S 1297
112th Congress
Senate
Education
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Education
Education programs funding
Higher education
Intergovernmental relations
School administration
State and local government operations
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Vocational and technical education
A bill to preserve State and institutional authority relating to State authorization and the definition of credit hour.
Introduced: June 29, 2011
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 29, 2011
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Jun 29, 2011
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Repeals certain Department of Education regulations that for purposes of determining whether a school is eligible to participate in programs under the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA): (1) require institutions of higher education and postsecondary vocational institutions (except religious schools) to be legally authorized by the state in which they are situated, (2) delineate what such legal authorization requires of states and schools, and (3) define "credit hour."
Prohibits the Secretary of Education from promulgating or enforcing any regulation or rule that defines "credit hour" for any purpose under the HEA.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Committees of jurisdiction
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