Recently signed federal Student Loan Legislation has changed the format for applying for and granting federal student loans. Details in the form of code of federal regulations have not been even drafted at this time. However the basic premise is that the middle man has been removed from the student loan process. Eventually all federal student loans will be administrated directly by the federal government. The current administration has taken many steps that are very controversial and there are likely to be many legal challenges before the new loan program grants its first loan. The recent banking crisis has caused a lot of banks to default and thus no longer offer student loan processing. In many cases the federal government has end up owning the student loans from these banks. Again all of which frequently makes applying for and being approved for a federal student loan a slow and lengthy process.
Under the new legislation the U.S. Department of Education will administer all federal student loans. Given the inability for the current administration to properly manage any government program it is unlikely that getting a student loan will be any easier. The size of the new loans has not been determined at this time. Hopefully the new regulations will increase the size of the loan packages to allow most students to finance most of their education without borrowing additional money from other more expensive sources. There is a possibility that the new legislation will increase the size and number of student grants all of which will help reduce the staggering cost of getting a university degree. Current interest rates for federal loans may not exceed 8.25 percent and it is hoped that new interest rates will be significantly lower.
Many recent or impending graduates find that they are going to have to make multiple loan payments for up to 20 years in order to pay off their student loans. Prior to graduation it is wise to seek good student loan consolidation advice. Past federal student loans programs allowed you to consolidate all your loans in to single loan that will lower your total monthly payments and make managing a single loan much easier. Under the recently passed legislation future student loans would be able to cover most if not all of your educational costs if administered as proposed. Again given the track record of the Obama administration it is unlikely that the proposed legislation will be of much an improvement over the current system. Doing your homework prior to making any application for educational assistance will pay dividends once you graduated and must begin making loan payments