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Code · BILL · 118th Congress · S. 2629 (Introduced in Senate) — To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for fiscal accountability, to require institutions of higher edu... · Sec. 401

Sec. 401. School accountability for student loans

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Section 487 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1094 ), as amended by section 201, is further amended— in subsection (a), by adding at the end the following: The institution will pay a default rate fine that is determined pursuant to subsection (k). ; and by adding at the end the following: Each institution shall pay to the Secretary an annual default rate fine in accordance with this subsection in an amount determined under paragraph (2). Each institution shall pay a default rate fine for a fiscal year in an amount that is equal to the applicable percentage of outstanding loans.
In this paragraph the term applicable percentage means a percentage equal to— 15 percent; minus the average rate of total unemployment in the United States, as determined by the Secretary of Labor. In this paragraph the term outstanding loans means the total amount of loans issued to students for attendance at the institution, for which regular on-time payments are not being made. In this paragraph the term regular on-time payments means payments that are, at a minimum, equal to the fixed monthly amount necessary to pay off the total amount of Federal student loans of the borrower within the allotted repayment time based on the borrower's repayment plan.
Each institution shall receive a $400 credit for a fiscal year for each graduate of the institution who received a Federal Pell Grant while enrolled at the institution during such fiscal year. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Act, the Secretary shall grant institutions of higher education flexibility under this Act to counsel and advise students on Federal financial aid, including granting flexibility for institutions to award less than the maximum amount of Federal student aid for which an individual is eligible if the cost of tuition, room, and board at the institution is less than such maximum amount. .
Section 485(l) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1092(l) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: In addition to the entrance counseling under paragraph (1), an eligible institution may require any borrower, at or prior to the time of a disbursement to the borrower of a loan made under part D, to receive the information described in paragraph
(2)with respect to such loan, or any other financial counseling, including financial literacy counseling. .
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