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HR 2815 114th Congress House

Assuring Quality Outcomes in Higher Education Act of 2015

Official title: To require the Secretary of Education to complete a data analysis study on the impacts of all income- or employment-based outcome measures of quality in higher… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To require the Secretary of Education to complete a data analysis study on the impacts of all income- or employment-based outcome measures of quality in higher education before issuing or implementing regulations utilizing such metrics, and for other purposes.

Introduced: June 17, 2015 See on congress.gov
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Nov 16, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
Jun 17, 2015
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Jun 17, 2015
Introduced in House
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 Latest action November 16, 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Assuring Quality Outcomes in Higher Education Act of 2015

This bill requires the Department of Education (ED) to conduct and publish an impact analysis prior to implementing any final rule or enforcing any existing regulation or framework that utilizes income- or employment-based metrics. The Government Accountability Office must review the impact analysis for accuracy and completeness.

ED's impact analysis must include the effect of income- or employment-based metrics on all postsecondary education programs and students at all categories of institutions of higher education that participate in a title IV program under the Higher Education Act of 1965, the correlation between variables other than quality of education that could affect income and debt-to-income ratios or employment outcome, and the comparison of various income sources and debt data utilized under the regulation or performance framework.

The requirement established by this Act terminates when a law is enacted that reauthorizes the Higher Education Act of 1965 for at least two fiscal years.

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Kelly, Mike
Pennsylvania · Jun 17, 2015
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2815: Assuring Quality Outcomes in Higher Education Act of 2015. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-2815/
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