[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3542 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3542

 To provide greater access to high quality distance education programs.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 27, 2000

Mrs. Jones of Ohio (for herself, Ms. Kilpatrick, Mr. Davis of Illinois, 
 Mr. Dixon, Mr. Cummings, Mr. Payne, Mr. Rush, Mr. Meeks of New York, 
   Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Ms. Lee, Mr. Towns, Ms. Carson, Mr. 
Conyers, Mr. Bishop, Mrs. Christensen, Ms. Brown of Florida, Mrs. Meek 
  of Florida, Ms. Millender-McDonald, Ms. Norton, Ms. Jackson-Lee of 
Texas, Mr. Hilliard, Mr. Wynn, Mr. Rangel, Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of 
    Texas, Ms. DeLauro, Mrs. Tauscher, and Mr. Boyd) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and 
                             the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To provide greater access to high quality distance education programs.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Greater Access to Distance Education 
Act of 2000''.

SEC. AMENDMENTS TO DISTANCE EDUCATION DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS.

    Section 486 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1093) is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph 
                (2);
                    (B) by striking the period at the end of paragraph 
                (3) and inserting ``; and''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following new 
                paragraph:
            ``(4) to provide greater access to high quality distance 
        education programs and orientation to distance education for 
        adults, students, and underserved persons who traditionally 
        have had little or no computer knowledge or training.'';
            (2) in subsection (c)(2)--
                    (A) by striking ``and'' at the end of subparagraph 
                (E);
                    (B) by redesignating subparagraph (F) as 
                subparagraph (G); and
                    (C) by inserting after subparagraph (E) the 
                following new subparagraph:
                    ``(F) a description of the orientation or other 
                training programs that the institution, system, or 
                consortium will offer to assure greater access to the 
                distance education program for adults, students, and 
                underserved persons who traditionally have had little 
                or no computer knowledge or training; and''; and
            (3) in subsection (f)(2)--
                    (A) by striking ``; and'' at the end of 
                subparagraph (C);
                    (B) by striking the period at the end of 
                subparagraph (D) and inserting ``; and''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following new 
                subparagraph:
                    ``(E) the extent to which the orientation or other 
                training programs that the institution, system, or 
                consortium offers will assure greater access to the 
                distance education program for adults, students, and 
                underserved persons who traditionally have had little 
                or no computer knowledge or training.''.
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