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Washington Update
Vicki Shipley, NCHELPMASFAP Conference
November 2011
Other Titles??
Show Me The Money! I’m Made as Hell and I’m Not Going to
Take It Any Longer! It’s The Economy Stupid! Let’s Make A Deal! A Trillion Here ….. A Trillion There!
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Today’s Road Trip…..
Budget, Budget, Budget It’s all about Pell Federal Deficit Looms Large Super Committee FFY 2011 and 2012 Budgets Guarantor VFAs and NFP Servicers Other Issues on the Horizon What’s Next?
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Budget and Deficit Reduction
FFY 2011
Debt Ceiling
FFY 2012
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Pell Grant Shortfall
Demand for Pell has Increased Beyond ED & Congressional Estimates 5.9 million recipients in 08-09 academic year 9+ million recipients estimated for 11-12AY 6% of domestic discretionary spending
Statutory Language Precludes Ratable Reductions When Funding is Insufficient
Didn’t They Fix This in SAFRA? “Mandatory funds” are contingent on enough
appropriations to fund $4,860 maximum grant Shortfall could top $20b annually for foreseeable
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FFY 77 FFY 82 FFY 87 FFY 92 FFY 97 FFY 02 FFY 07 FFY 100
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$3.50
$5.80 $5.80
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$12.80
$30.00Rising Cost of Pell Grants
In Billions
Source: Dept. of Education
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Pell Grant Shortfall
$5.7 Billion shortfall for the 2011-12 AY Appropriations are insufficient to fully fund Pell Growth in demand not properly projected “Mandatory” funds provided in SAFRA assume
adequate appropriations Funding gap for 2011-12 but the CR maintains
maximum Pell at $5,500 2012-13 outlook
Shortfall continues to grow Appropriations likely to stay stagnant Growth in Pell appropriations will need to come from
other programs Fewer sources of mandatory funds
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Pell Grant Protection Act
Maintain $5,550 maximum grant by “…making tough choices to save over $100 billion over the next decade….” Eliminate year-round Pell (-$8b per year)
Ten times more expensive than projected No evidence that it accelerates graduation
Eliminate loan subsidies for graduate Stafford Loans (-$2b) Poorly targeted subsidy
Allow split FFEL loans to be combined as “Direct FFELs” (-$2b)
Convert Perkins to Direct Perkins (-$8.6b) Unsubsidized loans; 6.8% interest rate $8.5b in new loan volume
Convert TEACH Grants to Presidential Teaching Fellows (-$15b) Grants to states awarded to students at schools whose
education programs meet benchmarks College Completion Incentive Grants (+1.25b) 9
FFY 2011 Continuing Resolution Government Shutdown Averted on 4/8/11
$38.5 billion in cuts $13B cut from Labor, Education and HHS 2011-12 Pell Grant of $5,550 is maintained but
eliminates year-round Pell Eliminates funding for LEAP, Byrd Honors
Scholarship, loan repayment for civil legal assistance Cuts to GEAR UP, SEOG, TRIO and AmeriCorps Does not include a provision to block the Department
from finalizing and implementing the Gainful Employment regulations
Now the real battle begins…..
