Skin in the Game Act

Bill: 116-s-2124
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Hawley, Josh [R-MO]
Introduced: 2019-07-16
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Government lending and loan guarantees

Higher education

Student aid and college costs
Latest action: action_date: 2019-07-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-07-16
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><strong>Skin in the Game Act</strong></p> <p>This bill requires each institution of higher education&nbsp;(IHE) participating in the federal direct student loan program to pay 50% of&nbsp;any student loan balance that is in default for a loan that was used toward the cost of attendance at such IHE.</p> <p>An IHE may not increase the costs of attendance in order to offset its liability to pay such balances.</p>

tv_txt: II 116th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 2124 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES July 16, 2019 Mr. Hawley introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions A BILL To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for institutional shared responsibility for student loan default.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Skin in the Game Act . 2. Institutions of higher education repaying a portion of student loan debts Section 454 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1087d ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (d) Institutions of higher education repaying a portion of student loan debts (1) In general Each institution of higher education participating in the direct student loan program under this part for a fiscal year shall be liable for 50 percent of any student loan balance that is in default for a loan made under this part that was used towards the cost of attendance at the institution. (2) No offset An institution of higher education shall not increase the costs of tuition at the institution, charge any additional fee to students, or otherwise increase the cost of attendance at the institution in order to offset the liability of the institution under paragraph (1). .