{"id":6177,"date":"2013-08-09T17:31:00","date_gmt":"2013-08-09T21:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/merkley-unveils-legislation-making-college-more-affordable-for-middle-class-students\/"},"modified":"2023-07-24T11:10:30","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T15:10:30","slug":"merkley-unveils-legislation-making-college-more-affordable-for-middle-class-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/merkley-unveils-legislation-making-college-more-affordable-for-middle-class-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Merkley presenta legislaci\u00f3n que hace que la universidad sea m\u00e1s asequible para los estudiantes de clase media"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Eugene, O \u2013<\/strong> El Senador de Oreg\u00f3n, Jeff Merkley, calific\u00f3 el camino asequible a la universidad como un pilar clave para una clase media fuerte y dio a conocer hoy una legislaci\u00f3n que crear\u00eda un nuevo modelo para el financiamiento universitario destinado a garantizar la asequibilidad. El plan de Merkley se basa y complementa la legislaci\u00f3n de Oreg\u00f3n que se aprob\u00f3 durante la sesi\u00f3n legislativa de 2013 y surgi\u00f3 de un proyecto dirigido por estudiantes de la Universidad Estatal de Portland.<\/p>\n<p>El proyecto de ley reemplazar\u00eda los pr\u00e9stamos federales y las deudas que los acompa\u00f1an con el pago por adelantado de los costos universitarios a cambio de un reembolso basado en los ingresos del graduado.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p> \u201cNuestra econom\u00eda depende de una clase media fuerte y en crecimiento, y m\u00e1s que nunca el camino hacia el \u00e9xito de la clase media pasa por la universidad\u201d, dijo Merkley, al presentarse en la U de O. \u201cCon estudiantes que comienzan su vida laboral agobiados por decenas de miles de d\u00f3lares en deuda, est\u00e1 claro que los viejos modelos ya no funcionan. Necesitamos iniciativas nuevas y audaces que pongan las oportunidades para los habitantes de Oreg\u00f3n de clase media en el centro de nuestra econom\u00eda\u201d.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>La Ley de Asequibilidad Universitaria Garantizada \u201cPay It Forward\u201d de 2013 permitir\u00eda que parte o la totalidad de los costos iniciales de los estudiantes para una universidad de dos o cuatro a\u00f1os sean cubiertos por los fondos del programa. Luego, al graduarse, los estudiantes contribuyen con un porcentaje del ingreso bruto ajustado (AGI) durante un n\u00famero fijo de a\u00f1os al fondo. En pocas palabras, los estudiantes sacar\u00edan fondos del programa mientras est\u00e1n en la escuela y pagar\u00edan, o pagar\u00edan, cuando se grad\u00faen.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>El proyecto de ley establecer\u00eda una alternativa a los Pr\u00e9stamos Directos federales para estudiantes universitarios, proporcionando fondos federales a los estados que acuerden poner a prueba un modelo de Pay It Forward hasta los l\u00edmites actuales de pr\u00e9stamos Stafford para cada estudiante que participe. <\/li>\n<li>Los estados seleccionar\u00edan escuelas para participar en el programa piloto. Los estudiantes que asisten a esas escuelas podr\u00edan optar por inscribirse en el programa.&nbsp; <\/li>\n<li>En lugar de obligar a los estudiantes a asumir costosas obligaciones de deuda con tasas de inter\u00e9s fluctuantes que agregan una capacidad de pago incierta, esta legislaci\u00f3n abrir\u00eda un nuevo modelo para garantizar la capacidad de los estudiantes para pagar la universidad en funci\u00f3n de sus ingresos despu\u00e9s de la graduaci\u00f3n.&nbsp; <\/li>\n<li>Para ayudar a los estudiantes en la transici\u00f3n de la escuela al empleo, las contribuciones de una persona se diferir\u00edan hasta que sus ingresos aumenten a un nivel en el que los pagos sean asequibles.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cEl alto costo de la universidad y la creciente carga de la deuda de los estudiantes est\u00e1n excluyendo a los estudiantes de la universidad y perjudicando nuestra econom\u00eda\u201d, dijo Nathan Hunt, estudiante de la Universidad Estatal de Portland. \u201cNo podemos darnos el lujo de esperar. Como estudiante con una deuda estudiantil de m\u00e1s de $25,000, estoy encantado de ver que el Senador Merkley toma medidas para abordar la crisis de la deuda estudiantil y hacer que la educaci\u00f3n sea accesible para los estudiantes\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p align=\"center\">###<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eugene, OR &ndash; Calling an affordable path to college a key pillar for a strong middle class, Oregon&rsquo;s Senator Jeff Merkley today unveiled legislation that would create a new model for college financing intended to guarantee affordability. 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