3.0.0 3412 2023-01-11T13:23:56Z 2023-01-11T13:23:56Z House H HR 2013-10-30 113 From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. GOWDY:H.R. 3412.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of the UnitedStates.[Page H6955]]]> hsru00 Rules Committee House Standing Referred to 2013-10-30T14:07:40Z hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee House Standing Referred to 2013-10-30T14:07:35Z 2013-10-30 Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsru00 Rules Committee 2013-10-30 Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee 2013-10-30 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2013-10-30 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress G000566 Rep. Gowdy, Trey [R-SC-4] Trey Gowdy R SC 4 N W000800 Rep. Welch, Peter [D-VT-At Large] Peter Welch D VT 0 2013-10-30 True Education Administrative law and regulatory procedures Advisory bodies Congressional oversight Criminal justice information and records Department of Education Education programs funding Educational technology and distance education Government information and archives Government lending and loan guarantees Government studies and investigations Higher education Legislative rules and procedure Student aid and college costs Education 00 2013-10-30 Introduced in House 2013-12-02T22:53:46Z Flexibility to Innovate for College Affordability Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to establish the Higher Education Regulatory Reform Task Force to prepare a report, that is to be submitted to Congress and made available on a publicly accessible website, on federal regulatory requirements for institutions of higher education (IHEs).

Requires the report to contain: (1) a list of rules that are determined to be outmoded, duplicative, ineffective, or excessively burdensome; (2) an analysis of how the costs of such rules outweigh their benefits; (3) recommendations to consolidate, modify, simplify, or repeal such rules and a description of the justification for and impact of such recommendations; and (4) recommendations on establishing a permanent entity to review new regulatory requirements affecting IHEs.

Requires the President to submit to Congress a legislative proposal for carrying out some or all of the recommendations contained in the report.

Establishes congressional procedures to expedite consideration of the President's proposal.

Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary to waive certain statutory or regulatory requirements under title IV to allow IHEs participating in the experimental sites initiative to increase the maximum federal Pell Grant and loan award amounts for students in proportion to the amount that their workload exceeds the minimum full-time academic workload. (The experimental sites initiative was established to test the effectiveness of providing participating IHEs with statutory and regulatory flexibility in awarding and disbursing student aid under title IV.)

Authorizes the waiver of statutory and regulatory requirements under title IV that might bias the results of experiments carried out by IHEs under the initiative to provide title IV assistance to: (1) students enrolled in remedial courses or competency-based learning programs, which are not accredited but are approved by the IHE and provide competencies for success in certain programs of study at the IHE; (2) students to pay test fees if the students could be awarded academic credit for prior learning based on the test results; and (3) secondary school students enrolled in courses at the IHE.

Requires the IHEs to demonstrate to the Secretary that these waivers would reduce the total cost of attendance for participating students.


]]> Flexibility to Innovate for College Affordability Act Display Title Flexibility to Innovate for College Affordability Act Official Title as Introduced To establish the Higher Education Regulatory Reform Task Force, to expand the experimental sites initiative under the Higher Education Act of 1965 to reduce college costs for students, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Flexibility to Innovate for College Affordability Act Introduced in House 2013-10-30T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113hr3412ih/xml/BILLS-113hr3412ih.xml 2013-10-30 Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. 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.