• Forgive the Student Loan Debt
    Forgive the Student Loans accrued by people simply trying to bette their lives. Most were young and taken Advantage of, not realizing the enormous amount of inerest associated with these "LOANS". A College degree and a jod with a good salary dosent really help when you spend the majority of your income repaying these loans or simply Defaulting on them, destroying your credit, and your hope for that better life. There has to be a better way!
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    Created by Glendon Brown
  • College Students: Proposed Solution to the College Loan Debt
    This petition is requesting for Robert Casey Jr, a Pennsylvania State Senator to propose a bill. This bill is two fold. It would require private loans to have credit checks at multiple stages throughout a student borrower's career. First at admission to properly explain to the student and their parent how the process wil work so that they can decide if the loan should be co-signed or not. Then periodically during the semester when grades are given finally ending when the student graduates and receives their first job. This will help the student focus specifically on their major to graduate on time and find a well paying job to be able to pay back their loans. Through having the private lender paying attention to the student's finances they can tweak and make sure default rates are essentially lowered since they know exactly how much each graduate is making. The second part would be to propose federal loans be targeted to specific high demand jobs in the United States. This way the economy would be stimulated by having an influx of jobs in those areas that are sparse, allowing graduates to make a solid earning and be able to pay back loans without defaulting.
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    Created by Simrun Soni
  • Support the 6-Pack of Government Expenditure-FREE Student Loan Debt Reform Measures
    Approaching $1 trillion, student loan debt has eclipsed credit card debt in America. Economic observers are finally paying attention, citing student loans as a looming bubble that could present another obstacle as the U.S. tries to recapture its economic footing. Yet, there are simple and cost effective ways to fix America’s broken student loan system. Studentloandebtreform.org has developed the six proposals above to reduce student loan debt (see http://www.studentloandebtreform.org for details). The problem is simple: too much money is loaned at too high interest rates to students who have to pay too high tuitions. Student loan debt represents a crisis that our government so far has been unwilling to address. By neglecting to deal with the student loan debt issue, our country and its leaders are effectively ensuring that millions of Americans will live out a good measure of their lives under crushing student loan debt. This debt does and will continue to prevent borrowers from achieving the financial position necessary to start a family, buy a house, or otherwise contribute in a meaningful way to the economy. Government officials have not shown that they fully understand or appreciate the very real drag that student loan debt has on the overall economy. Student loan borrowers do not have a lobby. We do not have the money to fund congressional campaigns. There is no super PAC to fight for us. This fight is ours and ours alone. It is more critical than ever that we make our voices heard, especially to members of Congress. We need action now. The proposals above do NOT call for any government expenditures. Nor do they call for a massive program of student loan debt forgiveness. Rather, they strive to create a student loan repayment system that is fair to borrowers and taxpayers and that would provide an immediate stimulus for the American economy.
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    Created by Chip Taylor
  • State of Pennsylvania: Help College Graduates
    In the past two years state appropriates in Pennsylvania have gone down significantly. Many current students and recent graduates have been forced to take out huge amounts of student loans because of the cuts.Support a plan that would have the State of Pennsylvania refund the state income tax of college graduates who stay within Pennsylvania for five years after graduation, and have that money put towards the graduates federal student loans.
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    Created by Austin Krompasky
  • Ensuring Stricter Implementation for Bullying Policies in School
    We are asking the Senate to pass Bill 69 adding a clause about dating violence in the Kansas bullying policy for schools. We would also like to raise awareness of the lack of implementation of bullying policies in schools.
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    Created by Bridget Cantwell
  • Stop Microwaving Children, Remove Wi Fi From Schools
    Thousands of studies now confirm that pulsed radio frequency microwave radiation from wireless technology breaks dna, damages sperm, causes cancer and neurological problems, damages the blood brain barrier, etc.
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    Created by David Morrison
  • Student loan forgiveness
    Too many of our young people are drowning in debt. Some will never be debt free at this pace. Education in this country shouldn't cost more than a house. At the growing rate of this economy, they won't be able to afford either.
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    Created by Sylvia Moore'Russell
  • New GI Bill
    When servicemen returned to civilian life after WW II, our education was funded by the GI Bill. Now, when the technological future requires even more education for them and the country, we are not giving the same opportunity to returning service men and women. We should.
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    Created by Paul Sack
  • forgiveness of school loans
    forgiveness of school loans that are crippling former students with high interest rates.
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    Created by cynthia smith
  • Philomath School Dist. 17J Reconsider Early Release Every Wednesday
    The Philomath school board voted on the 2012/2013 calendar. There will be early release each Wednesday in addition to 7 Fridays off. This calendar is budget neutral. The purpose is to provide educators with time for professional development.
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    Created by Jennifer Grube
  • Army Tuition Assistance
    the army should change the 120 day rule to change an incomplete grade. School on average give students a year to make up an incomplete.
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    Created by cheron
  • HR4170
    I am writing in favor of HR4170, student loan forgiveness. With the economy and todays world it would be nice if student loans could be forgiven. Many people have tons of student loan debt and are struggling to make ends meet with just the usual household bills. Groceries are highly expensive these days. It's hard enough just to feed the family. Please vote HR4170.
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    Created by Ashley Harbolt