On this page, you'll find previous proposals that look to hold institutions or individuals responsible for their actions or performance. In addition, this page includes legislation impacting accreditation. Use these links to jump to a specific session of Congress.
Sponsor: Sen. Booker [D-NJ]
Cosponsors: 0
Introduced: 12/16/2020
NASFAA Summary & Analysis: This bill aims to support college students so they meet satisfactory academic progress requirements so they can continue to receive Federal student aid and persist in college as well as allow students who had lost access to Federal student aid due to previously failing to meet satisfactory academic progress requirements to become eligible again for Federal student aid after 2 years away from college.
Sponsor: Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY]
Cosponsors: 0
Introduced: 12/08/2020
NASFAA Summary & Analysis: This bill would terminate the Department of Education.
Sponsor: Rep. Cartwright [D-PA]
Cosponsors: 2 (2D; 0R)
Introduced: 10/09/2020
NASFAA Summary & Analysis: This bill would require institutions to create record-management plans in the event of the school planning to cease operations in order to be accredited or continue to be accredited. The school would need to include a plan for custody, continued access, and disposition of student records, including student transcripts, billing, and financial aid records.
Sponsor: Rep. Hern [R-OK]
Cosponsors: 22 (0D; 22R)
Introduced: 06/11/2020
NASFAA Summary & Analysis: This bill requires that any institution disclose a gift from or enters into a contract with a foreign source, the value of which is $50,000 or more.
Sponsor: Rep. Eshoo [D-CA]
Cosponsors: 11 (11D; 0R)
Sponsor: Sen. Klobuchar [D-MN]
Cosponsors: 10 (9D; 1R)
Introduced: 05/12/2020
NASFAA Summary & Analysis: This bicameral bill would require the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information, in consultation with the Secretary of Education, to promulgate regulations to provide support to institutions of higher education for the provision of certain equipment and services to students of those institutions. This bill prioritizes support for HBCUs, HSIs, MSIs, TCUs, and RSI students who are eligible to receive a Federal Pell Grant, need based financial aid, low-income, and first generation. Eligible equipment consists of a laptop, tablet computer, modem, router, device that combines a modem and a router, and a wifi hotspot. Eligible service means broadband internet access service and video conferencing systems used for distance learning.
Sponsor: Rep. Cline [R-VA]
Cosponsors: 2 (0D; 2R)
Introduced: 05/01/2020
Sponsor: Sen. Hawley [R-MO]
Cosponsors: 5 (0D; 5R)
Introduced: 05/04/2020
NASFAA Summary & Analysis: This bill deems certain institutions of higher education (IHEs) ineligible to receive certain emergency relief funds to address the coronavirus (i.e., the virus that causes COVID-19). Specifically, an IHE with an endowment greater than $10 billion in 2019 is generally ineligible to receive such funds and must return any funds it received to the Department of Education (ED). However, such an IHE may receive and keep these funds if it provides documentation to ED that it expended 1,000% of the amount of the funds on emergency relief.
Sponsor: Rep. Fudge [D-OH]
Cosponsors: 1 (0D; 1R)
Introduced: 2/06/2020
NASFAA Summary: This bill would update the Minority Science and Engineering Improvement Program to allow institutions to give scholarships to underrepresented population students pursuing degrees in a STEM program. The bill would also allow institutions to use the grant funds to support students through direct financial assistance or by improving the institutions ability to provide services such as academic advising, summer bridge program, or work-based learning opportunities.
Sponsor: Sen. Cardin [D-MD]
Cosponsors: 1 (1D; 0R)
Introduced: 1/06/2020
Sponsor: Rep. Trone [D-MD]
Cosponsors: 2 (2D; 0R)
Introduced: 1/15/2020
NASFAA Summary & Analysis: The bicameral bill, the True Equity Act, aims to strengthen federal, state and local educational partnerships. To address college and career readiness, the bill would fund and create a new grant up to $50 million which would improve upon preexisting state and local efforts to ensure that students have access to college and career pathways by tenth grade. The bill also addresses early childhood education and support for additional teacher training.
Sponsor: Sen. Enzi [R-WY]
Cosponsors: 0
Introduced: 12/19/2019
NASFAA Summary & Analysis: This bill would require that all institutions of higher education, not only proprietary institutions, have to meet the current 90/10 revenue regulations.
Sponsor: Rep. Adams [D-NC]
Cosponsors: 0
Introduced: 12/04/2019
NASFAA Summary & Analysis: This bill would amend the Truth in Lending Act to establish a student borrower bill of rights. The new borrower bill of rights would include minimum standards for all loan transactions, improving disclosures, requiring accurate and timely repayment resources and options. The bill would also create standards for loan servicers reporting student loan information to the consumer reporting agencies.
Sponsor: Rep. Krishnamoorthi [D-IL]
Cosponsors: 0
Sponsor: Sen. Merkley [D-OR]
Cosponsors: 1 (1D; 0R)
Introduced: 11/21/2019
NASFAA Summary & Analysis: This bill would require programs offered by an institution designed to lead to a recognized occupation or profession that requires licensing or other requirements to meet any federal or state accreditation and licensing requirements. The bill also adds additional certification requirements for gainful employment (GE) programs, including ensuring the GE program is approved by a recognized accrediting agency (either institutionally or programmatically depending on if programmatic accreditation is required by a Federal or state entity) and prohibiting a GE program that is substantially similar to a program that in any of the three years prior became ineligible (or was failing or in the zone) due to the debt to earning rates at the same institution.
Sponsor: Rep. Phillips [D-MN]
Cosponsors: 0
Introduced: 11/01/2019
NASFAA Summary & Analysis: This bill would prohibit Title IV federal funds to be used to pay any person to influence, or attempt to influence an employee of any federal agency or a member of Congress or any Congress-affiliated employees. Hiring a registered lobbyist with the use of federal aid funds would also be prohibited.
Sponsor: Rep. Budd [R-NC]
Cosponsors: 1 (0D; 1R)
Introduced: 10/31/2019
NASFAA Summary & Analysis: This bill would require the Department of Education to conduct a study on Federal data collection related to student participation and performance in career and technical programs. The study would look at the effectiveness of the Federal collection of data to identify any gaps or areas of duplication of effort, or methods to improve reporting efforts.
