College Equity Act of 2019
Latest action · Apr 1, 2019 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
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.
- IntroducedApr 1, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
College Equity Act of 2019
This bill requires the Department of Education (ED) to establish grant programs for reviewing and addressing inequities in student recruitment, admissions, and support at institutions of higher education (IHEs).
Specifically, ED must award grants to IHEs to conduct equity audits that review IHEs' policies, practices, and resources (e.g., admission policies, financial aid, and faculty diversity) to identify areas that might produce gaps in outcomes by certain identity factors. Identity factors include gender, race, ethnicity, national origin, income, criminal background, military service, first-generation students, students with disabilities, student parents, and transfer students.
In addition, ED must award grants to IHEs for executing improvement plans that address inequities.
Finally, higher education accrediting agencies and associations must assess the findings from the audits and assist IHEs in addressing inequities.
Cosponsors 18
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 8, 2019 to Dec 23, 2019.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Apr 8, 2019 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Apr 12, 2019 | |
| D-GA | Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. | Apr 12, 2019 | |
| D-OR | Suzanne Bonamici | Apr 12, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Apr 18, 2019 | |
| D-MD | Jamie Raskin | Apr 25, 2019 | |
| D-IL | Jesús G. "Chuy" García | Apr 25, 2019 | |
| D-IL | Bobby L. Rush | Apr 29, 2019 | |
| D-FL | Darren Soto | Apr 29, 2019 | |
| D-MN | Ilhan Omar | Apr 30, 2019 | |
| D-FL | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | May 7, 2019 | |
| D-FL | Frederica S. Wilson | May 7, 2019 | |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | May 8, 2019 | |
| D-TX | Henry Cuellar | May 20, 2019 | |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | May 28, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | Sep 6, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Salud O. Carbajal | Oct 28, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Ro Khanna | Dec 23, 2019 |
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 Apr 1, 2019 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 1, 2019Introduced in House
- Apr 1, 2019Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
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.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 56, April 1, 2019, page H2939.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 943 | College Equity Act of 2019 | Identical bill | Mar 28, 2019 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide capacity-building assistance to institutions of higher education to examine and address inequities in college student access and success, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- College Equity Act of 2019
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.
- Academic performance and assessments
- Accounting and auditing
- Education
- Education of the disadvantaged
- Education programs funding
- Educational facilities and institutions
- Higher education
- Minority education
- School administration
- Student aid and college costs
- Student records
- Teaching, teachers, curricula
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 1, 2019Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
