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110-HR-872 | National Endowment for Workforce Education in Renewables and Agriculture Act of 2007, or NEW ERA Act of 2007 - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to make competitive grants to community colleges and advanced technology education centers located in Iowa or other midwestern states to support the education and training of technicians in the fields of bioenergy and other agricultural, renewable energy resources. Requires grant applicants to demonstrate the ability to leverage existing partnerships and develop educational and occupation outreach and training programs with secondary schools, four-year institutions of higher education, and the agricultural extension system. Gives funding priority to specified occupational education and training initiatives, which include: (1) improving the capacity of bioenergy service industry technicians to meet the needs of agricultural bioenergy businesses; (2) teacher training in agricultural bioenergy research, efficiency, and conservation; (3) the identification of agricultural bioenergy employment opportunities; and (4) the development of partnerships with nonprofit organizations dedicated to bioenergy education and training. Requires grant applications to include a comprehensive education and training evaluation component. | Education | Higher | Education | 2007-02-07 | agriculture act authorizes secretary agriculture competitive grants community colleges advanced technology education centers located iowa states support education training technicians fields bioenergy agricultural renewable energy resources requires grant applicants demonstrate ability leverage existing partnerships develop educational occupation outreach training programs secondary schools year institutions higher education agricultural extension system gives funding priority specified occupational education training initiatives include improving capacity bioenergy service industry technicians meet needs agricultural bioenergy businesses teacher training agricultural bioenergy research efficiency conservation identification agricultural bioenergy employment opportunities development partnerships nonprofit organizations dedicated bioenergy education training requires grant applications include comprehensive education training evaluation component |
110-HR-890 | Student Loan Sunshine Act - (Sec. 2) Amends title I of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to create a new part E (Lender and Institution Requirements Relating to Educational Loans). Requires each lender entering into a preferred lender arrangement with a covered institution (schools that provide postsecondary studies and receive federal funds) to: (1) certify annually to the Secretary of Education that all of the preferred lender arrangements in which it participates are in compliance with the requirements of this Act; (2) inform borrowers of their loan options under title IV (Student Assistance), including information on more favorable loans under such title, before extending private educational loans for attendance at such institution; and (3) be barred by such school from marketing such loans in a manner implying the institution's endorsement. Directs the Secretary to report to specified congressional committees on the adequacy of educational loan information provided to borrowers. Requires such report to include a model disclosure form developed and prescribed by the Secretary for lender use in providing annual loan information to the Secretary and covered institutions with which they have a preferred lender arrangement. Requires such lenders to disclose, in addition to specified loan information, any philanthropic contributions made to such institutions. Requires such institutions to provide the Secretary, prospective borrowers, and the public with the disclosure form information as well as a detailed explanation of why such loans are beneficial to borrowers. Requires covered institutions to disclose on their websites and in their informational materials: (1) that they cannot limit students to recommended lenders and must process the loan documents of any eligible lender; (2) the information provided on the model disclosure form with regard to recommended lenders; (3) the maximum federal grant and loan aid available; and (4) the cost of attendance. Requires covered institutions that provide prospective borrowers with private educational loan information to: (1) include information on their title IV assistance eligibility; and (2) compare and distinguish private loans from title IV loans. Requires institutions of higher education (IHEs) to develop, publicize, and enforce codes of conduct for their officers, employees, and agents prohibiting actual or apparent conflicts of interest with their financial aid duties, including, at a minimum, compliance with the following requirements of this section. Prohibits an institution's officers, employees and agents that have financial aid duties from accepting certain financial benefits or fees from, or participating on the advisory councils of, student loan providers or their affiliates. Bars lenders, guarantors, or servicers of educational loans from offering gifts to officers, employees, or agents of covered institutions. Directs the Inspector General of the Department of Education to investigate and report annually to Congress on gift ban violations. Bans IHEs from: (1) entering into educational loan arrangements that involve lender payments for recommended lender status; (2) requesting or accepting lender assistance with call center or financial aid office staffing; or (3) requesting, accepting, or considering any lender's offer of funds for private educational student loans in exchange for concessions or promises. Conditions the receipt of federal