Fed Up Higher Education Technical Amendments Act of 2005
Latest action · Mar 24, 2005 Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
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.
- IntroducedFeb 2, 2005
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Fed Up Higher Education Technical Amendments of 2005 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to make various technical revisions regarding access to student aid programs.
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.
Eliminates an 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).
Revises requirements for suspension of student aid eligibility owing to conviction for any Federal or State offense involving the possession or sale of a controlled substance.
Allows IHEs to use electronic means to comply with requirements for: (1) reports on teacher preparation program quality; and (2) voter registration forms for students.
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.
Amends the Higher Education Amendments of 1998 to make effective on and after July 1, 2006, provisions that exempt institutions with low cohort default rates from certain disbursement and endorsement requirements.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Feb 2, 2005.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-OH | John A. Boehner | Original | Feb 2, 2005 |
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 Feb 2, 2005 |
| Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee | Referred Mar 24, 2005 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 24, 2005Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
- Feb 2, 2005Introduced in House
- Feb 2, 2005Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To make changes to the Higher Education Act of 1965 incorporating the results of the FED UP Initiative, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Fed Up Higher Education Technical Amendments Act of 2005
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.
- Collection of accounts
- Colleges
- Congress
- Congressional Record
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Debtor and creditor
- Drug abuse
- Drug traffic
- Drugs and youth
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education
- Education of the disadvantaged
- Electronic data interchange
- Families
- Federal aid to education
- Finance and Financial Sector
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Higher education
- Hispanic Americans
- Home schooling
- Internet
- Labor and Employment
- Law
- Legal education
- Minorities
- Minority education
- Scholarships
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Social Welfare
- Student aid
- Student employment
- Student loan funds
- Teacher education
- Voter registration
- Web sites
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 2, 2005Introduced in House
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