Summary
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The Higher Education Opportunity Act (Public Law 110-315, 122 Stat. 3078-3508) amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to revise and reauthorize HEA programs. It is divided into 11 titles.
Title I, “General Provisions,” sets forth provisions regarding: (1) the general definition of institution of higher education; (2) the definition of institution of higher education for purposes of title IV programs; (3) additional definitions; (4) the protection of student speech and association rights; (5) the treatment of territories and territorial student assistance; (6) the National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity; (7) drug and alcohol abuse prevention; (8) prior rights and obligations; (9) diploma mills; (10) improved information concerning the federal student financial aid website; (11) transparency in college tuition for consumers; (12) textbook information; (13) a database of student information prohibited; (14) in-state tuition rates for Armed Forces members, spouses, and dependent children; (15) a state higher education information system pilot program; (16) a state commitment to affordable college education; (17) performance-based organization for the delivery of federal student financial assistance; (18) procurement flexibility; (19) certification regarding the use of certain federal funds; and (20) institution and lender reporting and disclosure requirements.
Title II, “Teacher Quality enhancement,” contains a provision regarding teacher quality enhancement.
Title III, “Intuitional Aid,” sets forth provisions regarding: (1) the program purpose; (2) definitions; (3) eligibility; (4) American Indian tribally controlled colleges and universities; (5) Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian-serving institutions; (6) predominantly Black institutions; (7) Native American-serving, nontribal institutions; (8) assistance to Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-serving institutions; (9) Part B definitions; (10) grants to institutions; (11) allotments; (12) professional or graduate institutions; (13) unexpended funds; (14) Endowment Challenge Grants; (15)
Historically Black college and university capital financing; (16) programs in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics fields; (17) investing in historically Black colleges and universities and other minority-serving institutions; (18) technical assistance; (19) waiver authority; (20) the authorization of appropriations; and (21) technical corrections.
Title IV, “Student Assistance,” sets forth provisions regarding: (1) grants to students in attendance at institutions of higher education; (2) the Federal Family Education Loan Program: (3) federal work-study programs; (4) Federal Direct Student Loans; (5) Federal Perkins Loans; (6) need analysis; (7) general provisions relating to student assistance; (8) program integrity; and (9) a competitive loan auction pilot program evaluation.
Title V, “Developing Institutions,” sets forth provisions relating to: (1) authorized activities; (2) postbaccalaureate opportunities for Hispanic Americans; (3) applications; (4) cooperative arrangements; and (5) the authorization of appropriations.
Title VI, “International Education Programs,” sets forth provisions relating to: (1) findings and purposes; (2) consultation; (3) a survey; (4) graduate and undergraduate language and area centers and programs; (5) language resource centers; (6) undergraduate international studies and foreign language programs; (7) undergraduate international studies and foreign language programs; (8) research and studies; (9) technological innovation and cooperation for foreign information access; (10) the selection of certain grant recipients; (11) American overseas research centers; (12) the authorization of appropriations for international and foreign language studies; (13) conforming amendments; (14) business and international education programs; (15) minority foreign service professional development program; (16) institutional development; (17) a study abroad programs; (18) advanced degree in international relations; (19) internships; (20) financial assistance; (21) a report; (22) gifts and donations; (23) the authorization of appropriations for the Institute for International Public Policy; (24) definitions; and (25) new provisions.
Title VII, “Graduate and Postsecondary Improvement Programs,” sets forth provisions relating to: (1) purpose; (2) the Jacob K. Javits Fellowship program; (3) graduate assistance in areas of national need; (4) the Thurgood Marshall Legal educational opportunity program; (5) the sense of Congress; (6) Masters degree programs at historically Black colleges and universities; (7) predominantly Black institutions; (8) fund for the improvement of postsecondary education; (9) repeal of the urban community service program; (10) programs to provide students with disabilities with a quality higher education; and (11) subgrants to nonprofit organizations.
Title VIII, “Additional Programs,” sets forth provisions regarding: (1) additional programs; (2) National Center for Research in Advanced Information and Digital Technologies; and (3) the establishment of pilot program for course material rental.
Title IX, “Amendments to Other Laws,” contains provisions regarding: (1) the Education of the Deaf Act of 1986; (2) the United States Institute of Peace Act; (3) the Higher Education Amendments of 1998 and 1992; (4) reauthorization of the Tribally Controlled College University Assistance Act of 1978; (5) the Navajo Nation Higher Education Act of 2008; (6) the reauthorization of Navajo Community College Act; (7) the John R. Justice Prosecutors and Defenders Incentive Act of 2008; (8) loan repayment for prosecutors and defenders; (9) institutional loan forgiveness programs; (10) the Minority Serving Institution Digital and Wireless Technology Opportunity
Program; and (11) authorization of appropriations.
Title X, the “Private Student Loan Transparency and Improvement Act of 2008,” sets forth provisions relating to: (1) regulations; (2) effective dates; (3) preventing unfair and deceptive education lending practices and eliminating conflicts of interest; (4) improved disclosures for private education loans; (5) college affordability; and (6) financial literacy.
Title XI, “Studies and Reports,” sets forth provisions regarding: (1) a study on foreign graduate medical schools; (2) employment of postsecondary education graduates; (3) study of IPEDS (Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System); (4) a report and study on articulation agreements; (5) a report on proprietary institutions of higher education; (6) analysis of federal regulations on institutions of higher education; (7) independent evaluation of distance education programs; (8) review of costs and benefits of environmental, health, and safety standards; (9) a study of minority male academic achievement; (10) a study on bias in standardized tests; (11) an endowment report; (12) a study of correctional postsecondary education; (13) a study of aid to less-than-half-time students; (14) a study on regional sensitivity in the needs analysis formula; (15) a study of the impact of student loan debt on public service; (16) a study on teaching students with reading disabilities; (17) a report on income contingent repayment through the income tax withholding system; (18) developing additional measures of degree completion; (19) a study on the financial and compliance audits of the federal student loan program; (20) a summit on sustainability; (21) nursing school capacity; (22) a study and report on non-individual information; (23) a feasibility study for a student loan clearinghouse; (24) a study on Department of Education oversight of the incentive compensation ban; and (15) the definition of authorizing committees. (Bill: H.R. 4137) |
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