Tuesday, February 2, 2016
COLUMBIA State Rep. Kip Kendrick, D-Columbia, is on a mission: to shatter student debt.
Kendrick spoke Monday morning to a crowd at the MU Student Center about House Bill 2432, also called the Student Debt Relief Act. The bill calls for additional measures to help college graduates repay loans.
Rather than a debt crisis, we have a repayment crisis, Kendrick, a first-term representative, said. This bill is a safe bet for Missouri.
In 2012, 63 percent of Missouri students graduated with an average debt load of about $23,000.
The bill, which Kendrick filed Thursday, would grant power to the Department of Higher Education to refinance student loans through consolidation…
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