3.0.0 2317 2023-01-11T13:32:32Z 2023-01-11T13:32:32Z Senate S 2015-11-19 114 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2015-11-19T21:14:37Z Minority-Serving Institution Fairness Act 114 4098 HR 2016-03-23 Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. Identical bill CRS 2015-11-19 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2015-11-19 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress H001042 Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] Mazie Hirono D HI K. N C001056 Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] John Cornyn R TX 2015-11-19 True S001194 Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI] Brian Schatz D HI 2015-11-19 True Education Alaska Natives and Hawaiians Education programs funding Higher education Minority education Education 00 2015-11-19 Introduced in Senate 2016-10-27T12:32:33Z Minority-Serving Institution Fairness Act

This bill amends titles III (Institutional Aid) and V (Developing Institutions) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to permit an eligible minority-serving institution of higher education (IHE) to concurrently receive grant funds under more than one of the following programs: (1) the Strengthening Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian-Serving Institutions program; (2) the Strengthening Native American-serving, Nontribal Institutions program; (3) the Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institutions program; and (4) the Hispanic-Serving Institutions program.

At least 35% of grant funds awarded under each program must be awarded to IHEs that are not eligible to concurrently receive funds under more than one program.

An eligible minority-serving IHE is a Hispanic-serving institution, Alaska Native-serving or Native Hawaiian-serving institution, Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-serving institution, or a Native American-serving nontribal institution.

]]> Minority-Serving Institution Fairness Act Display Title Minority-Serving Institution Fairness Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title III of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to strengthen minority-serving institutions. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Minority-Serving Institution Fairness Act Introduced in Senate 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s2317is/xml/BILLS-114s2317is.xml 2015-11-19 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.