118 HR 4900 IH: Fair College Admissions for Students Act U.S. House of Representatives 2023-07-26 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
I118th CONGRESS1st SessionH. R. 4900IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESJuly 26, 2023Mr. Bowman (for himself, Ms. Bush, Mr. Carter of Louisiana, Mr. Casar, Ms. Chu, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr. Cleaver, Ms. Dean of Pennsylvania, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Evans, Mr. Frost, Mr. García of Illinois, Mr. Grijalva, Ms. Norton, Mr. Huffman, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Ms. Jackson Lee, Ms. Jacobs, Ms. Jayapal, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Khanna, Mr. Kim of New Jersey, Ms. Lee of California, Ms. Lee of Pennsylvania, Mr. McGovern, Ms. Meng, Mr. Mfume, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Norcross, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, Mr. Pocan, Ms. Pressley, Ms. Sánchez, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Takano, Ms. Tlaib, Ms. Tokuda, Mr. Torres of New York, and Ms. Velázquez) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the WorkforceA BILLTo amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to prohibit institutions of higher education participating in Federal student assistance programs from giving preferential treatment in the admissions process to legacy students or donors.
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Short title
This Act may be cited as the Fair College Admissions for Students Act.
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Ban on legacy or donor preferences in admissions
(a)
In general
Section 487(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1094(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following: (30)The institution will not provide any manner of preferential treatment in the admission process to applicants on the basis of their relationships to— (A)donors to the institution; or (B)alumni of the institution.. (b)
Effective date
The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect on the first day of the second award year (as defined in section 481(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1088(a)) that begins after the date of enactment of this Act.