HR 3957
115th Congress
House
Education
Academic performance and assessments
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Higher education
Minority education
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Student aid and college costs
Teaching, teachers, curricula
To repeal title VIII of the Higher Education Opportunity Act and title VIII of the Higher Education Act of 1965.
Introduced: October 4, 2017
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 4, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Oct 4, 2017
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
This bill amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to repeal programs authorized under title VIII, including programs concerning:
- education services for low-income students (e.g., Project GRAD);
- education in science, technology, engineering and mathematics;
- job skill training, such as training for nontraditional students and training for writers who provide closed-captioned programming;
- registered nursing programs and schools of veterinary medicine;
- support and training for teachers (e.g., Teach for America Inc.);
- support for women and minorities (e.g., the Patsy T. Mink Fellowship program, funding for master's degree programs at historically black colleges and universities and predominantly black institutions, and funding for postbaccalaureate programs at Hispanic-serving institutions);
- student safety and campus emergency management;
- student work experiences;
- Centers of Excellence for Veteran Student Success; and
- education and services for young adults who have been released from juvenile detention centers or secure juvenile justice residential facilities.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Committees of jurisdiction
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