[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4380 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4380

 To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to clarify requirements for 
               disclosure of transfer of credit policies.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 18, 2019

   Mr. Castro of Texas (for himself and Mr. Marchant) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and 
                                 Labor

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to clarify requirements for 
               disclosure of transfer of credit policies.

    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 ``Transparency for Transfer Students 
Act''.

SEC. 2. TRANSFER OF CREDIT POLICIES.

    Section 485(h)(1) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1092(h)(1)) is amended--
            (1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A)--
                    (A) by inserting ``on the website of the 
                institution and in at least one other relevant 
                publication (such as a course catalogue)'' after 
                ``publicly disclose''; and
                    (B) by inserting ``, easy to find,'' after 
                ``readable'';
            (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period at the end 
        and inserting the following: ``, including a link to the 
        website of each institution of higher education on such list 
        and a link to or an explanation of the provisions of each such 
        articulation agreement; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(C) a list of transfer-related resources and 
                information not otherwise provided under subparagraphs 
                (A) and (B) that the institution provides (such as 
                deadlines, financial aid information, and relevant 
                staff contact information).''.
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