3.0.0 3746 2023-01-11T20:24:32Z 2023-01-11T20:24:32Z House H HR 2007-10-04 110 hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee House Standing Referred to 2007-10-04T14:01:15Z 2007-10-04 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee 2007-10-04 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2007-10-04 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress M000508 Rep. McKeon, Howard P. "Buck" [R-CA-25] HOWARD MCKEON R CA P. 25 N K000361 Rep. Keller, Ric [R-FL-8] RIC KELLER R FL 8 2007-10-04 True B001255 Rep. Boustany, Charles W., Jr. [R-LA-7] Charles Boustany R LA W. 7 2007-10-04 True K000363 Rep. Kline, John [R-MN-2] John Kline R MN 2 2007-10-04 True F000452 Resident Commissioner Fortuno, Luis G. [R-PR-At Large] Luis Fortuno R PR G. 0 2007-10-04 True W000795 Rep. Wilson, Joe [R-SC-2] Joe Wilson R SC 2 2007-10-04 True D000606 Rep. Davis, David [R-TN-1] David Davis R TN 1 2007-10-04 True S001143 Rep. Souder, Mark E. [R-IN-3] MARK SOUDER R IN EDWARD 3 2007-10-04 True B001250 Rep. Bishop, Rob [R-UT-1] Rob Bishop R UT 1 2007-10-04 True H.R.4137 https://www.congress.gov/bill/110th-congress/house-bill/4137 Education Accreditation (Education) Adoption Alaska Alcoholism Americans in foreign countries Animals Armed Forces and National Security Arts Arts, Culture, Religion Athletes Authorization Building construction Business education Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues College costs Colleges Commerce Community and school Compensatory education Computer crimes Computer literacy Conflict of interests Congress Congressional investigations Congressional reporting requirements Construction costs Consumer education Continuing education Copyright Counseling Crime and Law Enforcement Crime prevention Data banks Day care Deaf Debtor and creditor Department of Education Disabled Discrimination in education Distance education District of Columbia Drug abuse Drug abuse prevention Drugs and youth Economics and Public Finance Education of the disadvantaged Educational accountability Educational counseling Educational research Educational surveys Educational technology Electronic data interchange Electronic government information Elementary and secondary education Emergency Management Employment of the disabled Engineering English language Environmental Protection Executive reorganization Families Federal advisory bodies Federal aid to education Federal employees Federally-guaranteed loans Finance and Financial Sector Financial services Fines (Penalties) Fire prevention Foreign Trade and International Finance Foreign service Foreign students Foster home care Fraud Government Operations and Politics Government lending Government paperwork Government publicity Governmental investigations Graduate education Hawaii Hawaiians Health Higher education Hispanic Americans Homeless Income tax Indian education Indigenous peoples Intellectual property Interest rates International Affairs International competitiveness International education Labor and Employment Language and languages Law Legal education Mathematics Medical education Medical residents Mentally disabled Mentoring Military dependents Military personnel Minorities Minority education Native Americans Nonprofit organizations Nurses Nursing education Olympic games Parent and child Parent-school relationships Personal budgets Physicians Pregnant women Public Lands and Natural Resources Rating of teachers Recruiting of employees Religion Religious liberty Right of privacy Safety measures Scholarships School administration School buildings School districts School security Science, Technology, Communications Scientific education Scientific instruments and apparatus Secondary education Social Welfare Special education Speech disorders Sports and Recreation Student aid Student employment Student loan funds Student records Students' rights Sustainable development Taxation Teacher education Teacher salaries Teacher supply and demand Teaching materials Textbooks Veterans' education Veterinary medicine Women Education 00 2007-10-04 Introduced in House 2007-12-18T21:14:31Z College Access and Opportunity Act of 2007 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to revise and reauthorize appropriations for HEA programs.

Establishes a single definition of institutions of higher education (IHEs) for purposes of their participation in all HEA programs, including title IV student aid programs. Allows IHEs to enroll students who are also enrolled in secondary school.

Revises higher education consumer information and public accountability requirements.

Imposes educational loan disclosure requirements on lenders and IHEs.

Replaces the Teacher Quality Enhancement Grants for States and Partnerships program under title II with a new Teacher Quality Partnership grant program for partnerships of high-need local educational agencies (LEAs), high-need schools, IHEs, and public or private educational organizations.

Repeals part B (Preparing Tomorrow's Teachers to Use Technology) of title II.

Creates a new title II: (1) Teacher Incentive Fund program to assist states, LEAs, and nonprofit organizations in implementing comprehensive performance-based compensation systems for teachers and principals; and (2) National Teacher Corps grant program to recruit, select, train, and support college graduates as new teachers for high-need LEAs.

Revises and reauthorizes title III Institutional Aid programs providing grants to IHEs serving high percentages of minority and low-income students.

Revises and reauthorizes title IV Student Assistance programs.

Increases the maximum Pell grant and allows year-round grants.

Makes homeless or unaccompanied youth eligible to participate in the TRIO and Gear UP programs.

Turns the Robert C. Byrd Honors Scholarship program into: (1) scholarship and loan forgiveness programs for mathematics and science students; and (2) an adjunct teacher corps program to recruit and place secondary school mathematics, science, and critical foreign language teachers.

Repeals the Learning Anywhere Partnerships program.

Provides student loan forgiveness under the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) program for service in areas of national need.

Prohibits certain business arrangements and inducements between lenders, guaranty agencies, and IHEs.

Requires the development of simplified paper and electronic student aid application forms.

Increases the institutional and financial aid information which IHEs must provide to current and prospective students.

Establishes a college affordability demonstration program for innovations in the delivery of higher education and student aid that reduce costs for students and IHEs.

Requires all IHEs (currently, only for-profit IHEs) to have at least 10% of their revenues from sources other than title IV funds.

Revises IHE accreditation requirements.

Revises and reauthorizes the title V Developing Institutions grant program for Hispanic-serving institutions. Establishes a new grant program for graduate programs at such institutions.

Revises and reauthorizes title VI International Education programs.

Establishes under title VI: (1) a grant program for partnerships of IHEs and LEAs that establish articulated programs of study in critical-need foreign languages; and (2) an independent International Higher Education Advisory Board within the Department of Education.

Revises and reauthorizes title VII Graduate and Post-Secondary Improvement programs.

Establishes a new Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education program providing scholarships to the family members of veterans and military personnel.

Eliminates the Urban Community Service grant program.

Revises and reauthorizes various programs under the Education of the Deaf Act of 1986 and the Tribally Controlled College or University Assistance Act of 1978.

Reauthorizes the Underground Railroad Educational and Cultural program under the Higher Education Amendments of 1998.

Reauthorizes the Tribal Economic Development and Technology Related Education Assistance Act of 1990.

Reauthorizes appropriations under the Navajo Community College Act and the (Higher) Education Amendments of 1992 for construction grants and Olympic Scholarships, respectively.

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