Expanding Opportunities in Higher Education Act of 2003
Latest action · Sep 10, 2003 Subcommittee Hearings Held.
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 9, 2003
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Expanding Opportunities in Higher Education Act of 2003 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to revise and reauthorize various programs and provisions.
Repeals HEA provisions, under the definition of institution of higher education, that: (1) currently require for-profit institutions of higher education to derive at least ten percent of their revenue from funds that do not come from HEA title IV student assistance programs (the 90/10 rule); and (2) currently restrict distance education in terms of the relative number of courses an institution may offer by telecommunications, and relative number of students enrolled in such courses, for purposes of student assistance program eligibility (the 50 percent rule). (Retains such rule for correspondence courses not offered by telecommunications.)
Revises HEA title III (Institutional Aid) to extend authorizations of appropriations for: (1) part A grants for American Indian tribally controlled colleges and universities, and for Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian-serving institutions; (2) part B grants for historically Black colleges and universities (HBCU); (3) endowment challenge grants for institutions; (4) HBCU capital financing; and (5) the minority science and engineering improvement program.
Revises HEA title V (Developing Institutions) to extend the authorization of appropriations for grants to Hispanic-serving institutions.
Revises HEA title IV (Student Assistance) to treat as independent students those currently serving on active duty in the Armed Forces for other than training purposes (thus including active duty members of the National Guard and Reserves).
Revises requirements, and extends authorizations of appropriations for, the following title IV programs: (1) Federal TRIO support services programs for disadvantaged students; (2) GEAR UP early intervention and college awareness programs for low-income students; and (3) HEP/CAMP special programs for students whose families are engaged in migrant and seasonal farmwork.
Directs the Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance to study and report on the feasibility of simplifying the need analysis methodology for all for Federal student financial assistance programs and the process of applying for such assistance. Requires the Secretary of Education to initiate a redesign of the free application for Federal student aid (FAFSA). Revises requirements for a simplified needs test.
Amends the Education of the Deaf Act of 1986 to extend the authorization of appropriations in general, as well as for monitoring and evaluation, and for Federal endowment programs for Gallaudet University and the National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID).
Extends authorizations of appropriations for programs under the Tribally Controlled College or University Assistance Act of 1978, the Navajo Community College Act, and the United States Institute of Peace Act.
Cosponsors 18
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 9, 2003 to Feb 24, 2004; 13 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-NY | Amo Houghton | Original | Sep 9, 2003 |
| R-CA | Devin Nunes | Original | Sep 9, 2003 |
| R-CA | Howard P. "Buck" McKeon | Original | Sep 9, 2003 |
| R-FL | Ileana Ros-Lehtinen | Original | Sep 9, 2003 |
| R-PA | James C. Greenwood | Original | Sep 9, 2003 |
| R-SC | Joe Wilson | Original | Sep 9, 2003 |
| R-OH | John A. Boehner | Original | Sep 9, 2003 |
| R-TX | John R. Carter | Original | Sep 9, 2003 |
| R-GA | Johnny Isakson | Original | Sep 9, 2003 |
| R-GA | Max Burns | Original | Sep 9, 2003 |
| R-OH | Patrick J. Tiberi | Original | Sep 9, 2003 |
| R-TX | Randy Neugebauer | Original | Sep 9, 2003 |
| R-FL | Ric Keller | Original | Sep 9, 2003 |
| R-NY | Sue W. Kelly | Nov 20, 2003 | |
| R-IN | Mark E. Souder | Jan 28, 2004 | |
| R-PA | Phil English | Jan 28, 2004 | |
| R-OK | John Sullivan | Feb 4, 2004 | |
| R-NY | John E. Sweeney | Feb 24, 2004 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred Sep 9, 2003 |
| Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee | Referred Sep 10, 2003Hearings Sep 10, 2003 |
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 10, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
- Sep 10, 2003Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- Sep 9, 2003Introduced in House
- Sep 9, 2003Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1746)
- Sep 9, 2003Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Printed hearings 3
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 108-63 | H.R. 4283, THE COLLEGE ACCESS AND OPPORTUNITY ACT: ARE STUDENTS AT PROPRIETARY INSTITUTIONS TREATED EQUITABLY UNDER CURRENT LAW?86 pages | Education and Workforce Committee | Jun 16, 2004 |
| Serial No. 108-35 | EXPANDING OPPORTUNITIES IN HIGHER EDUCATION: HONORING THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF AMERICA'S HISPANIC SERVING INSTITUTIONS118 pages | Education and Workforce Committee | Oct 6, 2003 |
| Serial No. 108-31 | H.R. 3039, THE EXPANDING OPPORTUNITIES IN HIGHER EDUCATION ACT OF 200357 pages | Education and Workforce Committee | Sep 11, 2003 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To expand opportunities for postsecondary education, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Expanding Opportunities in Higher Education Act of 2003
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.
- Academic performance
- Accreditation (Education)
- Agriculture and Food
- Alaska
- Animals
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Armed forces reserves
- Auditing
- Authorization
- Black colleges
- Building construction
- College administration
- College costs
- Colleges
- Community colleges
- Compensatory education
- Congress
- Congressional oversight
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Correspondence schools and courses
- Deaf
- Department of Education
- Department of the Interior
- Disabled
- Distance education
- District of Columbia
- Dropouts
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education
- Education of the disadvantaged
- Educational accountability
- Educational planning
- Educational technology
- Educational tests
- Electronic government information
- Elementary and secondary education
- Elementary education
- Families
- Federal advisory bodies
- Federal aid to education
- Federal aid to Indians
- Food stamps
- Fund raising
- Government contractors
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Government publicity
- Governmental investigations
- Graduate education
- Hawaiians
- Health
- Higher education
- Hispanic Americans
- Indian education
- Indigenous peoples
- International Affairs
- International education
- Internet
- Labor and Employment
- Maintenance and repair
- Married people
- Medical education
- Mentoring
- Migrant education
- Minorities
- Minority education
- National Guard
- New York State
- Nonprofit organizations
- Peace
- Private schools
- Scholarships
- School buildings
- School lunch program
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Secondary education
- Social Welfare
- Special education
- Student aid
- Student employment
- Student loan funds
- Supplemental security income program
- Veterinary medicine
- Vocational and technical education
- Wages
- Welfare eligibility
- Welfare recipients
- Working poor
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 9, 2003Introduced in House
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