S 2123
116th Congress
Senate
Education
Employment and training programs
Higher education
Student aid and college costs
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Vocational and technical education
Break the Higher Education Monopoly Act of 2019
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 16, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Jul 16, 2019
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Break the Higher Education Monopoly Act of 2019
This bill requires the Department of Education to develop an alternative certification program that allows students to use Pell Grants for enrollment in educational programs that have existed for at least five years and would not otherwise be eligible.
The alternative certification program may not require accreditation, state authorization, minimum instructional hours, or minimum classroom time for an educational program to be eligible.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Committees of jurisdiction
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