S 2932 · 107th Congress 2001–2003, ended

Higher Education Technical Amendments of 2002

Introduced Sep 12, 2002 Originated Senate Sponsor Judd Gregg R-NH

Fact sheet

Latest action · Sep 12, 2002 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedSep 12, 2002
Passed SenateNot reached
Passed HouseNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

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 relating to student aid (title IV) program requirements.

Includes as an institution of higher education (IHE) 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.

Exempts Canadian graduate medical schools from title IV requirements relating to student or graduate scores on specified examinations.

Exempts foreign veterinary schools from certain title IV requirements if they are public or other nonprofit institutions.

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.

Deems an IHE in compliance with certain information requirements if it provides students with such information, including voter registration material, through an e-mail message or an Internet address.

Extends through FY 2003, for institutions of higher education (IHEs) having low student loan default rates, HEA exemptions from requirements that the disbursement of loan proceeds be: (1) in multiple installments; and (2) delayed for 30 days after classes start for first-time undergraduate borrowers.

Cosponsors 3

Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Sep 12, 2002.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-WY	Michael B. Enzi	Original	Sep 12, 2002
R-ME	Susan M. Collins	Original	Sep 12, 2002
R-MS	Thad Cochran	Original	Sep 12, 2002

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

Sep 12, 2002Introduced in Senate
Sep 12, 2002Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Sep 12, 2002Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8570)

Subjects

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

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