funds and assistance by schools and lenders on their compliance with part E. Establishes penalties for noncompliant schools and lenders, including: (1) a ban from participating in title VI programs; and (2) a $25,000 civil penalty (which may also be imposed on lenders not participating in such programs). (Sec. 3) Requires an IHE with a preferred lender list to: (1) fully disclose on such list the reason for each lender's inclusion and students' right to choose other lenders; (2) include at least three unaffiliated lenders; and (3) establish and disclose a process to ensure that lenders are listed on the basis of the benefits they provide borrowers. (Sec. 4) Amends the Truth in Lending Act to require private educational loan providers to inform consumers, in applications and solicitations for such loans, that they may qualify for federal educational assistance, that federal student loans may have more beneficial terms than private loans, and that they may obtain additional information concerning such assistance from their IHE and the Department of Education's website. Requires such lenders to: (1) obtain written confirmation that a consumer understands such information and any other information the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System may require them to disclose; (2) make its model disclosure form information available; and (3) notify the relevant school of the proposed loan if the loan equals or exceeds $1,000. (Sec. 5) Directs the Secretary to display a link to the Department's federal student financial aid website in a prominent place on the homepage of the Department's website. Authorizes the Secretary to use administrative funds available for the Department's operations and expenses to promote the availability of the financial aid website. Requires the Secretary to collect and provide parents and students with easy access via the federal student financial aid website to detailed information concerning student financial aid options provided by other federal departments and agencies. Requires such other departments and agencies to respond promptly to the Secretary's requests for student financial aid information. | Education | Higher | Education | 2007-02-07 | act sec amends title higher education act create new lender institution requirements relating educational loans requires lender entering preferred lender arrangement covered institution schools provide postsecondary studies receive federal funds certify annually secretary education preferred lender arrangements participates compliance requirements act inform borrowers loan options title student assistance including information favorable loans title extending private educational loans attendance institution barred school marketing loans manner implying institution endorsement directs secretary report specified congressional committees adequacy educational loan information provided borrowers requires report include model disclosure form developed prescribed secretary lender use providing annual loan information secretary covered institutions preferred lender arrangement requires lenders disclose addition specified loan information philanthropic contributions institutions requires institutions provide secretary prospective borrowers public disclosure form information detailed explanation loans beneficial borrowers requires covered institutions disclose websites informational materials limit students recommended lenders process loan documents eligible lender information provided model disclosure form regard recommended lenders maximum federal grant loan aid available cost attendance requires covered institutions provide prospective borrowers private educational loan information include information title assistance eligibility compare distinguish private loans title loans requires institutions higher education ihes develop publicize enforce codes conduct officers employees agents prohibiting actual apparent conflicts interest financial aid duties including minimum compliance following requirements section prohibits institution officers employees agents financial aid duties accepting certain financial benefits fees participating advisory councils student loan providers affiliates bars lenders guarantors servicers educational loans offering gifts officers employees agents covered institutions directs inspector general department_of_education investigate report annually congress gift ban violations bans ihes entering educational loan arrangements involve lender payments recommended lender status requesting accepting lender assistance center financial aid office staffing requesting accepting considering lender offer funds private educational student loans exchange concessions promises conditions receipt federal funds assistance schools lenders compliance penalties noncompliant schools lenders including ban participating title programs civil penalty imposed lenders participating programs sec requires ihe preferred lender list fully disclose list reason lender inclusion students right choose lenders include unaffiliated lenders establish disclose process ensure lenders listed basis benefits provide borrowers sec amends truth lending act require private educational loan providers inform consumers applications solicitations loans qualify federal educational assistance federal student loans beneficial terms private loans obtain additional information concerning assistance ihe department_of_education website requires lenders obtain written confirmation consumer information information board_of_governors federal_reserve_system require disclose model disclosure form information available notify relevant school proposed loan loan equals exceeds sec directs secretary display link department federal student financial aid website prominent place homepage department website authorizes secretary use administrative funds available department operations expenses promote availability financial aid website requires secretary collect provide parents students easy access federal student financial aid website detailed information concerning student financial aid options provided federal departments agencies requires departments agencies respond promptly secretary requests student financial aid information |
