RISE Act
Official title: To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide students with disabilities and their families with access to critical information needed to select the right college and succeed once enrolled.
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Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Respond, Innovate, Succeed, and Empower Act or the RISE Act
This bill establishes requirements for institutions of higher education (IHEs) concerning students with disabilities.
Specifically, the bill requires IHEs to allow students to use certain documents, such as individualized education programs, to establish their disabilities.
In addition, IHEs must make the process for determining the eligibility for accommodations transparent.
Finally, IHEs must submit key data related to their undergraduate students with disabilities for inclusion in federal postsecondary institution data collection efforts.
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2401: RISE Act. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-2401/
"H.R. 2401: RISE Act." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-2401/.
H.R. 2401, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-2401/.
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