Fed Up Higher Education Technical Amendments Act of 2003
Latest action · Jan 7, 2003 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Progress
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- IntroducedJan 7, 2003
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Revises the HEA general 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 conforming it with provisions that make such home-schooled students eligible for student aid under HEA title IV.
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 under HEA title II.
Eliminates a HEA title IV requirement that new forbearance agreements between lenders and borrowers be in writing; but requires lenders to notify borrowers of their terms.
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 under HEA title V 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.
Directs the Comptroller General to study and report on teacher preparation requirements of States and IHEs.
Amends HEA to direct the Secretary to discharge or cancel the Federal student loan indebtedness of spouses, surviving joint debtors, and parents of public servants and other individuals who died (or die) or who became (or become) permanently and totally disabled from injuries suffered in the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001.
Exempts courses offered through telecommunications by qualifying IHEs from certain HEA title IV limitations on student financial assistance that otherwise apply to correspondence courses. Requires reports on such exceptions by the qualifying IHEs and by the Secretary.
Cosponsors 37
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 7, 2003 to Jan 27, 2004, with 13 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-FL | Allen Boyd | Original | Jan 7, 2003 |
| D-NY | Carolyn McCarthy | Original | Jan 7, 2003 |
| R-NC | Cass Ballenger | Original | Jan 7, 2003 |
| D-OR | David Wu | Original | Jan 7, 2003 |
| R-SC | Joe Wilson | Original | Jan 7, 2003 |
| R-OH | John A. Boehner | Original | Jan 7, 2003 |
| R-GA | Johnny Isakson | Original | Jan 7, 2003 |
| R-IN | Mark E. Souder | Original | Jan 7, 2003 |
| R-OH | Patrick J. Tiberi | Original | Jan 7, 2003 |
| R-FL | Ric Keller | Original | Jan 7, 2003 |
| D-WI | Ron Kind | Original | Jan 7, 2003 |
| R-WI | Thomas E. Petri | Original | Jan 7, 2003 |
| R-NE | Tom Osborne | Original | Jan 7, 2003 |
| D-TN | Bart Gordon | Jan 28, 2003 | |
| D-AR | Mike Ross | Jan 28, 2003 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 7, 2003Introduced in House
- Jan 7, 2003Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
- Jan 7, 2003Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E15-16)
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.
- Agriculture and Food
- Americans in foreign countries
- Animals
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Bank records
- Collection of accounts
- Colleges
- Congress
- Congressional investigations
- Congressional Record
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Correspondence schools and courses
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Debt
- Disabled
- Distance education
- Drug abuse
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education
- Educational accountability
- Educational tests
- Electronic data interchange
- Electronic government information
- Electronic mail systems
- Elementary and secondary education
- Emergency Management
- Families
- Federal advisory bodies
- Federal aid to education
- Federally-guaranteed loans
- Finance and Financial Sector
- Government lending
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Graduate education
- Guardian and ward
- Health
- Higher education
- Hispanic Americans
- Home schooling
- International Affairs
- Internet
- Law
- Legal education
- Licenses
- Loan defaults
- Married people
- Medical education
- Military personnel
- Minorities
- Minority education
- Paramedical personnel
- Parents
- Police
- Scholarships
- Science, Technology, Communications
- September 11, 2001
- State laws
- Student aid
- Student loan funds
- Students
- Survivors' benefits
- Teacher education
- Terrorism
- Veterinary medicine
- Victims of terrorism
- Voter registration
- Web sites
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