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Higher Education & Student Loans
Includes higher education, student loans, vocational schools and the regulation of for-profit colleges.
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National Legislation
S 114: Fairness for Struggling Students Act of 2013
Sponsor: Sen. Richard Durbin [D-IL] on 2013-01-23
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/113/s114
Fairness for Struggling Students Act of 2013 - Revises federal bankruptcy law with respect to the exemption from the exception to discharge in bankruptcy for certain educational loans if excepting such debt from discharge would impose an undue hardship on the debtor and debtor's dependents.
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National Legislation
S 113: Know Before You Owe Private Student Loan Act of 2013
Sponsor: Sen. Richard Durbin [D-IL] on Jan 23, 2013
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/113/s113
A bill to amend the Truth in Lending Act and the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require schools to counsel students before they sign on to expensive, even unnecessary, private student loan debt and inform them if they have any untapped federal loan eligibility.
Watching
National Legislation
HR 2028: Private Student Loan Bankruptcy Fairness Act of 2011
Sponsor: Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN9] on May 26, 2011
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/112/hr2028
Private Student Loan Bankruptcy Fairness Act of 2011 - Amends the federal bankruptcy code, Title 11 of the United States Code, to remove qualified educational loans as an exception to discharge from bankruptcy.