HIGHER EDUCATION ACT

Amendments

Telecommunications: remove limits on Internet course offerings, modify treatment of non-standard term programs, and clarify incentive compensation requirements (H.R. 1992), H6456 [9OC], H6469, H6480 [10OC]

Bills and resolutions

Alternate Routes to Teacher Certification and Licensure Program: reauthorize (see H.R. 1826), H2147 [14MY]

Appropriations: authorizing (see H.R. 1162), H1112 [22MR]

Community service: establish a scholarship program to encourage and support students who have contributed substantial public services (see H.R. 2487), H4008 [12JY]

Drugs: repeal provisions prohibiting persons convicted of drug offenses from receiving student financial assistance (see H.R. 786), H506 [28FE]

Education: increase amount of loan forgiveness for teachers (see S. 300), S1218 [8FE] (see H.R. 650), H395 (see H.R. 687), H397 [14FE]

———increase student financial aid programs funding (see H.R. 2476), H3960 [11JY]

———national policy to improve system (see S. 7), S97 [22JA]

———provide college scholarships to high school students who have demonstrated proficiency in mathematics and science (see H.R. 919), H740 [7MR]

———provide grants to local educational agencies to recruit, retain, and retrain teachers and expand loan forgiveness for teachers (see H.R. 1843), H2183 [15MY]

———provide student loan borrowers with a choice of lender for loan consolidation (see H.R. 3273), H8034 [9NO]

———qualify Armed Forces members for student loan forgiveness under the Federal Perkins Loan Program (see H.R. 343), H164 [31JA]

———qualify public defenders for student loan forgiveness under the Federal Perkins Loan Program (see S. 1112), S6991 [27JN]

Families and domestic relations: recognize time required to save funds for the college education of adopted children (see H.R. 402), H218 [7FE]

Federal aid programs: eliminate consideration of the amount of a student's tuition in determining the amount of a student's basic grant (see H.R. 2625), H4633 [25JY]

Student loans: establish fixed interest rates for student and parent borrowers and extend current law relative to special allowances for lenders (see S. 1762), S12368 [4DE]

———make certain interest rate formulas permanent (see H.R. 2781), H5336 [2AU]

Telecommunications: remove limits on Internet course offerings, modify treatment of non-standard term programs, and clarify incentive compensation requirements (see S. 1445), S9620 [21SE] (see H.R. 1992), H2710 [24MY]

———remove limits on Internet course offerings, modify treatment of non-standard term programs, and clarify incentive compensation requirements (H.R. 1992), consideration (see H. Res. 256), H6458 [9OC]

Veterans: prevent contributions to GI bill benefits from reducing Federal student financial assistance (see H.R. 745), H441 [27FE]

Excerpts

Power of the Internet for Learning: Web-Based Education Commission, H6474 [10OC]

Letters

Internet Equity and Education Act: Arthur F. Kirk, Jr., St. Leo University, H6472 [10OC]

———Charlotte J. Fraas, American Federation of Teachers, H6467 [10OC]

———Dallas Martin, National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators, H6466 [10OC]

———David Sheridan, H6482 [10OC]

———Mary Burgan, American Association of University Professors, H6467 [10OC]

———Mary Elizabeth Teasley, National Education Association, H6467 [10OC]

———Roderick R. Paige, Sec. of Education, H6465, H6468 [10OC]

Remarks in House

Appropriations: authorizing (H.R. 1162), H1103-H1105, H1107-H1110 [22MR], E435, E439 [22MR]

Dept. of Education: provide student loan relief to students who are relocated or called up to active military duty, or directly affected by terrorist attacks, E1854 [11OC]

Education: increase amount of loan forgiveness for teachers (H.R. 687), E177 [14FE]

———provide college scholarships to high school students who have demonstrated proficiency in mathematics and science (H.R. 919), H711 [7MR]

Student loans: establish fixed interest rates for student and parent borrowers and extend current law relative to special allowances for lenders (S. 1762), H10887-H10891 [19DE], H10937, H10938 [20DE], E2400 [20DE]

———make certain interest rate formulas permanent (H.R. 2781), E1555 [3AU]

Telecommunications: remove limits on Internet course offerings, modify treatment of non-standard term programs, and clarify incentive compensation requirements (H.R. 1992), H6469-H6487 [10OC], E921, E923 [24MY]

———remove limits on Internet course offerings, modify treatment of non-standard term programs, and clarify incentive compensation requirements (H.R. 1992), consideration (H. Res. 256), H6463-H6469 [10OC]

Remarks in Senate

Dept. of Education: Hispanic-serving institutions education grants program funding, S11345, S11346, S11348 [1NO]

———TRIO Programs funding, S11346, S11347 [1NO]

Education: extend student loan forgiveness to Head Start teachers, S4879 [14MY], S4931 [15MY], S5027 [17MY], S6303 [14JN]

———improve and strengthen the recruitment and training of teachers, S4022-S4024 [30AP], S4389, S4390 [4MY], S4462 [8MY]

———national policy to improve system (S. 7), S1205 [8FE]

———public elementary and secondary school construction funding, S11349 [1NO]

———qualify public defenders for student loan forgiveness under the Federal Perkins Loan Program (S. 1112), S6998 [27JN]

GAO: conduct study of Federal loan disbursements to students attending foreign schools under the Federal Family Education Loan Program, S11265, S11270 [31OC]

Native Americans: American Indian Tribal Colleges and Universities Program funding, S3985 [26AP]

Student loans: establish fixed interest rates for student and parent borrowers and extend current law relative to special allowances for lenders (S. 1762), S13310, S13311 [14DE]

———extend current interest rate formulas, S7324 [9JY]

Telecommunications: remove limits on Internet course offerings, modify treatment of non-standard term programs, and clarify incentive compensation requirements (S. 1445), S9624 [21SE]

Reports

Consideration of H.R. 1992, Internet Equity and Education Act (H. Res. 256): Committee on Rules (House), H6455 [9OC]

Reports filed

Consideration of H.R. 1992, Internet Equity and Education Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 256) (H. Rept. 107-232), H6458 [9OC]

Establish Fixed Interest Rates for Student and Parent Borrowers and Extend Current Law Relative to Special Allowances for Lenders: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 1762), S13049 [12DE]

Internet Equity and Education Act: Committee on Education and the Workforce (House) (H.R. 1992) (H. Rept. 107-225), H6135 [2OC]

Statements

21st Century Higher Education Initiative, H1109 [22MR], E436 [22MR]

Texts of

H. Res. 256, consideration of H.R. 1992, Internet Equity and Education Act, H6456 [9OC], H6463 [10OC]

H.R. 1992, Internet Equity and Education Act, H6469 [10OC]

S. 7, Educational Excellence for All Learners Act, S113-S145 [22JA]

S. 1112, qualify public defenders for student loan forgiveness under the Federal Perkins Loan Program, S6998 [27JN]

S. 1762, establish fixed interest rates for student and parent borrowers and extend current law relative to special allowances for lenders, S13310 [14DE], H10887 [19DE]