3.0.0 2301 2023-03-08T20:12:14Z 2023-03-08T20:12:14Z Senate S 2021-06-24 117 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2021-06-24T20:48:50Z 2021-06-24 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2021-06-24 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S001194 Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI] Brian Schatz D HI N B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2021-06-24 True K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2021-06-24 True M001169 Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT] Christopher Murphy D CT S. 2021-07-15 False P000145 Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA] Alex Padilla D CA 2021-07-22 False V000128 Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD] Chris Van Hollen D MD 2021-08-10 False Education Academic performance and assessments Accounting and auditing Education of the disadvantaged Education programs funding Educational facilities and institutions Educational guidance Higher education Minority education School administration Student aid and college costs Student records Teaching, teachers, curricula Education 00 2021-06-24 Introduced in Senate 2021-11-03T11:19:07Z College Equity Act of 2021

This bill requires the Department of Education (ED) to establish grant programs for reviewing and addressing inequities in student recruitment, admissions, and support at institutions of higher education (IHEs).

Specifically, ED must award grants to IHEs to conduct equity audits that review IHEs' policies, practices, and resources (e.g., admission policies, financial aid, and faculty diversity) to identify areas that might produce gaps in access and outcomes by certain factors. These factors include, among others, gender, race, ethnicity, national origin, and age.

In addition, ED must award grants to IHEs for executing improvement plans that address inequities.

Finally, higher education accrediting agencies and associations must assess the findings from the audits and assist IHEs in addressing inequities.

]]> College Equity Act of 2021 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide capacity-building assistance to institutions of higher education to examine and address inequities in college student access and success, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Display Title College Equity Act of 2021 Short Title(s) as Introduced College Equity Act of 2021 Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2021-06-24T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s2301is/xml/BILLS-117s2301is.xml 2021-06-24 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.