{"database": "lobbying", "table": "lobbying_activities", "rows": [[1836692, "e4a1936b-fe0a-475a-97f4-02cf3653f6fe", "Q2", "THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SYSTEM", 51811, "THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SYSTEM", 2016, "second_quarter", "EDU", "Higher Education Federal Regulatory Compliance issues, \nReauthorization of the Higher Education Act \nSupport and promote legislation and Administration priorities in accordance with the following GENERAL PRINCIPLES:\n\nConsolidate the fourteen higher education tax benefit programs into one tax benefit program.  The new tax benefit should be permanent and targeted to lower and modest income students and families. \nProvide financial assistance to students who demonstrate financial need and are academically prepared to succeed.\nEncourage simplicity and predictability in student financial aid programs.\nIncrease access to higher education, including pre-college advising and outreach.\nEncourage credential persistence & completion for all students.\nSupport college savings, financial literacy and minimize student indebtedness.\nReduce administrative requirements and support accountability.\nEmpower student financial aid professionals with the flexibility to respond to the specific needs of their students.\nRecommend policies that accommodate the diversity of academic delivery models.\nEliminate statutory requirements that use financial aid to enforce unrelated social policies.\nValidate proposed policy recommendations with research and data analysis.\n\nOne Federal Grant Program: \nConsolidate federal higher education grants into one Super Pell program. \nAlign continued grant eligibility with student progress to degree.\nPermit students to use the grant during any academic term.\n\nOne Federal Loan Program:\nStreamline federal student loan programs into a single, income-based repayment program. \nImplement increased borrower limits: one limit for undergraduate students and one limit for graduate students. \nLoan repayment should be tied to income.\nLimit the amount a student may borrow based upon enrollment. \nPermanently stabilize the program interest rate at 3% plus a markup equal to the interest rate on the 10-year United States Treasury note.\nSimplify the Aid Determination Process.\nSimplify the financial aid application (FAFSA) and reduce the required data fields.\nRequire federal agencies to leverage data that resides in other federal databases.\nAllow students to submit the FAFSA form earlier.\nUse prior-prior year income data for financial aid determination.\nInform students of financial aid eligibility earlier.\n\nTAX BENEFITS FOR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES\nFederal tax benefits designed to impact college affordability, access, and completion are well-intentioned but flawed. Tax-based student aid:\nis poorly targeted;\ndoes not reach students when they need it most;\nis complex and difficult to use; and\nis poorly understood and limits the impact of its intent.\n\nUNC SYSTEM POLICY PRIORITY\nConsolidate the fourteen higher education tax benefit programs into one tax benefit program.  The new tax benefit should be permanent and targeted to lower and modest income students and families.", "Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS),Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC),Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS),Education, Dept of,Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS),HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,Labor, Dept of (DOL),Natl Institutes of Health (NIH),Office of Management & Budget (OMB),President of the U.S.,SENATE,Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)", null, 50000, 0, 0, "2016-06-24T13:18:45.600000-04:00"]], "columns": ["id", "filing_uuid", "filing_type", "registrant_name", "registrant_id", "client_name", "filing_year", "filing_period", "issue_code", "specific_issues", "government_entities", "income_amount", "expense_amount", "is_no_activity", "is_termination", "received_date"], "primary_keys": ["id"], "primary_key_values": ["1836692"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.3674530889838934, "source": "Federal Register API & Regulations.gov API", "source_url": "https://www.federalregister.gov/developers/api/v1", "license": "Public Domain (U.S. Government data)", "license_url": "https://www.regulations.gov/faq"}