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Higher Education Reform and Opportunity Act of 2017

Introduced: December 13, 2017 Introduced by: Lee, Mike Republican · Utah See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Dec 13, 2017
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Higher Education Reform and Opportunity Act of 2017

This bill amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to make postsecondary education courses and programs, such as apprenticeship programs, that provide credits toward a postsecondary certification, credential, or degree eligible for federal student aid funding if the programs and courses are accredited by a state that has an alternative accreditation agreement with the Department of Education.

The bill consolidates federal student loans into one student loan program and revises loan forgiveness for borrowers.

An institution that receives federal student aid funding must pay a default rate fine that is based on the default rate of loans made to its students.

What's happening now December 13, 2017

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1