act or the HIGHER ED Act
This bill amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to:
- modify the Federal Pell Grant program to increase the maximum award and restore year-round grants,
- make graduate and professional students eligible to receive subsidized Stafford Loans under the Federal Direct Loan program,
- direct the Department of Education to refinance outstanding federal student loans for Direct Loan and Federal Family Education Loan program borrowers,
- include a part-time job as a faculty member within the definition of "public service job" for purposes of the public service loan forgiveness program, and
- establish additional terms and conditions applicable to the income-based and income-contingent repayment plans.
Additionally, the bill amends the federal bankruptcy code to permit a borrower to discharge in bankruptcy a nonprofit, government, or private student loan, or an obligation to repay an educational benefit, scholarship, or stipend.
What just happenedOct 18, 2016
Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseSep 28, 2016
- Oct 18, 2016Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust Subcommittee - Sep 28, 2016IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Judiciary Committee - Sep 28, 2016IntroReferralH11100-A
Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- Sep 28, 2016IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Education and the Workforce Committee - Sep 28, 2016IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Sep 28, 2016IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House