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Obama to sign student loan legislation in Virginia
Obama plans to sign student loan legislation that makes government the primary lender

By PHILIP ELLIOTT, Associated Press
Last updated: 6:47 a.m., Tuesday, March 30, 2010

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama prepared Tuesday to sign the piece of his sweeping health care overhaul that makes the government the primary lender to students and strips banks of that power.

Obama's hard-fought legislative victory packaged two of his domestic priorities. Obama already signed the bulk of the health care legislation, but a final set of tweaks provided a route for the education package, the largest rewrite of federal college assistance programs in four decades.
The legislation has a wide reach. About half of undergraduates receive federal student aid and about 8.5 million students are going to college with the help of Pell Grants.

Under the measure, private banks would no longer get fees for acting as middlemen in federal student loans. The government would use the savings to boost Pell Grants and make it easier for some workers to repay their student loans. In addition, some borrowers could see lower interest rates and higher approval rates on student loans............>>>>................>>>>..............Read more: http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=915972#ixzz0jf6RWBjg

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