Higher Education Reform and Opportunity Act of 2019
Latest action · Jul 30, 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.
- IntroducedJul 30, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Higher Education Reform and Opportunity Act of 2019
This bill revises requirements governing the financing and accreditation of postsecondary education.
Specifically, the bill makes postsecondary education courses and programs (e.g., apprenticeship programs) that provide credits toward a postsecondary certification, credential, or degree eligible for federal student aid funding if the programs and courses are accredited by a state that has an alternative accreditation agreement with the Department of Education.
The bill also requires institutions to publish certain enrollment and financial aid information, such as (1) the percentage of former financial aid recipients who are employed at various intervals following graduation, and (2) the average amount of total federal student loan debt accrued upon graduation. The Government Accountability Office must compile and study all such information published by institutions and submit a report containing the results.
In addition, the bill consolidates federal student loans into one student loan program and eliminates loan forgiveness for borrowers.
Lastly, the bill requires an institution that receives federal student aid funding to pay a default rate fine that is based on the default rate of loans made to its students.
Cosponsors 48
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 30, 2019 to Dec 28, 2020; 2 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-TX | John Ratcliffe | Original | Jul 30, 2019 |
| R-NC | Ted Budd | Original | Jul 30, 2019 |
| R-MO | Ann Wagner | Sep 9, 2019 | |
| R-TX | John R. Carter | Sep 9, 2019 | |
| R-NC | Mark Meadows | Sep 9, 2019 | |
| R-FL | Matt Gaetz | Sep 9, 2019 | |
| R-WV | Alexander X. Mooney | Sep 12, 2019 | |
| R-UT | John R. Curtis | Sep 12, 2019 | |
| R-AL | Mo Brooks | Sep 12, 2019 | |
| R-AZ | Paul A. Gosar | Sep 12, 2019 | |
| R-SC | Ralph Norman | Sep 12, 2019 | |
| R-FL | W. Gregory Steube | Sep 12, 2019 | |
| R-SC | Jeff Duncan | Sep 17, 2019 | |
| R-MD | Andy Harris | Sep 19, 2019 | |
| R-TX | Van Taylor | Sep 19, 2019 | |
| R-GA | A. Drew Ferguson IV | Sep 24, 2019 | |
| R-TX | Lance Gooden | Sep 24, 2019 | |
| R-GA | Barry Loudermilk | Oct 16, 2019 | |
| R-FL | Bill Posey | Oct 16, 2019 | |
| R-KY | James Comer | Oct 16, 2019 | |
| R-TN | Mark E. Green | Oct 16, 2019 | |
| R-SC | Tom Rice | Oct 16, 2019 | |
| R-VA | Ben Cline | Oct 21, 2019 | |
| R-MO | Jason Smith | Oct 21, 2019 | |
| R-CO | Ken Buck | Oct 21, 2019 | |
| R-OK | Kevin Hern | Oct 21, 2019 | |
| R-FL | Ted S. Yoho | Oct 23, 2019 | |
| R-NC | Gregory F. Murphy | Oct 28, 2019 | |
| R-VA | Denver Riggleman | Oct 30, 2019 | |
| R-TN | David Kustoff | Nov 13, 2019 | |
| R-IN | Jim Banks | Nov 13, 2019 | |
| R-MO | Billy Long | Dec 3, 2019 | |
| R-AZ | Andy Biggs | Dec 11, 2019 | |
| R-FL | Michael Waltz | Dec 11, 2019 | |
| R-TX | Michael C. Burgess | Dec 18, 2019 | |
| R-TX | Chip Roy | Jan 7, 2020 | |
| R-NC | Dan Bishop | Jan 7, 2020 | |
| R-KS | Roger Marshall | Feb 5, 2020 | |
| R-NC | David Rouzer | Mar 13, 2020 | |
| R-NC | Richard Hudson | May 22, 2020 | |
| R-TN | Scott DesJarlais | Jul 20, 2020 | |
| R-KY | Andy Barr | Aug 14, 2020 | |
| R-GA | Doug Collins | Aug 28, 2020 | |
| R-TX | Kay Granger | Oct 6, 2020 | |
| R-NC | Mark Walker | Dec 8, 2020 | |
| R-WI | Thomas P. Tiffany | Dec 17, 2020 | |
| R-MS | Trent Kelly | Dec 21, 2020 | |
| R-TN | John W. Rose | Dec 28, 2020 |
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 Jul 30, 2019 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 30, 2019Introduced in House
- Jul 30, 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. 129, July 30, 2019, page H7481.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2339 | Higher Education Reform and Opportunity Act of 2019 | Identical bill | Jul 30, 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 for accreditation reform, to require institutions of higher education to publish information regarding student success, to provide for fiscal accountability, and to provide for school accountability for student loans.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Higher Education Reform and Opportunity Act of 2019
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.
- Academic performance and assessments
- Congressional oversight
- Education
- Education programs funding
- Educational guidance
- Employment and training programs
- Financial literacy
- Government information and archives
- Government lending and loan guarantees
- Government studies and investigations
- Higher education
- Interest, dividends, interest rates
- Licensing and registrations
- Right of privacy
- School administration
- State and local government operations
- Student aid and college costs
- Student records
- Teaching, teachers, curricula
- Unemployment
- Vocational and technical education
- Wages and earnings
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 30, 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.