Sponsor: Rep. Jayapal [D-WA]
Cosponsors: 7 (7D; 0R)
Sponsor: Sen. Brown [D-OH]
Cosponsors: 1 (1D; 0R)
Introduced: 10/17/2019
NASFAA Summary & Analysis: This bill would remove for-profit institutions from the definition of an institution of higher education and references to for-profit institutions from the HEA, making them ineligible to receive Federal student aid.
Sponsor: Rep. Porter [D-CA]
Cosponsors: 1 (1D; 0R)
Introduced: 10/11/2019
NASFAA Summary & Analysis: This bill would change the way the Department of Education calculates institutional cohort default rates. It would also install penalties for institutions with a high percentage of graduates who are unable to pay their loans.
Sponsor: Rep. Shalala [D-FL]
Cosponsors: 10 (8D; 2R)
Introduced: 10/04/2019
NASFAA Summary & Analysis: This bill would require higher education institution accreditation agencies to do more to prevent institutions from closing abruptly. It would require an institution to submit and receive approval for a teach-out plan if ED becomes aware of any negative factors pointing to the institution’s financial wellness.
Sponsor: Rep. Wilson [D-FL]
Cosponsors: 0
Introduced: 9/27/2019
NASFAA Summary & Analysis: The Quality Higher Education Act would require ED to initiate a negotiated rulemaking process to create consequences, as well as a process for accrediting agencies if an institution in their jurisdiction fails to meet accreditation standards. ED would also be required to create a list of standards that accrediting agencies will use, including standard metrics for completion and workforce participation and how to measure those metrics.
Sponsor: Sen. Scott [R-FL]
Cosponsors: 0
Introduced: 9/26/2019
NASFAA Summary & Analysis: This bill would create institutional risk-sharing for institutions that participate in the Federal Direct loan program. The risk-sharing would be based on loan default by calculating the total cohort loan balance for a fiscal year and from that deducing which percentage of that population have gone into default in the 3 consecutive years since their loans entered repayment. The amount the institution would be responsible for paying for the first year after enactment would be 1% of the cohort non-repayment balance, the second through the ninth year, the institutions would be responsible for 2% and in years 10 and later, 10%.
Sponsor: Rep. Shalala [D-FL]
Cosponsors: 5 (5D; 0R)
Introduced: 9/25/2019
NASFAA Summary & Analysis: This bill would codify the Student Aid Enforcement Unit that lives within the Department of Education and would mandate that the Unite better respond to fraud and abuse within the federal student aid programs.
Sponsor: Rep. Malinowski [D-NJ]
Cosponsors: 0
Introduced: 9/24/2019
NASFAA Summary & Analysis: The Higher Education Student Protection Act would hold all institutions of higher education accountable for spending disproportionately on advertising, marketing, recruitment, and lobbying relative to actual instruction. Institutions would be required to report to IPEDS how much they are spending on those items. The system would then flag any institutions who are spending less than 1/3 of their revenue from tuition and fees on instruction. Institutions could be subject to losing access to Title IV funds.
Sponsor: Rep. Sablan [D-MP]
Cosponsors: (0)
Introduced: 9/19/2019
NASFAA Summary & Analysis: This bill would create an advisory committee at the US Department of Education made up of teacher unions, state and local officials, school administrator organizations, institutions of higher education, and others, to produce a comprehensive set of expectations that sets a high bar for entry into the profession and ensures that all entering teachers and school leaders are profession-ready.
Sponsor: Rep. Castro [D-TX]
Cosponsors: 1 (0D; 1R)
Introduced: 9/18/2019
NASFAA Summary & Analysis: The Transparency for Transfer Students Act would require institutions of higher education to disclose in an easy to find location on their website an explanation of all articulation agreements they may have with another institution, and a list of transfer-related resources, such as deadlines and financial aid information.
Sponsor: Rep. Trahan [D-MA]
Cosponsors: 4 (2D; 2R)
Introduced: 9/17/2019
NASFAA Summary & Analysis: The FACT Act of 2019 is a bipartisan bill created to bring some standardization to financial aid offer forms by mandating the use of standard terms and definitions, as well as requiring institutions to include a "quick reference box" allowing students to quickly compare aid offers. The bill would direct the Department of Education (ED) to conduct consumer testing that establishes standardized definitions and groupings of aid type and determines any additional elements that should be included in financial aid offers. The FACT Act includes the addition of a mandatory "quick reference box" that must be included on the first page of financial aid offers, and would be developed through consumer testing by the ED. The box would feature three data elements that would allow students to quickly compare aid offers, including cost of attendance, total grants and scholarships offered, and net price.
Sponsor: Rep. Delgado [D-NY]
Cosponsors: 3 (1D; 2R)
Introduced: 8/30/2019
NASFAA Summary & Analysis: This bill would increase financial support for students who are working while attending school. The Strengthening FAFSA Act calls for an increase in Pell Grant lifetime eligibility usage, from 6 years or 12 semesters, to 7 years or 14 semesters. It would also increase the Income Protection Allowance (IPA) by 35 percent.
Sponsor: Rep. Takano [D-CA]
Cosponsors: 1 (1D; 0R)
Introduced: 8/23/2019
NASFAA Summary & Analysis: This bill would reinstate Obama-era gainful employment (GE) regulations that the Department of Education (ED) eliminated last month. The bill proposes that ED revive the practice of tying Title IV eligibility for non-degree-granting programs to their students’ ability to repay their loan debt, or their debt-to-earnings ratios.
Sponsor: Rep. Rooney [R-FL]
Cosponsors: 2 (0D; 2R)
S.2339
Sponsor: Sen. Lee [R-UT]
Cosponsors: 1 (1R; 0D)
Introduced: 7/30/2019
NASFAA Analysis & Coverage: This bill, introduced as companion bills in the House and Senate, would change accreditation rules that would allow any accrediting agency that has an "alternative accreditation agreement" with the Department of Ed to grant accreditation to any postsecondary education program that could be applied to a degree, credential or professional certificate. The bill would also change state accreditation rules to allow flexibility in determining clock-hour and minimum program length requirements for federal student aid eligibility. All undergraduate students regardless of grade level would be able to borrow up to $7,500 each year in federal student loans, for an aggregate amount of $30,000. The Higher Education Reform and Opportunity Act would eliminate loan forgiveness.
Sponsor: Rep. Foster [D-IL]
Cosponsors: 4 (4D; 0R)
Introduced: 7/26/2019
NASFAA Analysis & Coverage: This bill would allow students convicted of marijuana possession to retain eligibility for six months on the condition they complete an approved drug rehabilitation program and two unannounced drug tests, instead of immediately losing eligibility until the completion of rehabilitation as it stands now.
