3.0.0 3559 2022-12-30T04:48:38Z 2022-12-30T04:48:38Z Senate S 2022-02-02 117 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2022-02-02T20:08:26Z Fair College Admissions for Students Act 117 6559 HR 2022-02-02 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. Identical bill CRS 2022-02-02 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2022-02-02 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR N C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA 2022-02-02 True Education Education 00 2022-02-02 Introduced in Senate 2022-02-11T14:46:01Z Fair College Admissions for Students Act

This bill prohibits an institution of higher education (IHE) that participates in federal student-aid programs from giving preferential treatment in the admissions process to applicants based on their relationships to donors or alumni of the IHE. The Department of Education may waive the prohibition against preferential treatment based on relationships to alumni for certain IHEs (e.g., historically Black colleges and universities or other minority-serving institutions) that demonstrate that the use of such preferential treatment is in the best interest of students who have been historically underrepresented in higher education.

]]> Fair College Admissions for Students Act Display Title Fair College Admissions for Students Act Short Title(s) as Introduced Fair College Admissions for Students Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to prohibit institutions of higher education participating in Federal student assistance programs from giving preferential treatment in the admissions process to legacy students or donors. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2022-02-02T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s3559is/xml/BILLS-117s3559is.xml 2022-02-02 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.