Higher Education Act Reauthorization News

• Senate Hearing on FAFSA Fixes Highlights Broad Consensus On Simplification
  September 18, 2020 - The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee on Thursday outlined how Congress could seek to further simplify the FAFSA while still providing institutions of higher education with the data they need to determine aid, during a la...
• What’s Next for the Higher Education Act After Another Year Passes Without a Reauthorization?
  August 26, 2020 - As the days left in the legislative calendar shrink and Congress attempts to pass another federal relief package to address the disruptions caused by the novel coronavirus, another year will pass without a reauthorization of the Higher Education Act ...
• Making Financial Aid Work for All
  August 22, 2019 - As Congress inches closer to taking a wholesale look at the federal role in higher education through the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act (HEA), NASFAA is pleased to outline recommendations to make financial aid work for all.
• In Final HEA Reauthorization Hearing, House Committee Tackles Innovation
  June 20, 2019 - In its fifth and final bipartisan hearing covering topics for consideration when reauthorizing the Higher Education Act (HEA), the House Committee on Education and Labor on Wednesday dove into issues around innovation and alternative pathways to a co...
• White House HEA Reauthorization Priorities Mirror Trump Budget Proposal
  March 19, 2019 - The Trump administration on Monday released its priorities for the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act (HEA), with proposals focusing on institutional accountability, curbing student loan debt, and increasing the use of alternative pathways t...
• House Higher Education Act Reauthorization Hearing Covers Range of College Affordability Issues
  March 14, 2019 - Following their counterparts in the Senate, the House Committee on Education and Labor on Wednesday kicked off its Higher Education Act (HEA) reauthorization efforts with a nearly four-hour hearing that ran the gamut of topics on college cost and aff...
• Senate HELP Committee Kicks Off Reauthorization Hearings With FAFSA Simplification, Verification
  March 13, 2019 - The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee on Tuesday once again renewed its efforts to work toward reauthorizing the Higher Education Act (HEA) by holding the first of several planned hearings, focusing on simplifying the FAF...
• House Democrats' HEA Reauthorization Bill's General Provisions and Miscellaneous Changes
  August 23, 2018 - This article is the sixth and last in a series that delves into Title IV-related issues contained in the House Democrats' bill to reauthorize the Higher Education Act, the Aim Higher Act. This article details proposed changes to the General Provision...
• House Democrats' HEA Reauthorization Bill's Impact on Loan Counseling and Consumer Information
  August 20, 2018 - By Megan Walter, Policy & Federal Relations Staff Editor's Note: This article is the fifth in a series that delves into Title IV-related issues contained in the House Democrats' bill to reauthorize the Higher Education Act, the Aim Higher Act. ...
• House Democrats' HEA Reauthorization Bill's Impact on Student Loans
  August 16, 2018 - This article is the fourth in a series that delves into Title IV-related issues contained in the House Democrats' bill to reauthorize the Higher Education Act, the Aim Higher Act. This article details the proposed changes in the Aim Higher Act a...
• House Democrats' HEA Reauthorization Bill's Impact on Campus-Based Programs
  August 13, 2018 - This article is the third in a series that delves into Title IV-related issues contained in the House Democrats' bill to reauthorize the Higher Education Act, the Aim Higher Act. This article details the proposed changes in the Aim Higher Act af...
• House Democrats' HEA Reauthorization Bill's Impact on Pell and Other Grants
  August 9, 2018 - This article, the second in a series that delves into Title IV-related issues contained in the Aim Higher Act, details the proposed changes in the Aim Higher Act affecting the Federal Pell Grant and other federal grant programs. Among other provision...
• House Democrats' HEA Reauthorization Bill's Impact on Student Eligibility and the FAFSA
  August 6, 2018 - By Megan Walter, Policy & Federal Relations Staff Editor's Note: This article is the first in a series that delves into Title IV-related issues contained in the House Democrats' bill to reauthorize the Higher Education Act, the Aim Higher Act. ...
• House Democrats' 'Aim Higher Act' Pushes Back on GOP Higher Ed Reauthorization Bill
  July 24, 2018 - As Republican lawmakers' work to reauthorize the Higher Education Act (HEA) appears to have come to a halt, Democratic lawmakers in the House on Tuesday released their own version of a bill to overhaul America's higher education system, with several ...
• PROSPER Act Results in Net Loss in Student Aid, CBO Analysis Shows
  February 9, 2018 - The Congressional Budget Office (CBO), the non-partisan accounting arm of Congress, released a cost estimate on Tuesday for the PROSPER Act, the House Republicans' Higher Education Act (HEA) reauthorization bill. In total, the bill, if enacted as wri...
