Sunday March 21, 2010
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and other congressional leaders addressed representatives from the nation’s Black colleges and universities just hours before Democratic leaders released a bill that combined highly sought education funding and student loan reform with historic legislation that aims to revamp U.S. health care.
National advocates for simplifying the federal student aid program urged colleagues gathered at a College Board policy forum Thursday in Washington to prepare for a long-term campaign for change.
Within the Healthcare and Education Affordability Reconciliation Act of 2010, the higher education provisions contain many elements of the $87 billion Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act (SAFRA) that cleared the House last year. The “new” SAFRA has less funding, as lawmakers reduced the scope of the bill to meet budget targets.
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