TG Public Policy
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George Torres,
TG Senior Advisor to the President for Congressional and Legislative Relations
george.torres@tgslc.org
Kelly Kaelin,
Managing Editor
kelly.kaelin@tgslc.org
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It goes without saying that the federal student aid programs have undergone numerous changes over the last three years, due to amendments in law and regulations, as well as market forces that have affected the federal student loan programs.
In response to these changes, several government agencies and industry associations have developed proposals to overhaul the federal student aid programs and the process of applying for those programs. This page gathers these proposals, and adds more as they develop, to help you keep up with the ideas that policymakers may use to shape the future federal role in higher education financing. It also provides TG positions on various public policy issues that affect the federal student aid programs.
This page includes several new and pre-existing resources that you may find useful in your public policy research and analysis. Subpages include:
- Government agencies/industry associations and proposals
- TG public policy positions
- Legislative resources
- Regulatory resources
- Research resources
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On March 30, 2010, President Barack Obama signed the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (HCERA, Public Law 111-152) that enacted his health care proposal and made the federal government the originator of all federal student loans — effective for loans first disbursed on or after July 1, 2010. The student loan initiative of the reconciliation bill will redirect $68 billion in federal spending over the next decade. Among other things, the money will be used to partially fund health care provisions, expand and strengthen the Federal Pell Grant Program for undergraduate students, improve federal student loan repayment options, and provide more money to community colleges and Historically Black Colleges and Universities.
