Graduate Opportunities in Higher Education Act of 2005
Latest action · Jun 16, 2005 Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote.
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
Graduate Opportunities in Higher Education Act of 2005 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to revise requirements and reauthorize appropriations for the following Graduate and Postsecondary Improvement Programs under title VII: (1) the Jacob K. Javits fellowship program; (2) the program of graduate assistance in areas of national need; (3) the Thurgood Marshall legal educational opportunity program; (4) the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education; and (5) demonstration projects to ensure that students with disabilities receive a quality higher education.
Eliminates the Urban Community Service program and certain continuation awards.
Cosponsors 10
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 2, 2005 to Jun 24, 2005, with 6 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-CA | Howard P. "Buck" McKeon | Original | Feb 2, 2005 |
| R-SC | Joe Wilson | Original | Feb 2, 2005 |
| R-OH | John A. Boehner | Original | Feb 2, 2005 |
| R-MI | Peter Hoekstra | Original | Feb 2, 2005 |
| D-TX | Ruben Hinojosa | Original | Feb 2, 2005 |
| R-MI | Vernon J. Ehlers | Original | Feb 2, 2005 |
| R-PR | Luis G. Fortuno | Apr 12, 2005 | |
| R-PA | Todd Russell Platts | Jun 15, 2005 | |
| D-LA | William J. Jefferson | Jun 23, 2005 | |
| D-GA | Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. | Jun 24, 2005 |
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 16, 2005Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote.
- Jun 16, 2005Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Mar 24, 2005Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Education.
- Feb 2, 2005Introduced in House
- Feb 2, 2005Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.
- Authorization
- College teachers
- Community and school
- Cost of living adjustments
- Curricula
- Democracy
- Department of Education
- Disabled
- Distance education
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education
- Education of the disadvantaged
- Educational exchanges
- Educational innovations
- Educational planning
- Educational research
- Educational technology
- Elementary and secondary education
- Elementary education
- English language
- Federal aid to education
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Graduate education
- Higher education
- History
- International Affairs
- International cooperation
- Law
- Legal education
- Mathematics
- Scholarships
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Scientific education
- Secondary education
- Social Welfare
- Special education
- Teacher education
- Teaching materials
- Technology transfer
- Urban affairs
- Urban problems
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 2, 2005Introduced in House
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