State Rep. Mandy Wright, D-Wausau, released a statement Friday calling on her colleagues in the state Legislature to consider action to alleviate student debt in Wisconsin.
The statement underscored Wright’s role in a “Day of Action” Wednesday, which launched a statewide campaign to pass legislation allowing students to more easily refinance loans and increase transparency for both borrowers and lenders before transactions.
“Students should have the security of knowing they can enter the workforce without the burden of crushing debt,” Wright said in the statement.
Wright coauthored the Higher Ed Lower Debt bill, which would allow students to refinance loans at lower interest rates and publicize data on the best and worst lenders, rates and terms for student loans.
Wright called on Gov. Scott Walker and Republicans in the state Legislature to address the issue in the statement.
The state Assembly voted to keep the bill in committee in February.
