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U.S. Representative John Boehner
As you head
back to school, remember these things
With school starting back up for most students in our area, there are a
few things I’d like you to keep in mind this year.
If you’re a high school junior in Ohio’s Eighth Congressional District
who is interested in attending a Military Service Academy, you have
until Friday, October 31, 2014, to apply for a nomination from my
office. Call 513-779-5400 for more information.
And college students – remember that internship applications for spring
of 2015 are currently being accepted in my Ohio district offices and
Washington, DC, Office. Spring applications are due by November
1, 2014.
Of course, to help all students pursue their education, the
Republican-led House of Representatives has passed a number of bills
this year to make tuition more affordable and college more
accessible. This is, without a doubt, one of the most important
things we can do to support hardworking families and fuel economic
growth, and we’re going to keep working on it.
“The University of Cincinnati and its over 42,000 students applaud the
House of Representatives for taking bipartisan action to begin the
reauthorization of the Higher Education Act,” says Santa J. Ono,
President of the University of Cincinnati. “We are pleased that
Congress is working to expand transparency for our students through the
‘Strengthening Transparency in Higher Education Act’ … we support
efforts to bring greater transparency to higher education and provide
more information to students making important decisions about
postsecondary education options.”
Our bills will: make it easier for students to apply real-world skills
and experience toward a college education; enhance student loan
counseling; simplify the tax code to make paying for college easier –
and more.
On the consumer-tested College Dashboard that one of our House-passed
bills creates, Michael Kabbaz, Vice President for Enrollment Management
and Student Success at Miami University, says: “The more information
students and families can access in making college decisions, the more
likely they are to make better choices that will lead to the success of
those students.”
And President of The Ohio State University, Dr. Michael V. Drake, says,
“We are extremely pleased that [these] bills received bipartisan
support in the U.S. House of Representatives. These actions will
collectively work to strengthen transparency in the higher education
system and empower college students at Ohio State and across the
country.”
But I’ve long said that the best way to help pay for college and deal
with student loan debt is a job, which is why we’ve passed dozens of
pro-growth jobs bills in the Republican-led House of Representatives to
get Big Government out of the way and help more Americans secure the
American Dream. Those bills, however, sit stuck in the
Democratic-controlled Senate, and I continue to press Senate Democrats
for more action on our 40+ House-passed jobs bills that would grow our
economy. Visit speaker.gov/JOBS to learn more.
So, again, as you head back to school, I hope you’ll remember these
things. For information on all of this and more, I encourage you
to visit the “Information for Students” page on my website,
Boehner.House.Gov.
Boehner represents Ohio’s 8th District, which includes all of Butler,
Clark, Darke, Miami, and Preble counties, and the southernmost part of
Mercer County. He was first elected to Congress in 1990.
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