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The Debt Ceiling Federal Authority to Borrow Above a
Preset Level» $14.3 trillion» Reached in May, June, August 2
Consequences of a Breach» Inability to pay debtholders (default)» Inability to issue new debt to fund programs» Need to juggle to meet federal obligations
(e.g., military pay, social security payments, loan & grant disbursements)
Let’s Make a Deal Assumptions:
» Congress will wait until the last minute» Tea Party will maintain a hard line» Republican leadership – Boehner and
Cantor – will need to deliver the votes» Democrats will not undermine the President» Republicans will not agree on net tax
increases
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Budget Control Act of 2011 Elimination of interest subsidy for
graduate students. Effective for loans made for periods of enrollment (loan periods) beginning on or after 7/1/2012
Savings of $2B in 2012-13 and $29B over next 10 years
Rationale: Subsidies are not well-targeted Subsidies don’t encourage enrollment
Termination of Direct Loan Borrower Repayment Incentives
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The Big Deal
$2.1t Increase in Debt Ceiling – in 3 stages» $400b immediate increase» Congress can disapprove 2 future increases» President can veto disapproval» Congress must vote on balanced budget amendment
$917b in Cuts Over 10 years (No Tax-Related Measures) Provides $17b to Fill Most of Pell Shortfall
» Eliminates interest subsidy on graduate Stafford Loans» Eliminates repayment incentives for Direct Loans (except auto-
debit)» Both effective for new loans as of 7/1/2012
Goal is to identify $1.5t More in Budget Savings Over 9 Years» Cuts to be developed by Congressional Joint Select Committee
on Deficit Reduction (the “Super Committee”) U.S. Credit Rating Downgraded
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Debt Ceiling and the Super Committee – Deficit Reduction Package Stage One: Nearly $1 trillion in deficit
reduction; $900 billion debt ceiling increase
Stage Two: Joint Committee tasked with legislating $1.5 trillion in deficit reduction, paired with additional debt ceiling increase
If the Committee fails to report legislation that achieves $1.2 trillion in deficit reduction or Congress fails to enact recommendations, sequestration is triggered
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The SUPER Committee Statutory Timeline:
» November 23 – majority vote of committee to approve recommendations
» December 23 – House & Senate must vote» January 15 – enactment deadline
All Programs and Revenues Can Be Included
Could Student Aid be Impacted?» Discretionary spending likely to be cut» Interest subsidies “on the table”
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Senator Coburn (R-OK) “Back in the Black”
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Department of Education - $409.10B savings
“Prevents the Department of Education from becoming one of the world’s largest banks by getting bureaucrats out of the student loan business.”
“Saves much needed room on the federal balance sheets by shifting the student loan program exclusively to the private sector where it belongs.”
FFY 2012 Budget FFY 2012: October 1, 2011 –
September 30, 2012 12 Appropriations Bills Needed – none
passed by the Sept. 30, 2011deadline Continuing Resolution (CR) through
November 18, 2011 (first minibus likely to include CR extension into December)
More changes to student loans to help fund Pell? House – Limit Pell lifetime eligibility? Senate – Eliminate grace period subsidy?
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Proposed Eligibility & Need Analysis Changes
» Revoke Pell eligibility for less than half-time students (-$140 m)
» Reduce lifetime eligibility to 6 years (-$679m)» Eliminate Ability to Benefit option » Reduce student income protection allowances (IPA) to
about the 2009-10 IPA level; parent IPAs unaffected (-$2.1b)
» Reduce automatic zero EFC from $31,000 to $15,000 (-$352m)
» Eliminate Pell awards to students whose EFC would result in an award less than 10 percent of the maximum (-$46 m)
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Proposed Eligibility & Need Analysis Changes – cont’d
» Reinstate previously excluded forms of untaxed income (-$1.1b)◦ The amount of additional tax credits claimed for tax purposes ◦ Welfare benefits ◦ Earned income credit claimed for tax purposes ◦ Credit from tax paid on special fuels ◦ Untaxed social security benefits ◦ Foreign income exclusion
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Is Pell the Ultimate Survivor? Does Pell Really Have Permanent
Immunity? Will the Shortfall Ever Be Filled? What Programs or Benefits Will Be
Kicked Off the Island? How Would You Vote at Tribal Council?
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Restructuring the Perkins Loan Program Similar language to last year’s
proposal Lower cost alternative to private loans Unsubsidized, 6.8% fixed interest rate Loan funds increase from $1B to $8.5B Savings of $4.5B over 10 years per
CBO but $3.8B cost under Fair-Value Scoring discrepancies – “Fair-Value”
versus “Federal Credit Reform Act”22
Other Education Issues
For-Profit Schools Gainful Employment 90/10 Rule Proportion of Pell Grant funds received Influence of hedge funds? Additional Senate hearings
Regulatory Burden Reauthorization of No Child Left Behind
Could include voc-tech program changes College Completion July 2012 interest rate increase 2012 Negotiated Rulemaking
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Not-For-Profit (NFP) Servicers
“As our federally-owned loan portfolio continues to grow, we are ready to move to the next step in ensuring an efficient and effective multi-servicer, borrower centric approach to servicing”.
