3.0.0 1677 2023-01-15T07:17:57Z 2023-01-15T07:17:57Z Senate S S 2003-09-29 108 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2003-09-29T23:21:02Z 2003-09-29 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2003-09-29 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S12142-12143) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2003-09-29 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C000127 Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] Maria Cantwell D WA N Education College entrance requirements Colleges Community colleges Compensatory education Curricula Economics and Public Finance Educational counseling Federal aid to education Higher education Mentoring Social Welfare Student enrollment Technical education Education 00 2003-09-29 Introduced in Senate 2004-04-14T14:01:44Z Directs the Secretary of Education to award not less than six and not more than 12 program grants to eligible entities. Makes eligible for such grants: (1) partnerships that include one or more CTCs that award associate's degrees and one or more IHEs that offer a baccalaureate or postbaccalaureate degree not awarded by the partner colleges; or (2) a statewide governance or coordinating board that has jurisdiction over both CTCs and IHEs, or a partnership of such boards that have separate jurisdiction over such entities.

Requires funds from such grants to be used for: (1) development of policies to expand opportunities for community or technical college students to earn baccalaureate degrees, including promoting the transfer of academic credits between institutions and expanding articulation and guaranteed transfer agreements; (2) support services to students participating in the program, including tutoring, mentoring, academic and personal counseling, and transition facilitation; (3) academic program enhancements at the community or technical college that increase program quality and the number of student participants in the dual degree program offered in conjunction with a baccalaureate degree granting institution; and (4) programs to identify barriers that inhibit student transfers.]]>

Community College Partnership Act of 2003 Display Title Community College Partnership Act of 2003 Official Title as Introduced A bill to encourage partnerships between community colleges and 4-year institutions of higher education. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Community College Partnership Act of 2003 Introduced in Senate 2003-09-29T04:00:00Z 2003-09-29 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. 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. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.