Download or read book Subsidy Estimates for Guaranteed and Direct Student Loans A CBO Paper written by Justin Humphrey and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The federal government assists students and their parents in meeting the costs of postsecondary education through two student loan programs, the Federal Family Education Loan Program and the William D. Ford Direct Loan Program. Although the two programs provide similar benefits to borrowers, their structures and operations differ greatly. As a result, the federal government's cash flows for the two programs differ, as do its net budgetary costs when calculated as specified in the Federal Credit Reform Act. This Congressional Budget Office (CBO) paper--prepared at the request of the Senate Budget Committee--describes how the agency estimates the budgetary costs of the two student loan programs and what factors account for the differences in those costs. The following are appended: (1) Sample Subsidy Rates When a Borrower Defaults or Consolidates Loans; (2) Examples of Subsidy Calculated Using Fixed Interest Rates That Take Effect in 2006; (3) CBO's Estimates of Subsidy Rates for Various Types of Guaranteed and Direct Student Loans Made in 2006; and (4) Recent Legislative and Administrative Actions Affecting the Student Loan Programs. (Contains 11 tables, 2 boxes, and 29 footnotes.).
Download or read book CBO Paper written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Subsidy Estimates for Guaranteed and Direct Student Loans written by Justin Humphrey and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Costs and Policy Options for Federal Student Loan Programs written by Deborah Lucas and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2010-08 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Department of Education written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Student Loans written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Department of Education key aspects of the Federal Direct Loan Program s cost estimates report to Congressional requesters written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on with total page 67 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Federal Student Loans written by Cornelia M. Ashby and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2006-03 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In FY 2004, the fed. gov't. made or guaranteed $84 billion in loans for post-secondary ed. through 2 loan programs -- the Fed. Family Ed. Loan Program (FFELP) & the Fed. Direct Loan Program (FDLP). Under FFELP, private lenders fund the loans & the gov't. guarantees them a minimum yield & repayment if borrowers default. When the interest rate paid by borrowers is lower than the guaranteed minimum yield, the gov't. pays lenders special allowance payments (SAP). Under FDLP, the U.S. Treasury funds the loans that are originated through participating schools. Under the Fed. Credit Reform Act (FCRA) of 1990 the gov't. calculates the net cost of extending or guaranteeing credit over the life of a loan, called a subsidy cost. Agencies generally update, or re-estimate, subsidy costs annually to include actual program results & adjust future program estimates. This report examined: (1) whether re-estimated subsidy costs have differed from original estimates for FFELP & FDLP loans disbursed in FY 1994 through 2004; (2) what factors explain changes between re-estimated & original subsidy rates -- that is subsidy cost estimates per $100 disbursed; & (3) which fed. costs & revenues associated with the student loan programs are not included in subsidy cost estimates. Charts & tables.
Download or read book CBO s Budgetary Treatment of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac written by Damien Moore and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2010 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Managing the Federal Direct Student Loan Program written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations. Human Resources and Intergovernmental Relations Subcommittee and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The House Subcommittee on Human Resources and Intergovernmental Relations met to hear testimony from leaders in government and higher education on managing the federal direct student loan program. Focus was on the Department of Education's plans to correct existing management problems of the Guaranteed Student Loan Program and implement the additional responsibilities of managing a direct lending loan program. Statements are included from the following: Robert E. Andrews, New Jersey Representative; Stephanie Bloomingdale, U.S. Students Association; Thomas A. Butts, for the American Council on Education, American Association of State Colleges and Universities, American Association of Community Colleges, National Association of College and University Business Officers, and National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges; Clarence C. Crawford, :U.S. General Accounting Office; Orcilia Zuniga Forbes, University of New Mexico; William F. Goodling, Representative from Pennsylvania; Madeline Kunin, U.S. Department of Education; Thomas E. Petri, Representative from Wisconsin; Anne Sturtevant, Emory University (Tennessee); and Edolphus Towns, Representative from New York. (JB)
Download or read book Federal Student Loans Challenges in Estimating Federal Subsidy Costs Report to Congressional Committees GAO 05 874 written by General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 45 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In fiscal year 2004, the federal government made or guaranteed about $84 billion in loans for postsecondary education through two loan programs--the Federal Family Education Loan Program (FFELP) and the Federal Direct Loan Program (FDLP). Under FFELP, private lenders fund the loans and the government guarantees them a minimum yield and repayment if borrowers default. When the interest rate paid by borrowers is lower than the guaranteed minimum yield, the government pays lenders special allowance payments (SAP). Under FDLP, the U.S. Treasury funds the loans that are originated through participating schools. Under the Federal Credit Reform Act (FCRA) of 1990 the government calculates, for purposes of the budget, the net cost of extending or guaranteeing credit over the life of a loan, called a subsidy cost. Agencies generally update, or reestimate, subsidy costs annually to include actual program results and adjust future program estimates. GAO examined (1) whether re-estimated subsidy costs have differed from original estimates for FFELP and FDLP loans disbursed in fiscal years 1994 through 2004, (2) what factors explain changes between re-estimated and original subsidy rates--that is subsidy cost estimates per $100 disbursed; and (3) which federal costs and revenues associated with the student loan programs are not included in subsidy cost estimates. Appended are: (1) Comparison of Fiscal Year 2006 FDLP and FFELP Re-estimated Subsidy Costs per $100 Disbursed, by Loan Type and Cohort; and (2) GAO Contacts and Staff Acknowledgments. (Contains 5 figures, and 13 tables.).
