3.0.0 4643 2022-11-01T13:49:41Z 2022-11-01T13:49:41Z House HR 2019-10-11 116 [Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 161 (Friday, October 11, 2019)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. DeSAULNIER:H.R. 4643.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8.[Page H8112]]]> hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee House Standing Referred to 2019-10-11T19:30:50Z College Affordability Act 116 4674 HR 2020-12-28 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 583. Related bill CRS AIM HIGH Act 116 5312 HR 2019-12-05 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. Related bill CRS AIM HIGH Act 116 3095 S 2019-12-18 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Related bill CRS 2019-10-11 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee 2019-10-11 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2019-10-11 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress D000623 Rep. DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-11] Mark DeSaulnier D CA 11 N H001068 Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2] Jared Huffman D CA 2 2019-10-11 True L000559 Rep. Langevin, James R. [D-RI-2] JAMES LANGEVIN D RI R. 2 2019-10-11 True K000389 Rep. Khanna, Ro [D-CA-17] Ro Khanna D CA 17 2019-10-11 True H001090 Rep. Harder, Josh [D-CA-10] Josh Harder D CA 10 2019-10-11 True P000617 Rep. Pressley, Ayanna [D-MA-7] Ayanna Pressley D MA 7 2019-10-11 True Education Advisory bodies Computers and information technology Disability and health-based discrimination Disability and paralysis Education programs funding Educational technology and distance education Government information and archives Higher education Judicial procedure and administration Student records Teaching, teachers, curricula Education 00 2019-10-11 Introduced in House 2020-12-16T16:33:40Z Improving Access to Higher Education Act of 2019

This bill addresses accessibility issues of students with disabilities in higher education.

Specifically, the bill revises a grant program that supports postsecondary institutions of higher education (IHE) in educating students with disabilities. The Department of Education must award at least five grants to an IHE that provides professional development and technical assistance in order to improve access to and completion of postsecondary education for students, including students with disabilities.

The bill also (1) revises and reauthorizes through FY2024 a program for national technical assistance centers that assist students with disabilities, and (2) reauthorizes through FY2024 a program to promote training and job placement of real-time writers to provide closed captioning of videos.

Further, the bill establishes a new program that awards grants to IHEs for certain activities that improve accessibility of instruction and materials, such as distance education courses. The bill also establishes an independent commission to develop guidelines for accessible postsecondary electronic instructional materials and related technologies.

In addition, the bill requires each IHE to establish an office of accessibility to develop and implement policies that support students with disabilities.]]>

Improving Access to Higher Education Act of 2019 Display Title Improving Access to Higher Education Act of 2019 Official Title as Introduced To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to improve accessibility to, and completion of, postsecondary education for students, including students with disabilities, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced Improving Access to Higher Education Act of 2019 Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2019-10-11T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116hr4643ih/xml/BILLS-116hr4643ih.xml 2019-10-11 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. 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.