House Republicans unveil higher education reform plans
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House Republicans have unveiled their plans to reform higher education in the U.S. through budget reconciliation text released Monday.   

The text hits on a variety of issues as it looks to expand Pell Grants, change student loan repayment plans and put limits on how much some individuals can borrow.  

The measure will go to a full committee markup Tuesday as House Education and Workforce Committee Chairman Tim Walberg (R-Mich) was tasked with saving over $330 billion to help President Trump’s tax plan. 

“For decades Congress has responded to the student loan crisis by throwing more and more taxpayer dollars at the problem — never addressing the root causes of skyrocketing college costs. Colleges have ridden this gravy train of taxpayer dollars without any accountability for the quality of the education they provide or whether students can find jobs when they graduate,” Walberg said in a statement.  

“This plan brings accountability and holds schools financially responsible for loading students up with debt. The bill also includes other reforms that will lower costs for students and families while ensuring the fiscal sustainability of targeted programs like the Pell Grant. Bottom line, it’s time to fix this broken cycle that is costly to taxpayers and leaves students worse off than if they never went to college,” he added.  

The reforms look to only offer borrowers two student loan repayment options, taking away other options available to those repaying student loans now.  

The two available options would be a Repayment Assistance Plan, an income-based repayment plan or a standard repayment plan.  

The text would also create a limit for how much different types of students, whether graduate, undergraduate or parents, can borrow from the federal government for school and expand Pell Grants to those who want to go into short-term training programs.  

Changes to the plans are still likely at this stage, but shifts to the student loan system come as the Trump administration recently announced it will restart involuntary collections against borrowers who are in default.  

“We really see this as an attack on students and working families with student loan debt. We’ve seen an array of really problematic proposals that are on the table for congressional Republicans,” Aissa Canchola Bañez, policy director for Student Borrower Protection Center, previously told The Hill when earlier versions of the potential budget reconciliation text were released.

“Many of these would cause massive spikes for families with monthly student loan payments,” she added.  

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