110-HR-1010 | Student Aid Reward Act of 2007 - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to carry out a Student Aid Reward (SAR) Program of payments to encourage institutions of higher education (IHEs) to participate in the student loan program under title IV that is most cost-effective for taxpayers. Requires that a SAR payment to an IHE equal at least 50% of the savings to the federal government generated by the IHE's participation in the most cost-effective student loan program, rather than one not cost-effective for taxpayers. Requires IHEs receiving SAR payments to: (1) provide student loans under that most cost-effective program for five years after the payment date; and (2) use payment funds, where appropriate, to supplement student Pell Grants. Allows such funds to be used also to award need-based grants to lower and middle income graduate students. | Education | Higher | Education | 2007-02-13 | student aid reward act amends title student assistance higher education act direct secretary education carry student aid reward program payments encourage institutions higher education ihes participate student loan program title cost effective taxpayers requires payment ihe equal savings federal government generated ihe participation cost effective student loan program cost effective taxpayers requires ihes receiving payments provide student loans cost effective program years payment date use payment funds appropriate supplement student pell_grants allows funds award need based grants lower middle income graduate students |
110-HR-1051 | National STEM Scholarship Database Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to establish and maintain, on the public website of the Department of Education, a database of information on public and private programs of financial assistance for the study of postsecondary and graduate science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Requires that such database: (1) provide separate information for each field of study; (2) be searchable by category and combinations of categories; (3) indicate programs targeted toward specific demographic groups; (4) provide searchers with program sponsor contact information and hyperlinks; and (5) include a recommendation that students and families carefully review application requirements and a disclaimer that scholarships presented in the database are not provided or endorsed by the Department or the federal government.Requires the Secretary and the entity contracted to furnish and regularly update information to consult with public and private sources of scholarships and make easily available a process for the sources to provide regular and updated information.Authorizes appropriations. | Education | Higher | Education | 2007-02-14 | national stem scholarship database act directs secretary education establish maintain public website department_of_education database information public private programs financial assistance study postsecondary graduate science technology engineering mathematics requires database provide separate information field study searchable category combinations categories indicate programs targeted specific demographic groups provide program sponsor contact information hyperlinks include recommendation students families carefully review application requirements disclaimer scholarships presented database provided endorsed department federal government requires secretary entity contracted furnish regularly update information consult public private sources scholarships easily available process sources provide regular updated information authorizes appropriations |
110-HR-1088 | Elizabeth Cady Stanton Pregnant and Parenting Student Services Act of 2007 - Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) pregnant college students should not have to make a choice between keeping their baby and staying in school; (2) the pilot program under this Act will help institutions of higher education to establish offices that will operate independent of federal funding within five years after enactment of this Act; and (3) amounts appropriated to carry out other federal programs should be reduced to offset the costs of this Act. Directs the Secretary of Education to establish a pilot program to provide grants to encourage eligible institutions of higher education to establish and operate pregnant and parenting student services offices for pregnant students, parenting students, prospective parenting students anticipating a birth or adoption, and students who are placing or have placed a child for adoption. | Education | Higher | Education | 2007-02-15 | pregnant parenting student services act expresses sense congress pregnant college students choice keeping baby staying school pilot program act help institutions higher education establish offices operate independent federal funding years enactment act amounts appropriated carry federal programs reduced offset costs act directs secretary education establish pilot program provide grants encourage eligible institutions higher education establish operate pregnant parenting student services offices pregnant students parenting students prospective parenting students anticipating birth adoption students placing placed child adoption |
