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year program of federally guaranteed loans to parents to help pay
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children. The program permits parents to
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collateral-free, up to the total cost of their children’s
education, less whatever financial aid funds the children might
have received from grants or loans of their own. Officially
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loans, they are issued on the basis of creditworthiness rather
than need and are available either as Direct PLUS loans from the
Department of Education or Federal Family Education Loans from
commercial banks, credit unions, savings and loan associations and
programs such as CollegeCredit sponsored by the COLLEGE BOARD.
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which, though variable (and nearly 8% in 2006–07), is capped at
9%. Parents must also pay an origination fee of 3% and an
insurance premium of 1%, and they must begin repaying the loan 60
days after the money is loaned. Repayment is spread over 10
years.
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