[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2342 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2342

 To reinstate the eligibility of certain nonaccredited institutions of 
 higher education for financial assistance under the Higher Education 
                              Act of 1965.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 8, 1993

 Mr. Solomon introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Education and Labor

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                                 A BILL


 
 To reinstate the eligibility of certain nonaccredited institutions of 
 higher education for financial assistance under the Higher Education 
                              Act of 1965.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. AMENDMENT TO DEFINITION OF INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.

    Section 1201(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 is amended by 
inserting before the period at the end of the first sentence the 
following: ``, or if not so accredited, (A) is an institution with 
respect to which the Secretary has determined that there is 
satisfactory assurance, considering the resources available to the 
institution, the period of time, if any, during which it has operated, 
the effort it is making to meet accreditation standards, and the 
purpose for which this determination is being made, that the 
institution will meet the accreditation standards of such an agency or 
association within a reasonable time, or (B) is an institution whose 
credits are accepted, on transfer, by not less than 3 institutions 
which are so accredited, for credit on the same basis as if transferred 
from an institution so accredited''.

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