Sponsor: Rep. Perry [R-PA]
Cosponsors: (0)
Introduced: 7/23/2019
NASFAA Analysis & Coverage: This bill would require institutions to disclose any gifts from and/or contracts with a foreign source above $50,000 to the Department of Education. Currently the value at which an institution must disclose a gift or contract is $250,000.
Sponsor: Rep. Harder [D-CA]
Cosponsors: 3 (2R; 1D)
Introduced: 7/23/2019
NASFAA Analysis & Coverage: This bill would authorize the Department of Education to award grants to institutions of higher education to support and/or develop dual enrollment programs.
Sponsor: Sen. Hawley [R-MO]
Cosponsors: (0)
Introduced: 7/16/2019
NASFAA Analysis & Coverage: The Skin in the Game Act would require institutions to pay back repay a portion of the loan balance of students who are unable to repay their debt. The bill would require institutions to pay 50% of the balance of student loans accrued while attending their institution for students who default. The bill would also forbid institutions from increasing the cost of attendance to offset the liability.
Sponsor: Rep. McBath [D-GA]
Cosponsors: 7 (7D; 0R)
Introduced: 7/10/2019
NASFAA Analysis & Coverage: The Relief for Defrauded Students Act would allow students to receive loan forgiveness if they were misled by an institution, and make the borrower defense rule permanent. If the Department of Education approves the borrower defense to repayment appeal, ED must cancel all remaining loan balances, and return any amount the borrower has already paid on the loan.
Sponsor: Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN]
Cosponsors: 3 (0 R; 3 D)
Introduced: 6/10/2019
S.1775
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Cosponsors: 8 (0 R; 7 D; 1 I)
Introduced: 6/11/2019
NASFAA Analysis & Coverage: This measure prohibits institutions from using federal education funds, including Title IV and VA benefit dollars, for marketing, advertising, or recruiting.
Sponsor: Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA]
Cosponsors: 0
Introduced: 6/05/2019
NASFAA Analysis & Coverage: This bill would restore the 85/15 ratio for proprietary institutions from the current 90/10 rule.
Sponsor: Sen. Baldwin (D-WI)
Cosponsors: 3 (2 R; 1 D)
Introduced: 4/11/2019
NASFAA Analysis & Coverage: This bill would attempt to end the misuse of borrower information used to commit criminal acts. The bill would add language to the HEA that would inform borrowers that the services offered by "phone scam" operators are available free of charge through ED.
Sponsor: Sen. Reed (D-RI)
Cosponsors: 3 (0 R; 3 D)
Introduced: 4/01/2019
NASFAA Analysis & Coverage: This bill would implement institutional risk-sharing in the Federal student loan program by mandating that institutions who have 33 percent of more of their enrolled students participating in the student loan program to make a payment depending on the percentage of those students who are in default. The determinations for the amount to be paid vary anywhere between 5 to 20 percent of the total amount of the dollars in default.
Sponsor: Rep. Rooney (R-FL)
Co-Sponsors: 0 (0 R; 0 D)
Introduced: 3/11/2019
NASFAA Analysis & Coverage: This bill would prohibit public institutions (as part of the program participation agreement (PPA)) from restricting expressive activities, such as through so-called "free speech zones."
Sponsor: Rep. Massie (R-KY)
Co-Sponsors: 11 (11 R; 0 D)
Introduced: 1/30/2019
NASFAA Analysis & Coverage: This brief bill would eliminate the Department of Education, effective December 31, 2020. The bill does not describe what would happen to the federal student aid programs.
Protecting Financial Aid for Students and Taxpayers Act | |||
HR 7303 | Sponsor: Rep. Grijalva (D-AZ) |
Co-Sponsors: 0 (0 R; 0 D) |
Introduced: 12/13/2018 |
S. 3762 | Sponsor: Sen. Brown (D-OH) |
Co-Sponsors: 4 (0 R; 4 D) |
Introduced: 12/17/2018 |
NASFAA Analysis & Coverage: This measure prohibits institutions from using federal education funds, including Title IV and VA benefit dollars, for marketing, advertising, or recruiting.
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Student Rights Act | |||
HR 7229 | Sponsor: Rep. Brat (R-VA) |
Co-Sponsors: 7 (7 R; 0 D) |
Introduced: 12/10/2018 |
NASFAA Analysis & Coverage: This bill would impose several "expressive activity" requirements on public insitutions.
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PRO Students Act | |||
HR 7112 | Sponsor: Rep. Takano (D-CA) |
Co-Sponsors: 2 (0 R; 2 D) |
Introduced: 10/30/2018 |
NASFAA Analysis & Coverage: This comprehensive bill, the Protections and Regulation for Our (PRO) Students Act, changes the 90/10 Rule back to 85/15 for proprietary institutions, prohibits institutions from using federal student aid funds for marketing, advertising, or recruiting, establishes an interagency committee to examine the for-profit sector, launches a complaint tracking system for students, improves access to particular pieces of consumer information, prohibits incentive compensation based on recruitment or academic success, among other things.
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College Affordability and Innovation Act | |||
HR 6947 | Sponsor: Rep. Himes (D-CT) |
Co-Sponsors: 0 (0 R; 0 D) |
Introduced: 9/27/2018 |
NASFAA Analysis & Coverage: This bill would create a pilot program to promote innovation in higher education through innovative program design at the postsecondary and graduate levels. The goal of these programs would be to decrease the cost and time required for students to complete postsecondary or graduate certificate or degree programs while receiving a quality education. This bill would allow ED to award 5-year grants to up to 15 institutions of higher education. The bill also allows ED to waive certain provisions of the HEA if they would inhibit these institutions from operating their innovative education programs.
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Aim Higher Act | |||
HR 6543 | Sponsor: Rep. Scott (D-VA) |
Co-Sponsors: 57 (0 R; 57 D) |
Introduced: 7/26/2018 |
NASFAA Analysis & Coverage: The Aim Higher Act is a comprehensive Higher Education Act (HEA) reauthorization bill with notable changes to the federal student aid programs.
