HR 3710
115th Congress
House
Education
Education programs funding
Higher education
Music
Student aid and college costs
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Javits Act of 2017
Introduced: September 7, 2017
Introduced by:
Velázquez, Nydia M.
Democratic
· New York
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Became law
Sep 7, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Sep 7, 2017
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Javits Act of 2017
This bill amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to reauthorize through FY2018 the Jacob K. Javits Fellowship Program, which provides competitive fellowships to graduate students for study in the fields of arts, humanities, and social sciences.
The Department of Education must ensure that music education is included among the fields of study for which a fellowship may be awarded under the program.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
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