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NEGOTIATED RULEMAKING
FB-6 Auditorium
David Bergeron
Director, Policy and Budget Development Staff
Dan Madzelan
Director, Forecasting and Policy Analysis Staff
Lisa Kanter
General Attorney
Division of Regulatory Services
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1 P R O C E E D I N G S
1 Postsecondary Education.
24 1st.
7
4 them--
13 [Laughter.]
3 those institutions.
1 consideration now.
20 processes.
9 Spellings Report.
11 members.
13 offer comments.
13 improvement.
6 morning.
13 students.
22 courses.
5 their education.
15 or regional body.
22 institutions today.
3 you.
14 I am here today.
14 are, in brief:
21 food.
22 after 20 years.
10 changes.
11 public accountability.
21 accreditation.
3 work of accreditation.
18 available.
8 to address this.
16 prescriptions.
6 Lawrenceville, Virginia.
7 students.
16 serve.
24 served.
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16 failing in life.
22 in a straightforward manner.
18 greetings.
17 a placebo.
2 be a part.
9 regulatory processes.”
1 this problem.
13 unmanageable.
19 after school.
12 Thank you.
15 morning, Jeff.
19 of Connecticut.
19 in student loans.
11 loan programs.
22 education.
2 and manageable.
4 Thank you.
7 morning.
11 Connecticut.
6 feet.
11 do its part.
12 Thank you.
15 [Laughter.]
6 highly inflated.
7 the law.
8 Thank you.
21 family questions.
12 on family relationships.
21 [Laughter.]
12 rates accordingly.
15 Thank you.
16 representative of ASPA.
3 comments.
18 taxpayer.
5 organizations.
21 millions of students.
24 public policy.
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12 to see.
12 Thank you.
23 today.
2 Commission Report.
12 final report.
16 Secretary.
2 year-round.
9 affordability.
2 Thank you.
10 Universities.
6 efforts.
16 year.”
19 regression.
20 running program.
9 University of Connecticut.
10 [Laughter.]
4 to testify.
15 writing.
21 sessions.
7 Department of Education.
7 students.
18 accountability measurement.
6 and pay for the same course twice. This does not
3 current ones.
22 programs.
6 American economy.
7 Thank you.
16 Administrators.
22 traditional parents.
10 correspondence instruction.
22 here, but one is, “Why are grant funds now subject
1 statute itself?”
1 be here today.
19 volunteer.
10 program.
11 Thank you.
22 throughout Massachusetts.
14 can be suffocating.
8 debt.
14 Thank you.
20 Massachusetts.
12 money.
21 debt.
21 to student loans.
14 there are many people who can not pay back loans
13 children to college.
19 manner.
20 Thank you.
4 education in America.
16 [Laughter.]
19 [Laughter.]
11 at my doorstep.
10 critical.
13 nation.
19 locally.
7 initiatives.
20 [Applause.]
16 week, two jobs, for the last four years to pay for
5 live.
21 family, as well.
19 their conscience.
4 improvement.
6 this program.
10 State University.
12 University.
16 implementation.
13 offer comments.
18 speak to those.
2 students.
17 to students.
2 consumer-based loans.
1 repayment.
20 form of loans.
23 to choose otherwise?
20 package.
7 one or two.
16 you.
17 Thank you.
17 www.studentdebtalert.com.
2 college campuses.
8 [Laughter.]
20 advancement.
2 degree?
14 more manageable.
15 Thank you.
20 University student.
2 as it used to.
11 educated.
24 give back.
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8 Thank you.
19 graduate experiences.
9 college.
3 me.
4 be substituted.
20 work.
23 society succeeds.
11 institution.
17 education.
6 numbers issue.
13 family.
11 find paid work, there are few paying jobs that will
17 with a professor.
13 positions.
22 Thank you.
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1 AFTERNOON SESSION
2 [1:05 p.m.]
15 to be Constantine Curris.
22 education systems.
7 indebtedness.
21 follow.
13 more data.
12 through its work and advocacy. NASW has long advocated for
14 care.
24 debt.
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24 base.
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8 society.
6 government for our student loans and will pay over the next
21 struggling to repay.”
4 makes enough money to easily pay back the loans they have
10 field.”
20 me.
17 policies that will allow for easier loan repayment and more
15 there isn’t much left over to pay off the crippling student
20 about.
10 coalition organizations.
4 education to all who want one, not to just those who can
5 afford one.
