HR 5072 · 107th Congress 2001–2003, ended

Fed Up Higher Education Technical Amendments of 2002

Introduced Jul 9, 2002 Originated House Sponsor Howard P. "Buck" McKeon R-CA

Fact sheet

Latest action · Oct 3, 2002 Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.

Progress

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  1. IntroducedJul 9, 2002
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Fed Up Higher Education Technical Amendments of 2002 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA), and the Higher Education Amendments of 1998, to make various technical revisions that incorporate the results of the Fed Up Initiative to remove unnecessary regulatory barriers to access to student aid programs.

Revises the definition of institution of higher education (IHE) to include one that admits as regular students those who have been home-schooled (as well as high school graduates or those with equivalency certificates), thus providing that such home-schooled students are eligible for HEA student aid.

Makes students attending nonprofit foreign veterinary schools eligible for the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) student loan program if the school does not meet certain requirements, but only if: (1) it was certified as eligible by the Secretary of Education; and (2) students complete their clinical training at an approved veterinary school in the United States.

Allows IHEs to make mandatory reports on teacher preparation program quality by electronic means.

Eliminates a requirement that new forbearance agreements between lenders and borrowers be in writing; but requires lenders to notify borrowers of their terms.

Allows financial aid professionals to use professional judgment in reevaluating the student financial need of a ward of the court.

Requires students withdrawing from an IHE to return only HEA title IV grant aid amounts exceeding 50 percent of the total (if more than $50).

Permits Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) to apply for Federal HSI grants without waiting two years between applications.

Authorizes the use of HEA title VII funds for: (1) Federal scholarship aid to low-income and minority students for summer institutes to prepare for law school; and (2) Thurgood Marshall Fellowships to attend law school.

Provides that an IHE is in compliance with requirements to provide students with certain information, including voter registration material, if it does so through an e-mail message or an Internet address.

Directs the Comptroller General to study and report on teacher preparation requirements of States and IHEs.

Cosponsors 1

Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Jul 9, 2002.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-OHJohn A. BoehnerOriginalJul 9, 2002

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Oct 3, 2002Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
  2. Jul 9, 2002Introduced in House
  3. Jul 9, 2002Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.

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