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S. 3535 115th Congress Senate

Common Sense Opportunities Act

Official title: A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to clarify the treatment of technical errors in applications for Federal TRIO programs, and for other purposes.

Introduced: October 1, 2018 See on congress.gov
Education Administrative remediesCongressional oversightDepartment of EducationGovernment studies and investigationsStudent aid and college costs
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Oct 1, 2018
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Oct 1, 2018
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action October 1, 2018

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

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Common Sense Opportunities Act

This bill amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to modify provisions concerning the federal TRIO programs (programs designed to identify and provide services for students from disadvantaged backgrounds), including to prohibit the Department of Education (ED) from rejecting an application for student assistance solely because it contains a technical error, unless ED notifies the applicant of the error and the applicant does not correct it by the resubmission deadline.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 3784 Common Sense Opportunities Act
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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
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Klobuchar, Amy
Minnesota · Oct 1, 2018
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Merkley, Jeff
Oregon · Oct 1, 2018
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3535: Common Sense Opportunities Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-3535/
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