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REDUCE Act | |||
HR 5916 | Sponsor: Rep. Reed (R-NY) |
Co-Sponsors: 0 (0 R; 0 D) |
Introduced: 5/22/2018 |
NASFAA Analysis & Coverage: This bill, the Reducing Excessive Debt and Unfair Costs of Education (REDUCE) Act, would impose a tax on the "wealthiest" institutions of higher education (defined as those with an aggregate endowment asset value of at least $500,000 per student) that fail to direct 25 percent of endowment growth value toward grants for "working-family students" (defined as those with a household income below 600 percent of the poverty line) each year. The bill would allocate tax receipts from this provision into the Federal Pell Grant Program. The legislation would require certain institutions to report cost of attendance and grant information for "working-family students," and would add additional consumer information disclosures around endowment management, institutional aid, major donor gifts, and legacy status to the College Navigator.
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Puerto Rico Higher Education Disaster Relief Act | |||
HR 5850 | Sponsor: Rep. Gonzalez-Colon (R-PR) |
Co-Sponsors: 0 (0 R; 0 D) |
Introduced: 5/16/2018 |
NASFAA Analysis & Coverage: This piece of legislation would waive the 90-10 rule for proprietary institutions impacted by Hurricanes Irma or Maria. The waiver would apply to for-profit institutions located in major disaster areas during Hurricanes Irma or Maria (as determined by the Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act), and would be in effect from FY 2018 through FY 2020.
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ALERT Act | |||
S. 2431 | Sponsor: Sen. Peters (D-MI) |
Co-Sponsors: 2 (1 R; 1 D) |
Introduced: 2/15/2018 |
NASFAA Analysis & Coverage: This bill, the Accountability of Leaders in Education to Report Title IX Investigations (ALERT) Act, amends program participation agreement (PPA) requirements to require institutions to submit an annual certification to the Secretary of Education affirming the "president of the institution (or the equivalent officer) and not less than 1 additional member of the institution's board of trustees (or a designee of the board) have completed a comprehensive review of any incident involving a covered employee that was reported to the title IX coordinator at that institution in the previous 12 months."
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Free Right to Expression in Education Act | |||
S. 2394 | Sponsor: Sen. Hatch (R-UT) |
Co-Sponsors: 0 (0 R; 0 D) |
Introduced: 2/7/2018 |
NASFAA Analysis & Coverage: This bill would prohibit public institutions (as part of the program participation agreement (PPA)) from restricting expressive activities, such as through so-called "free speech zones."
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Student Protection and Success Act | |||
S. 2231 | Sponsor: Sen. Shaheen (D-NH) |
Co-Sponsors: 1 (1 R; 0 D) |
Introduced: 12/14/2017 |
NASFAA Analysis & Coverage: This bill would create a system of penalties and incentives based on Direct Loan repayment rates, which would replace default rates effective fiscal year 2022. The bill would also institute risk-sharing payments based on nonrepayment loan balances. Schools with a cohort repayment rate <15% lose eligibility to participate in Direct Loans and Pell Grants for that fiscal year and 2 succeeding fiscal years. Schools with cohort repayment rates >25%, a strong record of affordability and increasing access and success for low-income and moderate-income students could receive grants to support reforms to further increase that access and success. Uses include: (1) Awarding additional need-based financial aid to Pell-eligible students; (2) Enhancing academic and student support services; and (3) Establishing or expanding accelerated learning opportunities. Incentive grants would be funded with risk-sharing payments. | |||
Protecting Students from Worthless Degrees Act | |||
HR 4658 | Sponsor: Rep. Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) |
Co-Sponsors: 1 (0 R; 1 D) |
Introduced: 12/14/2017 |
S. 3371 | Sponsor: Sen. Merkley (D-OR) |
Co-Sponsors: 1 (0 R; 1 D) |
Introduced: 8/23/2018 |
NASFAA Analysis & Coverage: This bill would require programs offered by an institution designed to lead to a recognized occupation or profession that requires licensing or other requirements to meet any federal or state accreditation and licensing requirements. The bill also adds additional certification requirements for gainful employment (GE) programs, including ensuring the GE program is approved by a recognized accrediting agency (either institutionally or programmatically depending on if programmatic accreditation is required by a Federal or state entity) and prohibiting a GE program that is substantially similar to a program that in any of the three years prior became ineligible (or was failing or in the zone) due to the debt to earning rates at the same institution.
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ASPIRE Act | |||
S. 2201 | Sponsor: Sen. Coons (D-DE) |
Co-Sponsors: 1 (1 R; 0 D) |
Introduced: 12/6/2017 |
NASFAA Analysis & Coverage: This bill would fine the bottom five percent of institutions based on percentages of enrolled first time, full time Pell Grant recipients and use the funds to reward institutions with competitive funds to increase access and success efforts. Additionally, the bottom five percent of institutions based on six-year graduation rates would risk paying a penalty before eventually losing Title IV eligibility or schools can opt-in to the bill's completion standards.
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PROSPER Act | |||
HR 4508 | Sponsor: Rep. Foxx (R-NC) |
Co-Sponsors: 21 (21 R; 0 D) |
Introduced: 12/1/2017 |
NASFAA Analysis & Coverage: The Promoting Real Opportunity, Success, and Prosperity through Education Reform (PROSPER) Act is a comprehensive Higher Education Act (HEA) reauthorization bill with notable changes to the federal student aid programs.
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Status: 12/13/2017: Passed House of Representatives Committee on Education and the Workforce | |||
Military and Veterans Education Protection Act | |||
S. 2109 | Sponsor: Sen. Carper (D-DE) |
Co-Sponsors: 33 (0 R; 31 D; 2 I) |
Introduced: 11/9/2017 |
HR 4632 | Sponsor: Rep. Speier (D-CA) |
Co-Sponsors: 2 (1 R; 1 D) |
Introduced: 12/12/2017 |
NASFAA Analysis & Coverage: This measure would count military tuition assistance and veterans' education benefits as federal aid for the purpose of calculations under the 90/10 Rule for proprietary institutions.
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College Completion and Success Act | |||
HR 4336 | Sponsor: Rep. Lewis (R-MN) |
Co-Sponsors: 4 (4 R; 0 D) |
Introduced: 11/9/2017 |
NASFAA Analysis & Coverage: This piece of legislation would significantly change the return of Title IV funds (R2T4) process when a student withdraws from school during a payment period. The bill would simplify certain aspects of the calculation, narrow the definition of "schools that are required to take attendance," and restore some discretion to schools in paying post-withdrawal disbursements. It would change the order of distribution of returned funds, increase the amount that must be returned in most cases, and shift responsibility for repaying unearned funds to the institution. The bill would also require a more defined distinction between changing enrollment status as opposed to withdrawing in the case of modules.