• Senators Take Aim at College Affordability, Student Debt as HEA Work Continues
  February 7, 2018 - The Senate education committee continued gathering information to develop a bill to reauthorize the Higher Education Act (HEA) on Tuesday, turning their attention to issues around college affordability and student loan debt — and what role fede...
• Senate Republicans, Democrats Give Glimpse of HEA Reauthorization Priorities
  February 5, 2018 - As the Senate education committee continues its work toward drafting a bill to reauthorize the Higher Education Act (HEA), some Republican and Democratic leaders have outlined where they stand on certain central issues, such as college affordability,...
• Senate Education Committee Dives Into Aid Simplification, Transparency
  January 19, 2018 - Following through on a promise to start the new year by diving in to higher education reform, the Senate education committee on Thursday held one in a series of hearings on reauthorizing the Higher Education Act (HEA), which focused on federal studen...
• PROSPER Act: House HEA Reauthorization Bill’s Changes to Remainder of General Provisions
  December 21, 2017 - The PROSPER Act proposes replacing cohort default rate (CDR) as a metric to determine institutional eligibility with program-based repayment rates. A program at an institution would lose its Title IV eligibility for three years if its loan repayment ...
• PROSPER Act: House HEA Reauthorization Bill's Impact on Consumer Information and Student Eligibility
  December 20, 2017 - The PROSPER Act would replace the College Navigator with a similar tool called the College Dashboard. Like the College Navigator, the Dashboard would also present institutional information that can be compared, but there are many changes to the speci...
• PROSPER Act: House HEA Reauthorization Bill’s Impact on Pell Grants and Federal Work-Study
  December 14, 2017 - The PROSPER Act, released by House Republicans on December 1, creates an incentive for accelerated study by adding a Bonus Pell award for up to $300 per award year for students enrolling in a greater than full-time workload. It also introduces a loss...
• PROSPER Act: House HEA Reauthorization Bill’s Impact on Loan Programs
  December 13, 2017 - This article is the second in a series that delves into Title IV-related issues contained in the Promoting Real Opportunity, Success and Prosperity Through Education Reform (PROSPER) Act released by House Republicans on Dec. 1, 2017. This article foc...
• Amended Reauthorization Bill Clears House Education Committee
  December 13, 2017 - Just seconds before the clock struck midnight on Tuesday, the House education committee voted along party lines to move a bill to reauthorize the Higher Education Act (HEA) to the floor for a full vote.
• House HEA Bill Addresses Need Analysis, State Authorization, Accreditation Standards, and Program Review Timeframe
  December 8, 2017 - This article is the first in a series that address Title IV-related issues contained in the Promoting Real Opportunity, Success and Prosperity Through Education Reform (PROSPER) Act released by House Republicans on Dec. 1, 2017. These articles will f...
• NASFAA Issues Summary of House Republicans’ HEA Reauthorization Bill
  December 4, 2017 - Republican members of the House education committee on Friday introduced a 542-page bill that would significantly reshape how students apply for and receive federal financial aid. The much-anticipated bill to reauthorize the Higher Education Act (HEA...
• House HEA Reauthorization Bill: Reactions From the Higher Ed Community
  December 4, 2017 - While higher education professionals are still sifting through the House Republicans’ lengthy bill to reauthorize the Higher Education Act (HEA) released Friday, initial reactions focused heavily on condemning proposals to cut various grant and...
• Senators Discuss Merits, Consequences of FAFSA Simplification in HEA Hearing
  November 29, 2017 - In a rare moment of bipartisan agreement, lawmakers on the Senate education committee on Tuesday discussed how to move forward with ways to simplify the FAFSA as part of a larger reauthorization of the Higher Education Act (HEA).
• Advisory Committee Hearing Focuses on Higher Ed Reforms, Financial Aid Simplification
  September 14, 2015 - As Congress continues the process to reauthorize the Higher Education Act (HEA), the Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance convened a meeting of experts to discuss potential suggestions for reform to include in a reauthorization bill.&nb...
• House Introduces Package of Bipartisan Reauthorization Bills
  July 24, 2015 - Yesterday various members of the House Education and the Workforce Committee introduced a new bill to make the Pell Grant more flexible and reintroduced three bills introduced in the last Congress related to higher education affordability and transpa...
• NASFAA Submits Comments On Senate White Papers Regarding Consumer Info, Risk-Sharing
  April 24, 2015 - NASFAA submitted comments to Sen. Lamar Alexander on the March 23 consumer information and risk sharing white papers released by the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee.
• HEA Reauthorization – Working Draft Overview
  August 1, 2014 - In order to help navigate the various Higher Education Act Reauthorization proposals, NASFAA has developed  a comparison chart that illustrates the similarities and differences between the draft legislation.