S 3521
114th Congress
Senate
Education
Academic performance and assessments
Disability and paralysis
Disability assistance
Education programs funding
Government information and archives
Higher education
Student records
RISE Act of 2016
Introduced: December 8, 2016
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 8, 2016
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Dec 8, 2016
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Respond, Innovate, Succeed, and Empower Act of 2016 or the RISE Act of 2016
This bill amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to set forth requirements about data collection related to students with disabilities. Specifically, the bill requires institutions of higher learning to outline which documents disabled students need to submit in order to ensure they are eligible for student disability support services.
Institutions must submit key data related to their undergraduate students with disabilities for inclusion in federal postsecondary institution data collection efforts.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1