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Higher Education Reform and Opportunity Act | |||
HR 4274 | Sponsor: Rep. DeSantis (R-FL) |
Co-Sponsors: 32 (32 R; 0 D) |
Introduced: 11/7/2017 |
S. 2228 | Sponsor: Sen. Lee (R-UT) |
Co-Sponsors: 0 (0 R; 0 D) |
Introduced: 12/13/2017 |
NASFAA Analysis & Coverage: This bill would allow states to accredit any institution that provides postsecondary education (including courses and programs) that can be applied to a degree, credential, or professional certification; this state-level accreditation would make an institution eligible to participate in the federal student aid programs. The bill would also require institutions to publish a variety of enrollment, graduation, and repayment figures with compliance monitored by an independent third party contracted by the state in which the institution is located, not by the Department of Education. The bill would eliminate all loan forgiveness programs for new loans made on or after 6 months following the date of enactment. Finally, the bill would fine institutions based on default rate. An institution's fine would be 10 percent of the difference between the amount of defaulted loans made, insured, or guaranteed in the fiscal year and the product of the amount of defaulted loans and the national unemployment rate. Institutions would receive a $400 credit against the fine for each Pell Grant recipient who graduates.
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POST Act | |||
HR 4181 | Sponsor: Rep. Cohen (D-TN) |
Co-Sponsors: 0 (0 R; 0 D) |
Introduced: 10/31/2017 |
S. 2037 | Sponsor: Sen. Durbin (D-IL) |
Co-Sponsors: 6 (0 R; 6 D) |
Introduced: 10/31/2017 |
NASFAA Analysis & Coverage: This comprehensive bill changes the 90/10 Rule back to 85/15 for proprietary institutions and expands the definition of federal funds to include any federal financial assistance provided under this Act or any other Federal law through a grant, contract, subsidy, loan, guarantee, insurance, or other means to a proprietary institution, including federal financial assistance that is disbursed or delivered to an institution or on behalf of a student or to a student to be used to attend the institution.
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Protect Student Borrowers Act | |||
S. 2028 | Sponsor: Sen. Reed (D-RI) |
Co-Sponsors: 3 (0 R; 3 D) |
Introduced: 10/26/2017 |
NASFAA Analysis & Coverage: This bill establishes an institutional risk-sharing system where institutions would be required to assume some of the financial risk of student loan default based on the percentage of their graduates and former students who default on their loans. Institutions would be required to submit a risk-sharing payment to the federal government if the school's cohort default rate (CDR) is higher than 15 percent. The payment can be reduced by implementing a "student loan management plan" or by the discretion of the Secretary of Education. The bill would apply only to institutions with a Direct Loan program participation rate higher than 33%.
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CAMPUS HATE Crimes Act | |||
HR 4093 | Sponsor: Rep. Brown (D-MD) |
Co-Sponsors: 39 (0 R; 39 D) |
Introduced: 10/23/2017 |
NASFAA Analysis & Coverage: This bill, the Creating Accountability Measures Protecting University Students Historically Abused, Threatened, and Exposed to (CAMPUS HATE) Crimes Act, would require institutions participating in the federal student aid programs to certify to the Secretary of Education that the institution has adopted and has implemented a program to prevent and adequately respond to hate crimes within the jurisdiction of the institution or by students and employees. Institutions would be required to distribute hate crime information to students annually and to develop hate crime prevention and response programs. In addition, the bill would create a competitive grant program to support hate crime prevention initiatives at institutions.
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AIM Act | |||
HR 4029 | Sponsor: Rep. Speier (D-CA) |
Co-Sponsors: 3 (2 R; 1 D) |
Introduced: 10/12/2017 |
NASFAA Analysis & Coverage: This bill, the Accurate Income Measure (AIM) Act, would require the Secretary to revise the gainful employment regulations to provide for the development and implementation of a percentage increase in the mean or median aggregate earnings of graduates of specific, covered programs to reasonably account for underreporting of earned income by the programs graduates. In addition, the bill would modify the Alternate Earnings appeal process to include a new appeal based upon the most current Bureau of Labor Statistics earnings data for the Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) code, or combination of SOC codes, in which more than 50% of the students in the measured cohort were placed or found employment. The bill's "covered programs" would include all barbering, cosmetology, nail, esthetics, holistic health, and massage therapy programs. | |||
Innovation in Accreditation Act | |||
HR 3869 | Sponsor: Rep. Byrne (R-AL) |
Co-Sponsors: 1 (1 R; 0 D) |
Introduced: 9/28/2017 |
NASFAA Analysis & Coverage: This bill would allow the Secretary of Education to waive accreditation requirements if accreditors can demonstrate the waiver is necessary to "enable an institution of higher education or program accredited by the agency or association to implement innovative practices."
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S.O.S. Campus Act | |||
HR 3734 | Sponsor: Rep. Davis (D-CA) |
Co-Sponsors: 17 (0 R; 17 D) |
Introduced: 9/11/2017 |
S. 1801 | Sponsor: Sen. Kaine (D-VA) |
Co-Sponsors: 4 (0 R; 4 D) |
Introduced: 9/12/2017 |
NASFAA Analysis & Coverage: This piece of legislation, the Survivor Outreach and Support (S.O.S.) Campus Act, would require institutions to create "an independent advocate for campus sexual assault prevention and response."
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Educator Preparation Reform Act | |||
HR 3636 | Sponsor: Rep. Kihuen (D-NV) |
Co-Sponsors: 3 (0 R; 3 D) |
Introduced: 8/1/2017 |
S. 1694 | Sponsor: Sen. Reed (D-RI) |
Co-Sponsors: 2 (0 R; 2 D) |
Introduced: 8/1/2017 |
NASFAA Analysis & Coverage: This comprehensive bill addresses quality and accountability for teacher preparation programs. Specifically, the legislation requires programs to report on several performance metrics. The bill would also modify some components of TEACH Grants by restricting eligibility to only college juniors, seniors, and masters-level students. The bill allows partial payback based on the length of service completed for TEACH Grant recipients who do not finish the four-year service requirement. Institutions defined as "at-risk" or "low performing" would be ineligible for TEACH Grants.
