To require that certain loans made to parents on behalf of a dependent student and to graduate students are included in the definition of cohort default rate under the Higher Education Act of 1965, to require the Secretary of Education to report default rates for such loans, and for other purposes.
Combating Predatory Lending in Higher Education Act of 2021
This bill includes Direct PLUS Loans that are made to graduate students and parents on behalf of dependent students in an institution of higher education's (IHE's) cohort default rate. This rate is the percentage of an IHE's borrowers who enter repayment and default on certain student loans.
Further, the Department of Education must include this information in its annual report on cohort default rates.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
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