Download or read book DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Key Aspects of the Federal Direct Loan Program s Cost Estimates written by and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 67 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Department of Education administers two major federal student loan programs, the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program (FDLP) and the Federal Family Education Loan Program (FFELP). The federal government's role differs significantly between these two programs. Under FDLP, often referred to as the direct loan program, students or their parents borrow money directly from the federal government through the schools the students attend, which include vocational, undergraduate, or graduate schools. The first FDLP loans were made in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 1994. Under FFELP, also known as the guaranteed student loan program, money is borrowed from private lenders, such as banks, and the federal government guarantees repayment if the borrowers default. FFELP is the older of the two programs, having started in fiscal year 1966. As of September 30, 1999, Education reported that the outstanding gross balance of FDLP was $46.5 billion and the total outstanding loan guarantees for FFELP were approximately $127 billion. As of September 30, 1999, Education estimated that it would incur total subsidy costs the estimated cost of extending credit over the life of the loans of $1.6 billion for FDLP and $12.2 billion for FFELP.
Download or read book The Cost of the Consolidation Option for Student Loans written by and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book H R 3221 written by Congressional Budget Office and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: H.R. 3221 would amend the Higher Education Act of 1965, which authorizes most federal postsecondary education programs. It would prohibit new federally guaranteed loans from being made under the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) Program and would increase direct spending for the Federal Pell Grant Program and other programs. The elimination of guaranteed student loans would lead to a comparable increase in direct lending by the government. The estimated subsidy cost shown in the budget is lower for the direct student loan program than for the FFEL program. Thus, enacting the bill would yield net budgetary savings for shifting new lending from the guaranteed loan program to the direct loan program. On balance, Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates that enacting H.R. 3221 would reduce direct spending by $13.3 billion over the 2009-2013 period and $7.8 billion over the 2009-2019 period. Assuming appropriation of the necessary amounts, implementing the bill would increase discretionary spending by at least $13.5 billion over the 2009-2019 period. (That estimate reflects the bulk of the likely discretionary costs under H.R. 3221; but CBO has not completed a comprehensive estimate of all effects that would be subject to appropriation action.) Enacting H.R. 3221 would not affect revenues. H.R. 3221 contains no intergovernmental or private-sector mandates as defined in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act (UMRA). (Contains 5 tables.).
Download or read book CIS Annual written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 600 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Straight Talk on Student Loans PPI Policy Brief written by Robert Shireman and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The federal government provides student loans for college and graduate school in two ways: by: (1) guaranteeing bank loans; and (2) by lending directly to students. Approximately three-quarters of federal student loans are guaranteed and one-quarter are direct. In the guaranteed loan program, a 40-year-old system, banks lend students money and profit from the interest payments while the government guarantees the loans against default and makes subsidy payments to the banks. In the direct loan system, the alternative President William J. Clinton enacted in 1993, middlemen are cut out of the process. The government provides low-interest loans directly to students, using borrower interest payments to help cover the costs of the program. The General Accounting Office (GAO), the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) have all found that switching completely to direct lending would save billions of dollars a year. Following their lead, President George W. Bush's latest budget tells Congress that the guaranteed student loan program is structurally flawed, with "unnecessary subsidies" and "inefficiencies." The president's budget concludes: "Significantly lower Direct Loan subsidy rates call into question the cost effectiveness of the [guaranteed student loan] program structure, including the appropriate level of lender subsidies." As analysts from across the political spectrum have pointed out, the money that would be saved by reforming the student loan program could be used to help more students. This nation, cannot afford to waste the potential of deserving young people. Congress should move all campuses to direct lending--or to an equally efficient guarantee approach if one can be designed--and capture those savings for the benefit of American families who are struggling to afford higher education. (Contains 8 endnotes, 2 charts, and 1 table.).
Download or read book Cost Estimates for Federal Student Loans written by Jason Delisle and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 14 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In an ongoing debate about the relative costs of the federal government's direct and guaranteed student loan programs, some budget experts and private lenders have argued for the use of "market cost" estimates. They assert that official government cost estimates for federal student loans differ from what private entities would likely charge taxpayers to deliver the benefits and services the program provides. A market cost estimate would take such information into account. Although the market cost concept for federal student loans has merit, the student loan industry has abused and distorted it. As part of an effort to discredit government estimates, which suggest that direct lending costs less than guaranteeing loans, the literature published by student loan companies generally calls for adopting market cost estimates only for direct loans or incorrectly applies the concept to guaranteed loans so that they appear to cost less than government estimates. Government agencies, including the Government Accountability Office, have added weight to these arguments by using flawed methodology. Market cost research that correctly applies the concept to both types of federal student loans suggests that the programs cost taxpayers much more than is reported in the federal budget. As such, it is important that policymakers, the media, and the public understand the market cost debate as it relates to the cost-effectiveness of guaranteed versus direct federal student loans. This issue brief aims to provide an explanation of the market cost concept and the public policy debate it has spurred. (Contains 2 figures, 2 tables, and 23 notes.).