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Flexibility to Innovate for College Affordability Act | |||
HR 3052 | Sponsor: Rep. Welch (D-VT) |
Co-Sponsors: 2 (2 R; 0 D) |
Introduced: 6/23/2017 |
NASFAA Analysis & Coverage: This bill would establish the "Higher Education Regulatory Reform Task Force," which would be composed of the Secretary of Education (or designee) and higher education community stakeholders. The task force would submit to Congress recommendations to reduce burdensome, duplicative, or ineffective regulations in higher education. Following the task force's work, the President is tasked with producing and submitting to Congress a bill to address the task force's recommendations; the bill would receive expedited consideration. In addition, the bill would allow, through the Experimental Sites Initiative (ESI), the Secretary to waive grant and loan maximums for an experiment at institutions that would prorate additional aid to students enrolled over the minimum full-time course-load. Further, the Secretary would also have full waiver authority through ESI to conduct other experiments, including prior learning assessments, dual enrollment, and non-accredited competency-based education.
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Remedial Education Improvement Act | |||
HR 2961 | Sponsor: Rep. Norcross (D-NJ) |
Co-Sponsors: 8 (0 R; 8 D) |
Introduced: 6/20/2017 |
NASFAA Analysis & Coverage: This bill would authorize the Secretary of Education to provide competitive grants, not less than $500,000, to institutions for the purpose of improving remedial education, specifically through five models: aligning coursework, accelerated coursework, modular instruction, co-requisite enrollment, and systemic reform.
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Community College Student Success Act | |||
HR 2960 | Sponsor: Rep. Meng (D-NY) |
Co-Sponsors: 12 (0 R; 12 D) |
Introduced: 6/20/2017 |
NASFAA Analysis & Coverage: This piece of legislation would authorize a new competitive grant program for community colleges, specifically for these institutions to increase graduation and transfer rates.
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85/15 Rule Act | |||
HR 2743 | Sponsor: Rep. Waters (D-CA) |
Co-Sponsors: 0 (0 R; 0 D) |
Introduced: 5/25/2017 |
NASFAA Analysis & Coverage: This bill would restore the 85/15 ratio for proprietary institutions from the current 90/10 rule ratio.
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Students Before Profits Act | |||
HR 2300 | Sponsor: Rep. Waters (D-CA) |
Co-Sponsors: 6 (0 R; 6 D) |
Introduced: 5/2/2017 |
S. 1784 | Sponsor: Sen. Murphy (D-CT) |
Co-Sponsors: 7 (0 R; 7 D) |
Introduced: 9/11/2017 |
NASFAA Analysis & Coverage: With a focus on the proprietary sector, this piece of legislation would impose civil penalties on executives of institutions found to be misrepresenting student data, require the Secretary of Education to monitor cohort default rate (CDR) manipulation and make retroactive adjustments to CDRs if manipulation is discovered, make executives personally liable for financial losses due to borrower defense to repayment, and bar board members and executives from institutions the Department of Education has pursued enforcement action against from working at another institution of higher education.
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Kids Before Cons Act | |||
HR 2007 | Sponsor: Rep. Collins (R-NY) |
Co-Sponsors: 1 (1 R; 0 D) |
Introduced: 4/6/2017 |
NASFAA Analysis & Coverage: This bill would prohibit the Department of Education from using experimental sites authority to waive the prohibition of incarcerated individuals from receiving federal student aid. The Department would also be prohibited from using experimental sites authority to award funds to institutions directly for the purposes of providing postsecondary education to incarcerated individuals.
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Campus Accountability and Safety Act | |||
HR 1949 | Sponsor: Rep. Maloney (D-NY) |
Co-Sponsors: 25 (4 R; 21 D) |
Introduced: 4/5/2017 |
S. 856 | Sponsor: Sen. McCaskill (D-MO) |
Co-Sponsors: 22 (5 R; 17 D) |
Introduced: 4/5/2017 |
NASFAA Analysis & Coverage: This bill, aimed at addressing campus sexual assault, would establish several new requirements for colleges and universities relating to campus safety, including significantly increasing fines for Clery Act violations.
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Foreign Medical School Accountability Fairness Act | |||
HR 1922 | Sponsor: Rep. Burgess (R-TX) |
Co-Sponsors: 1 (0 R; 1 D) |
Introduced: 4/5/2017 |
S. 850 | Sponsor: Sen. Durbin (D-IL) |
Co-Sponsors: 1 (1 R; 0 D) |
Introduced: 4/5/2017 |
NASFAA Analysis & Coverage: This bill would eliminate an exemption of certain medical schools outside of the United States and Canada from federal student aid requirements. The bill requires all medical schools outside of the U.S. and Canada to enroll at least 60 percent non-U.S. citizens or permanent residents, and their graduates must have at least a 75 percent pass rate on the U.S. Medical Licensing Exam. Any U.S. student enrolled before the enactment of the legislation would retain access to Direct Loans. |
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Higher Education Innovation Act | |||
S. 615 | Sponsor: Sen. Bennet (D-CO) |
Co-Sponsors: 1 (1 R; 0 D) |
Introduced: 3/13/2017 |
NASFAA Analysis & Coverage: This bill would establish a pilot program for alternative accreditation for institutions for the purposes of institutional eligibility for the federal student aid programs. Certain currently ineligible programs and providers would be authorized to receive Title IV funds, provided the programs and providers meet a number of performance metrics and other requirements.
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States' Education Reclamation Act | |||
HR 1510 | Sponsor: Rep. Rouzer (R-NC) |
Co-Sponsors: 3 (3 R; 0 D) |
Introduced: 3/10/2017 |
NASFAA Analysis & Coverage: This bill would eliminate the Department of Education and distribute major programs to other agencies. The Federal Pell Grant Program and all student loan programs would be transferred to the U.S. Department of the Treasury. Based on the language, FWS and FSEOG could be eliminated entirely.
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CLASS Act | |||
S. 553 | Sponsor: Sen. Durbin (D-IL) |
Co-Sponsors: 8 (0 R; 8 D) |
Introduced: 3/7/2017 |
Sponsor: Rep. Waters (D-CA) |
Co-Sponsors: 9 (0 R; 9 D) |
Introduced: 5/2/2017 |
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NASFAA Analysis & Coverage: This bill, the Court Legal Access and Student Support (CLASS) Act, prevents institutions from limiting the ability of students to pursue claims against the institution, such as through mandatory arbitration clauses in enrollment agreements. Further, the bill ensures existing law regarding enforcement of arbitration agreements does not apply to enrollment agreements.
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To terminate the Department of Education. | |||
HR 899 | Sponsor: Rep. Massie (R-KY) |
Co-Sponsors: 12 (12 R; 0 D) |
Introduced: 2/7/2017 |
NASFAA Analysis & Coverage: This brief bill would eliminate the Department of Education, effective December 31, 2018. The bill does not describe what would happen to the federal student aid programs.