16 to the future.
22 country.
14 and the financial aid I could qualify for was not enough.
19 this feat off, but for me it did not work, and my health
1 degree.
1 Massachusetts, Dartmouth.
24 life to pay off the money I owe, and I know they don’t want
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1 that for me, either. I also know it pains them that I had
9 some way.
14 not crazy about, but I don’t want to have a job I love with
6 with this cost. You can adopt the five-point plan to help
7 ease the burden many are facing now, and countless others
3 Thank you.
16 is getting lost.
9 take more and more loans to pay for it. Even though a
23 for our children to fail? We are all here with one aim,
1 inconsistent.
6 professions.
18 discussed various changes, but has not yet amended the law.
13 has been highly successful over the years, and one that
2 others.
12 curriculum.
3 comparable outcomes.
12 intervention.
4 here today.
2 upset for the wrong reasons. We should have been upset for
3 the fact that what he said actually has some truth to it.
11 there today, and some of them are in Iraq, never given the
15 These are not students, and they are not just pupils, and I
17 income students.
2 education.
14 college loans.
22 the end, we would all benefit from the great leaders and
11 Maryland.
21 some money.
9 right?
4 her own to pay back to UMBC, not to mention house and car
19 Thank you.
24 New Hampshire.
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1 keep up with loans and the rising cost of living was not
9 situations.
19 where only the super rich can attend college while they try
20 and send us poor folk off to war? So, when you are all
9 Administrators.
1 another loan deferred for the same timeframe and the same
5 a particular timeframe.
12 forbearance.
4 repayment.
14 fiscal responsibility.
19 annually in April.
1 succeed.
14 agencies is needed.
18 disadvantaged individuals.
12 certificate.
16 Thank you.
3 year.
8 three points.
9 about the form and the programs, and I know that is still
10 the case.
12 more likely that you will get a BA if you come from the
1 gets. That document lays out how much you can expect to
8 citizens, you have information and you can act on it, you
9 can work or you can save, or you can decide, “No, I can
17 And each year families could be asked, when they file their
20 [Laughter.]
3 is formula driven.
10 they will qualify for all of the money that they need, and
13 strategy, they can motivate them and make them think that
14 college is possible.
17 state benefits like SSI or TANF. The agency that they work
13 actual income, and the data reported on the tax return may
18 This may not be perfect, some colleges may still want more
8 repayments.
10 dollars, and since we are all looking for new grant money,
5 accreditor.
22 professions we serve.
6 also hope that the process will move forward with the goal
11 Thank you.
17 each year, and I know that many do not have that financial
21 education.
11 and for no reason that I can comprehend, the cost for the
4 debt.
6 student loan debt will not get me out of the red, nor will
10 into action now, because the truth is, despite what people
14 very reason that we are planning for our future. There are
15 so many valuable skills for life and career that can only
6 back?
21 education.
1 from the student aid programs, and in the first year of the
19 the AP courses.
8 affordability.
20 Thank you.
24 Thank you.
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1 [Brief recess.]
13 College Students.
24 important for our colleges than they are for other sectors
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1 of institutions.
10 and these are the kinds of issues that are best mediated
22 Report.
11 Thank you.
3 financial status.
3 debilitation.
15 homes.
23 income.
10 Security is predicated.
6 degree.
11 look back at the last two HEAs, which the last one is so
19 the time, and would never submit myself to that again, but
1 patient.
22 carefully.
3 that.
5 reflect back in the late 1980s and early 1990s, for the
23 given time.
23 the fact that tuition rates are what they are. I have two
1 authority here.
3 student fees are what I used to pay for tuition back in the
9 important.” And probably the only way that will take place
24 job.
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6 us today.
13 institutions.
18 more.
24 incurring more.
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21 departments.
8 loans.
14 outside employment.
12 that is undertaken.
18 have to.
19 [Laughter.]
21 stability.
20 assets.
11 severe undervaluation.
20 needy students.
19 exceptional cases.
10 rulemaking process.
20 160 percent.
14 repayments.
24 most potential.
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17 school.
16 again soon.
23 Pell recipients.
20 neighborhoods.
5 Bound.
15 attorney today.
24 that.
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3 Thank you.
13 list.
16 half an hour.
22 today.
3 loans.
16 borrower complaints.
1 right thing.
12 programs.
4 Thank you.
9 something.
6 adjourned.]
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