HR 386
105th Congress
House
Education
Economics and Public Finance
Educational accountability
Federal aid to higher education
Federal aid to vocational education
Federally-guaranteed loans
Finance and Financial Sector
Higher education
Labor and Employment
Loan defaults
Scholarships
Student loan funds
Technical education
Vocational and technical education
Educational Quality Index Act of 1997
Introduced: January 9, 1997
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 7, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education, Training and Life-Long Learning.
Jan 9, 1997
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Jan 9, 1997
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Educational Quality Index Act of 1997 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to substitute evaluations of educational quality for cohort default rates in eligibility determinations for proprietary institutions of higher education under the Federal student loan insurance program of the Federal Family Education Loan Program (guaranteed student loans).
Establishes as the eligibility criteria requiring a program integrity review for a proprietary institution an educational quality index score that does not equal or exceed a minimum established by the Secretary of Education.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education, Training and Life-Long Learning.
Committees of jurisdiction
2
Cosponsors
1