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Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Education relating to teacher preparation issues. | |||
H.J.Res. 58 | Sponsor: Rep. Guthrie (R-KY) |
Co-Sponsors: 13 (13 R; 0 D) |
Introduced: 2/1/2017 |
S.J. Res. 26 | Sponsor: Sen. Sasse (R-NE) |
Co-Sponsors: 10 (10 R; 0 D) |
Introduced: 3/2/2017 |
NASFAA Analysis & Coverage: This measure repeals the October 2016 teacher preparation program accountability regulation via the Congressional Review Act.
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Status: 3/27/2017: Signed into Law by President Trump
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Prohibition of Preferential Treatment for Illegal Aliens | ||||
S. 60 | Sponsor: Sen. Vitter (R-LA) |
Co-Sponsors: 0 (0 R; 0 D) |
Introduced: 1/7/2015 |
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HR 3566 | Sponsor: Rep. Gosar (R-AZ, 4) |
Co-Sponsors: 25 (25 R; 0 D) |
Introduced: 9/18/2015 |
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NASFAA Analysis & Coverage: This bill enacts a system to ensure states or institutions prohibit undocumented students from receiving student aid if not available to all United States citizens. | ||||
Proprietary Education Oversight Coordination Improvement Act | ||||
HR 747 | Sponsor: Rep. Cummings (D-MD, 7) |
Co-Sponsors: 1 (0 R; 1 D) |
Introduced: 2/5/2015 |
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S. 396 | Sponsor: Sen. Durbin (D-IL) |
Co-Sponsors: 4 (0 R; 4 D) |
Introduced: 2/5/2015 |
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NASFAA Analysis & Coverage: The bill would require the formation of an interagency committee specifically instructed to examine the for-profit sector. The committee would meet regularly, publish a report, and compile a "warning list" of institutions. |
Supporting Academic Freedom through Regulatory Relief Act | ||||
HR 970 | Sponsor: Rep. Foxx (R-NC, 5) |
Co-Sponsors: 39 (37 R; 2 D) |
Introduced: 2/13/2015 |
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S. 559 | Sponsor: Sen. Burr (R-NC) |
Co-Sponsors: 28 (28 R; 0 D) |
Introduced: 2/25/2015 |
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NASFAA Analysis & Coverage: This bill would repeal current regulations relating to state authorization, credit hour definition, and gainful employment. It prohibits the Department of Education from enacting any regulations on these topics in the future. ED would also be prohibited from developing a teacher preparation program accountability system and an institutional ratings system. |
No Federal Funds Without the American Flag Act | ||||
HR 1691 | Sponsor: Rep. Duffy (R-WI, 7) |
Co-Sponsors: 2 (2 R; 0 D) |
Introduced: 3/26/2015 |
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NASFAA Analysis & Coverage: This bill prohibits federal financial aid to higher education institutions that ban the display of the American flag on campus. |
Protections and Regulation for Our Students Act (PRO Students Act) | ||||
HR 2192 | Sponsor: Rep. Takano (D-CA, 41) |
Co-Sponsors: 12 (0 R; 12 D) |
Introduced: 4/30/2015 |
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NASFAA Analysis & Coverage: This comprehensive bill changes the 90/10 Rule back to 85/15 for proprietary institutions, prohibits institutions from using federal student aid funds for marketing, advertising, or recruiting, establishes an interagency committee to examine the for-profit sector, launches a complaint tracking system for students, improve access to particular pieces of consumer information, prohibits incentive compensation based on recruitment or academic success, among other things. |
Protect Student Borrowers Act | ||||
S. 1102 | Sponsor: Sen. Reed (D-RI) |
Co-Sponsors: 3 (0 R; 3 D) |
Introduced: 4/27/2015 |
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HR 2364 | Sponsor: Rep. Carney (D-DE) |
Co-Sponsors: 0 (0 R; 0 D) |
Introduced: 5/15/2015 |
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NASFAA Analysis & Coverage: This bill, a risk-sharing proposal, would require institutions of higher education with cohort default rates at 15% or higher to pay a certain percentage of the total amount of loans made to students in default. Payments would be used to rehabilitate certain loans, develop programs to assist borrowers in default, and offset any future shortfalls in the Pell Grant program. | ||||
National Collegiate Athletics Accountability (NCAA) Act | ||||
HR 2731 | Sponsor: Rep. Dent (R-PA, 15) |
Co-Sponsors: 6 (3 R; 3 D) |
Introduced: 6/11/2015 |
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NASFAA Analysis & Coverage: This bill prohibits universities from receiving Title IV funds if they participate in an athletic association that does not provide certain rules related to the health of student athletes, the education of student athletes, and due process related to possible infractions of athletic association bylaws. |
Assuring Quality Outcomes in Higher Education Act | ||||
HR 2815 | Sponsor: Rep. Salmon (R-AZ, 5) |
Co-Sponsors: 10 (4 R; 6 D) |
Introduced: 6/17/2015 |
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NASFAA Analysis & Coverage: This measure would require the Department of Education to conduct an impact analysis on any income- or employment-based measures of quality in higher education before promulgating regulations. The bill’s text refers specifically to gainful employment, college ratings, and teacher preparation regulations. |
Military and Veterans Education Protection Act | ||||
S. 1664 | Sponsor: Sen. Carper (D-DE) |
Co-Sponsors: 26 (0 R; 26 D) |
Introduced: 6/24/2015 |
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NASFAA Analysis & Coverage: This measure would count military tuition assistance and veterans' education benefits as federal aid for the purpose of calculations under the 90/10 Rule for proprietary institutions. |
Protecting Financial Aid for Students and Taxpayers Act | ||||
S. 1908 | Sponsor: Sen. Brown (D-OH) |
Co-Sponsors: 5 (0 R; 5 D) |
Introduced: 7/30/2015 |
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HR 4109 | Sponsor: Rep. Grijalva (D-AZ, 3) |
Co-Sponsors: 8 (0 R; 8 D) |
Introduced: 11/19/2015 |
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NASFAA Analysis & Coverage: This measure prohibits institutions from using federal student aid funds for marketing, advertising, or recruiting. |
Student Protection and Success Act | ||||
S. 1939 | Sponsor: Sen. Shaheen (D-NH) |
Co-Sponsors: 1 (1 R; 0 D) |
Introduced: 8/5/2015 |
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NASFAA Analysis & Coverage: This bill would implement an institutional risk-sharing model where eligibility for student aid funding would depend on cohort repayment rates. |
Students Before Profits Act | ||||
S. 2098 | Sponsor: Sen. Murphy (D-CT) |
Co-Sponsors: 5 (0 R; 5 D) |
