In a landslide vote, the Democrat-led Senate finally amended and approved House-passed legislation to get politicians out of the business of setting student loan interest rates. As Chairman Kline said after yesterday’s remarkable vote, “We finally have a Senate agreement worthy of public support [that] reflects the policies and priorities of the House-passed Smarter Solutions for Students Act. Thi... Read more »
House Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairman John Kline (R-MN) issued the following statement after the Senate amended and approved House-passed legislation to tie student loan interest rates to the market: For more than a year Republicans have been fighting for a long-term solution to the student loan interest rate problem, and I am pleased we finally have a Senate agreement worthy of ... Read more »
The House Committee on Education and the Workforce, chaired by Rep. John Kline (R-MN), today approved with bipartisan support the Supporting Academic Freedom through Regulatory Relief Act (H.R. 2637). Introduced by Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Rep. Alcee L. Hastings (D-FL), the legislation will limit federal overreach in postsecondary ... Read more »
Today’s debate affords us a valuable opportunity to discuss challenges facing our higher education system. There’s no denying that the cost of college is skyrocketing. Combined in-state tuition and fees at public four-year universities have increased 81 percent over the last decade and similar trends can be seen at private institutions and two-year degree programs. The president has recently float... Read more »
Our nation is still struggling with a slow economic recovery. Job openings are scarce, and as a result, competition for available positions is extremely tough. Many Americans are eager for opportunities to gain new skills that will help their resume stand out among hundreds of job applications. Higher education institutions, including career schools, community colleges, and traditional colleges an... Read more »
On Wednesday, July 24 at 10:00 a.m., the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, chaired by Rep. John Kline (R-MN), will mark up the Supporting Academic Freedom through Regulatory Relief Act (H.R. 2637). The markup will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building. In 2010 and 2011 the Department of Education advanced a package of “program integrity” regulations. Several of... Read more »
House Education and the Workforce Chairman John Kline (R-MN) issued the following statement after Senate Democrats once again blocked action on a long-term, market-based student loan interest rate solution: The stubbornness of Senate Democrat leadership is astonishing. We have a near perfect opportunity for bipartisan, bicameral agreement on an issue affecting students and their families, yet Majo... Read more »
Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC), House Education and the Workforce Chairman John Kline (R-MN), and Rep. Alcee L. Hastings (D-FL) today introduced the Supporting Academic Freedom through Regulatory Relief Act (H.R. 2637). Building on bipartisan legislation that passed the House last year, H.R. 2637 will repeal three unnecessary federal regulat... Read more »
The Senate is set to consider on Wednesday the Keep Student Loans Affordable Act, in what could be the chamber’s only reaction to the recent doubling of a low student-loan interest rate. We are all for taming college costs. But lawmakers should reject this pathetic non-solution and put their effort instead into finalizing a compromise plan that is well within their reach. The Senate vote is on wh... Read more »
THE PROBLEM: Over the last decade, college costs have skyrocketed. Annual in-state tuition and fees at public four-year universities cost an average of $4,793 in 2001. Today, that price tag is $8,665 – an 81 percent increase. Similar trends can be seen at private institutions and two-year degree programs. Despite the Obama administration’s failed attempts to rein in college costs through new gove... Read more »