ED anticipates the award of 15 new federal loan servicing contracts from October 2011 through January 2013
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Guarantor Voluntary Flexible Agreements (VFAs)
24 GAs submitted 22 VFA proposals ED’s goal: enhance the integrity and
stability of the FFEL program, improve services to students, schools and lenders and use Federal resources more cost-effectively and efficiently
Must be budget neutral in the aggregate
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FISMA
“Each federal agency shall develop, document, and implement an agency-wide information security program to provide information security for the information and information systems that support the operations and assets of the agency, including those provided or managed by another agency, contractor, or other source…”
--Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002
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Other Issues on the Horizon
3-Year Cohort Default Rate 2012 & 2013: both 2-year and 3-year rates
calculated -- sanctions based only on 2-year rate
2014: sanctions based on 3-year CDR begin Perkins Loans
Will the program expire? Will revolving funds be recalled? Will ED’s proposal to create “Direct Perkins
Loans” be re-tooled?
Cohort Default Rates
FY 2009 rate increased from 7.0% to 8.8%
Rates highlight the need for continued federal investment in default prevention and debt management services that are provided by the nation’s guaranty agencies and not-for-profit student loan organizations
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1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011Issued date
Schools Subject to Sanctions
The school numbers are pre-appeal and include only schools impacted by the three years of 25% or greater sanction. A school can be on extended sanction and is therefore reflected in multiple year counts.
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Cohort Default Rate Issues
Increases Across All Sectors» Public: 6.0% to 7.2%» Private: 4.0% to 4.6%» Proprietary: 11.6% to 15.0%
3-Year CDR is Coming» 10-25% increases expected over two-year
rates DL rates likely to catch up to FFELP
rates
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Why Are Default Rates Climbing?
It’s the Economy Stupid!» Unemployment rate for college grads is 13%» Starting salaries ain’t what they used to be» Competition for entry level jobs from
unemployed professionals» Student loan debt outpacing credit card debt» College costs continue to rise while grant aid
fails to keep pace
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“Help Americans Manage Student Loan Debt” Plan “Special” Direct Loan Consolidation –
available for six months beginning January 2012
“Pay As You Earn” program – an acceleration of the enhanced IBR changes from SAFRA (subject to negotiated rulemaking)
President Obama plans to use his executive authority to launch these initiatives
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Private Loans – Growth and Access
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Private Loan Issues Percentage of students borrowing from
private lenders increased three-fold in four years
Students at for-profit institutions comprise the largest share of private loan borrowers
Among undergraduates who took out private loans, 12% did not apply for federal financial aid and another 11% applied for aid but did not obtain a Stafford loan Source: NCES Report October 2011
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Financial Regulatory Reform Bill
• “Create a Sound Economic Foundation to Grow Jobs, Protect Consumers, Rein in Wall Street, End Too Big to Fail, Prevent Another Financial Crisis”
• Will affect virtually every financial institution in the country
• Created a new Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection with regulatory authority over nearly every type of consumer credit including private student loans
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“Know Before You Owe”
Model Financial Aid Offer Forms – ED works with Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)
CFPB unveils model disclosures for student loans
CFPB asks the public to rank the items in terms of usefulness
ED will eventually publish a form that schools can use to provide information to students 37
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Challenges and Opportunities The economy and jobs Rising students’ indebtedness and Pell
shortfalls Local (private sector) services needed
by students, borrowers and schools – who will pay for them
Impact of the Gainful Employment requirements
Other issues 2012 Negotiated Rulemaking
Make Some Noise! Remember, Student Aid Funding is Competing
Against Other Programs» Some of which may be important on campus – e.g.,
medical & scientific research» Some of which are domestic and defense priorities
Cannibalizing of Student Aid Programs has Begun Make friends before you need them! Is it Time to Identify Unpleasant Priorities
» How far to go to preserve $5,550 Pell?» Contain the damage
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Thank You!
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