Next Generation Hispanic-Serving Institutions Act
Latest action · Feb 13, 2007 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1911)
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 13, 2007
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Next Generation Hispanic-Serving Institutions Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to revise requirements for Hispanic-serving institutions (HSIs) under title V (Developing Institutions).
Establishes a program of competitive grants to eligible HSIs that offer postbaccalaureate certifications or degrees (part B grants). Limits a part B grant award's duration to not more than five years. Prohibits the Secretary of Education from awarding more than one part B grant to an HSI in any one fiscal year.
Authorizes appropriations for: (1) the current part A program of grants to HSIs that offer baccalaureate degrees or are junior or community colleges; and (2) the new part B program of grants to HSIs that offer postbaccalaureate certifications or degrees.
Cosponsors 8
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 13, 2007 to Feb 14, 2007, with 7 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Barbara Boxer | Original | Feb 13, 2007 |
| D-FL | Bill Nelson | Original | Feb 13, 2007 |
| D-NY | Hillary Rodham Clinton | Original | Feb 13, 2007 |
| R-TX | John Cornyn | Original | Feb 13, 2007 |
| R-TX | Kay Bailey Hutchison | Original | Feb 13, 2007 |
| D-CO | Ken Salazar | Original | Feb 13, 2007 |
| R-FL | Mel Martinez | Original | Feb 13, 2007 |
| D-CA | Dianne Feinstein | Feb 14, 2007 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 13, 2007Introduced in Senate
- Feb 13, 2007Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1911)
- Feb 13, 2007Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1910-1911)
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.
- Authorization
- Building construction
- Community and school
- Curricula
- Department of Education
- Distance education
- Dropouts
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education
- Education of the disadvantaged
- Educational technology
- Federal aid to education
- Government Operations and Politics
- Graduate education
- Higher education
- Hispanic Americans
- Internet
- Junior colleges
- Laboratories
- Mentoring
- Minorities
- Minority education
- Scholarships
- School buildings
- School libraries
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Scientific education
- Scientific instruments and apparatus
- Social Welfare
- Teacher education
- Teaching materials
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 13, 2007Introduced in Senate
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