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HR 5148 114th Congress House Education Education programs funding Elementary and secondary education Government information and archives Higher education Religion Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination

Transparency in Taypayer-Funded [sic] Discrimination Act

Introduced: April 29, 2016 Introduced by: Clark, Katherine M. Democratic · Massachusetts See on congress.gov
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Sep 19, 2016
Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
Apr 29, 2016
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Apr 29, 2016
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Transparency in Taypayer-Funded [sic] Discrimination Act

This bill amends the Department of Education Organization Act to require the Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights to publish, on its website, the names of institutions of higher education (IHEs) that request and IHEs that receive religious exemptions from title IX of the Education Amendments Act of 1972. (Title IX prohibits sex discrimination in federally funded education programs and activities.)

Additionally, the bill amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require an IHE that requests or receives a religious exemption from title IX to publish, on its website, certain information with respect to such exemption.

What's happening now September 19, 2016

Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1