3.0.0 1221 2022-11-01T20:02:12Z 2022-11-05T19:23:33Z Senate S 2019-04-29 116 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-04-29T20:17:22Z 2019-04-29 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2019-04-29 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress Y000064 Sen. Young, Todd [R-IN] Todd Young R IN C. N H001076 Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH] Maggie Hassan D NH 2019-04-29 True C001075 Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA] Bill Cassidy R LA 2019-04-29 True K000384 Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA] Timothy Kaine D VA M. 2019-04-29 True Education Academic performance and assessments Administrative law and regulatory procedures Congressional oversight Department of Education Education of the disadvantaged Government studies and investigations Higher education Student aid and college costs Education 00 2019-04-29 Introduced in Senate 2021-01-27T22:21:40Z Innovation Zone Act

This bill replaces the Experimental Sites Initiative of the Department of Education (ED) with an innovation zone initiative consisting of voluntary experiments by participating institutions of higher education (IHEs).

Upon selection of an experiment but prior to choosing the participating IHEs, ED must identify the methodology of data collection and the evaluation methods for determining the impact of the experiment, including any differential impacts for historically underrepresented students (e.g., students of color and low-income students).

Under the experiment, ED and the IHEs may test the effectiveness of statutory and regulatory flexibility that aims for (1) an increase in student success (e.g., reductions in student loan debt and increases in student retention and employment outcomes); and (2) a reduction of regulatory burdens on IHEs or ED, without harm to students.

The bill also requires ED to conduct a review of existing experiments.

]]> Innovation Zone Act Display Title Innovation Zone Act Short Title(s) as Introduced Innovation Zone Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to create an innovation zone initiative, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-04-29T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s1221is/xml/BILLS-116s1221is.xml 2019-04-29 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.