school loan consolidation

Yes, you may consolidate a Parent Plus Loan, but there a few things you should know.
The parent who took out the Plus loan owns the Plus loan for the life of the loan. What I mean by that is you can not have your student, who the loan was taken out for, roll your Plus loan in with their federal Stafford or Perkins loans. The loan is in your name and tied to your social security number.
If you have your own federal loans you are allowed to consolidate your Plus loan with them.
Your fixed consolidated interest rate will depend on the loans you are rolling into your federal consolidation. A weighted average will be taken based on the interest rates attached to said loans.
So what are the Parent Plus loan interest rates that exist today? They vary widely, which is why your friend could have a really low fixed rate while you are stuck in the eight percent rate. Again, your consolidated rate is a reflection of the interest rates attached to your current loans. It is not strictly a market gage, as is the case with a home refinance.
Parent Plus Loan Rates
Any FFEL Parent Plus loan taken out after 7/1/06 holds an 8.5% fixed rate, however, if you consolidate that loan there is an immediate interest rate deduction of .25% as the consolidation rate is capped at 8.25%.
Within the Direct Loan program Plus loan are fixed at 7.9% for those disbursed after 7/1/06.
For all other Parent Plus loans that have not been previously consolidated and which were disbursed prior to 7/1/06 the interest rate is at a historically low level, 3.28%. The previous low was during the 2004-05 academic year when Plus loans were are 4.17%.