Education
- Presentation
The Cost of the Federal Student Loan Programs and Repayment Plans
Presentation by Justin Humphrey, an analyst in CBO's Budget Analysis Division, to the Postsecondary National Policy Institute.
- Cost Estimate
Reconciliation Recommendations of the House Committee on Education and Labor
As ordered reported on February 9, 2021
- Cost Estimate
Division M of H.R. 133, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021
As cleared by the Congress on December 21, 2020
- Cost Estimate
H.R. 5287, Fair Student Loan Debt Collection Practices Act
As ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on December 10, 2019
- Report
Options for Reducing the Deficit: 2021 to 2030
CBO periodically issues a compendium of policy options and their effects on the federal budget. This document provides estimates of the budgetary savings from 83 options that would decrease federal spending or increase federal revenues.
- Report
The Volume and Repayment of Federal Student Loans: 1995 to 2017
Between 1995 and 2017, the balance of outstanding federal student loan debt increased from $187 billion to $1.4 trillion (in 2017 dollars). CBO examines factors that contributed to that growth, including changes to student loan policies and how they affected borrowing and repayment.
- Cost Estimate
H.R. 8294, National Apprenticeship Act of 2020
As ordered reported by the House Committee on Education and Labor on September 24, 2020
- Report
Estimating the Cost of One-Sided Bets: How CBO Analyzes the Effects of Spending Triggers
When analyzing proposals and programs whose costs depend on whether or not some uncertain variable reaches a specified trigger level, CBO considers a range of possible outcomes and their associated probabilities.
- Report
An Update to the Budget Outlook: 2020 to 2030
CBO projects a federal budget deficit of $3.3 trillion in 2020, more than triple the shortfall recorded in 2019, mostly because of the economic disruption caused by the 2020 coronavirus pandemic and the enactment of legislation in response.
- Cost Estimate
H.R. 7027, Child Care is Essential Act
As posted on the House Rules Committee website (Rules Committee Print 116-58 https://rules.house.gov/bill/116/hr-7027)