Introduced: 9/29/2015 |
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HR 3992 | Sponsor: Rep. Waters (D-CA, 43) |
Co-Sponsors: 15 (0 R; 15 D) |
Introduced: 11/5/2015 |
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NASFAA Analysis & Coverage: This bill focuses on reforms targeted at the proprietary sector. The legislation would impose civil penalties on executives of institutions found to be misrepresenting student data, require the Secretary of Education to monitor default rate manipulation, make executives personally liable for financial losses due to borrower defense to repayment, and "prevent repeat offenders" by not allowing board members and executives from institutions the Department of Education has pursued enforcement action against from working at another institution of higher education. |
Protecting Our Students and Taxpayers (POST) Act | ||||
S. 2272 | Sponsor: Sen. Durbin (D-IL) |
Co-Sponsors: 5 (0 R; 4 D; 1 I) |
Introduced: 11/10/2015 |
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HR 4101 | Sponsor: Rep. Cohen (D-TN) |
Co-Sponsors: 3 (1 R; 2 D) |
Introduced: 11/19/2015 |
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NASFAA Analysis & Coverage: This comprehensive bill changes the 90/10 Rule back to 85/15 for proprietary institutions and expands the definition of federal funds to include any Federal financial assistance provided, under this Act or any other Federal law, through a grant, contract, subsidy, loan, guarantee, insurance, or other means to a proprietary institution, including Federal financial assistance that is disbursed or delivered to an institution or on behalf of a student or to a student to be used to attend the institution. |
Educator Preparation Reform Act | ||||
S. 2419 | Sponsor: Sen. Reed (D-RI) |
Co-Sponsors: 2 (0 R; 2 D) |
Introduced: 12/17/2015 |
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HR 4471 | Sponsor: Rep. Honda (D-CA, 17) |
Co-Sponsors: 6 (0 R; 6 D) |
Introduced: 2/4/2016 |
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NASFAA Analysis & Coverage: This comprehensive bill addresses quality and accountability for teacher preparation programs. Specifically, the legislation requires programs to report on several performance metrics. The bill would also modify some components of TEACH Grants by restricting eligibility to only college juniors, seniors, and masters-level students. The bill allows partial payback based on the length of service completed for TEACH Grant recipients who do not finish the four-year service requirement. Institutions defined as "at-risk" or "low performing" would be ineligible for TEACH. |
Pell for Performance Act | ||||
HR 4808 | Sponsor: Rep. Salmon (R-AZ, 5) |
Co-Sponsors: 0 (0 R; 0 D) |
Introduced: 3/17/2016 |
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NASFAA Analysis & Coverage: In this bill, Pell Grant recipients who do not complete their program within the maximum time frame will be required to repay the Pell Grant dollars received in the form of an unsubsidized loan with interest applied retroactively to the date of first disbursement. Pell Grant recipients who enroll in another institution less than a year later or who face undue hardship, which includes active duty military service, the death of a relative, personal injury, or "other special circumstances as determined by the institution," would be exempted from this provision. |
Campus Sexual Assault Whistleblower Protection Act | ||||
HR 5972 | Sponsor: Rep. Spier (D-CA, 14) |
Co-Sponsors: 13 (2 R; 11 D) |
Introduced: 9/8/2016 |
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NASFAA Analysis & Coverage: This bill would exempt sexual assault survivors and witnesses from ineligibility from federal financial aid due to drug use admitted to or discovered following a sexual assault report. In addition, institutions are prohibited from taking "retaliatory action" (expulsion, suspension, or altering of financial aid) against sexual assault survivors and witnesses for drug, alcohol, or sexual activity admitted to or discovered following a sexual assault report. Institutions would be required to inform students annually of this policy. |
Access, Success, and Persistence in Reshaping Education (ASPIRE) Act | ||||
S. 3368 | Sponsor: Sen. Coons (D-DE) |
Co-Sponsors: 1 (1 R; 0 D) |
Introduced: 9/21/2016 |
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NASFAA Analysis & Coverage: This bill would fine the bottom five percent of institutions based on percentages of enrolled first time, full time Pell Grant recipients and use the funds to reward institutions with competitive funds to increase access and success efforts. Additionally, the bottom five percent of institutions based on six-year graduation rates would risk paying a penalty before eventually losing Title IV eligibility or schools can opt-in to the bill's completion standards. |
Accreditation Reform and Enhanced Accountability Act | ||||
S. 3380 | Sponsor: Sen. Warren (D-MA) |
Co-Sponsors: 2 (0 R; 2 D) |
Introduced: 9/22/2016 |
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NASFAA Analysis & Coverage: This measure aims to comprehensively address accreditation. The bill would require the Department of Education (ED) to establish standards for student outcome data (e.g. loan repayment rate, loan default rate, graduation rate, retention rate, student earnings, job placement rate, etc.) that accreditors must use when evaluating colleges, including minimum baseline thresholds for select outcomes metrics that colleges must meet in order to remain accredited. The bill would require accreditors to conduct an "enhanced accreditation review" following any indication of fraud or abuse at an institution, including federal or state investigations and lawsuits. The bill would also increase transparency surrounding accreditation action and increase the authority of ED to terminate recognition of an accreditor. |
Protect the Flag Act | ||||
HR 6433 | Sponsor: Rep. Turner (R-OH, 10) |
Co-Sponsors: 56 (56 R; 0 D) |
Introduced: 12/2/2016 |
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NASFAA Analysis & Coverage: This bill prohibits federal financial aid for higher education institutions that ban or remove the American flag from campus. |
No Funding for Sanctuary Campuses Act | ||||
HR 6530 | Sponsor: Rep. Hunter (R-CA, 50) |
Co-Sponsors: 2 (2 R; 0 D) |
Introduced: 12/16/2016 |
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NASFAA Analysis & Coverage: This bill prohibits federal financial aid for higher education institutions that have "sanctuary campus" policies in effect to shield or protect undocumented students from law enforcement. Institutions would be classified as a "sanctuary campus" by the Secretary of Homeland Security based on several criteria outlined in the bill. |
Publication Date: 2/23/2021