110-HR-1102 | Total Force Educational Assistance Enhancement and Integration Act of 2007 - Recodifies under federal veterans' benefits law (currently codified under federal armed forces law) provisions relating to educational assistance for members of the reserves. Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (Secretary) (currently, the Secretary of each military department) to carry out such assistance. Makes eligible for such assistance under this Act those who, after October 1, 2008: (1) enlist or extend an enlistment in the Selected Reserve for not less than six years; or (1) are appointed or agree to serve in the Selected Reserve for at least six years. Includes under this Act those eligible for such assistance as of October 1, 2008. Increases monthly amounts of authorized assistance. Removes restrictions on the use of such assistance for apprenticeships and on-job training, flight training, licensing and certification tests, and individualized tutorial assistance. Requires the Secretary (currently, the military department Secretaries) to provide educational assistance to reserve personnel ordered to active duty in response to a war or national emergency. Makes eligible for such assistance under this Act those who, on or after October 1, 2008: (1) serve on active duty in support of a contingency operation for 90 days or more; or (2) perform full-time National Guard duty for 90 days or more in response to a national emergency. Includes under this Act those eligible for such assistance as of October 1, 2008. Revises provisions concerning assistance amounts. Requires funding for benefits accruing under this Act: (1) on or after October 1, 2008, to be made from funds available to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for the payment of readjustment benefits; and (2) before such date from the Department of Defense Education Benefits Fund. | Education | Higher | Armed forces and national security | 2007-02-15 | total force educational assistance enhancement integration act recodifies federal veterans benefits law currently codified federal armed forces law provisions relating educational assistance members reserves directs secretary veterans_affairs secretary currently secretary military department carry assistance makes eligible assistance act october enlist extend enlistment selected_reserve years appointed agree serve selected_reserve years includes act eligible assistance october increases monthly amounts authorized assistance removes restrictions use assistance apprenticeships job training flight training licensing certification tests individualized tutorial assistance requires secretary currently military department secretaries provide educational assistance reserve personnel ordered active duty response war national emergency makes eligible assistance act october serve active duty support contingency operation days perform time national_guard duty days response national emergency includes act eligible assistance october revises provisions concerning assistance amounts requires funding benefits accruing act october funds available department_of_veterans_affairs payment readjustment benefits date |
110-HR-1211 | Resuming Education After Defense Service Act of 2007 - Makes eligible for basic educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill a member of the Selected Reserve who (among other qualifications), during the period beginning on September 11, 2001, and ending on December 31, 2008, serves on active duty in the Armed Forces for one or more periods aggregating not less than two years. Entitles such individuals to one month of educational assistance for each month served on active duty. Makes the amount of such assistance equivalent to that provided for active-duty personnel who have served a minimum of two years of active duty. Requires the basic pay of qualifying members to be reduced by $100 for each of first 12 months of such active duty service. Requires the Secretaries of the military departments concerned to inform eligible Selected Reserve personnel of such entitlement. | Education | Higher | Armed forces and national security | 2007-02-27 | resuming education defense service act makes eligible basic educational assistance montgomery bill member selected_reserve qualifications period beginning september ending december serves active duty armed_forces periods aggregating years entitles individuals month educational assistance month served active duty makes assistance equivalent provided active duty personnel served minimum years active duty requires basic pay qualifying members reduced months active duty service requires secretaries military departments concerned inform eligible selected_reserve personnel entitlement |
110-HR-1240 | Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish and carry out a scholarship program of financial assistance for individuals who: (1) are accepted for, or currently enrolled in, a program of study leading to a degree or certificate in visual impairment or orientation and mobility, or both; and (2) enter into an agreement to serve, after program completion, as a full-time Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) employee for three years within the first six years after program completion. Sets maximum assistance amounts of $15,000 per academic year and $45,000 total. Requires pro rate repayment for failure to satisfy education or service requirements, while allowing the Secretary to waive or suspend such repayment whenever noncompliance is due to circumstances beyond the control of the participant, or when waiver or suspension is in the best interests of the United States. | Education | Higher | Armed forces and national security | 2007-02-28 | directs secretary veterans_affairs establish carry scholarship program financial assistance individuals accepted currently enrolled program study leading degree certificate visual impairment orientation mobility enter agreement serve program completion time department_of_veterans_affairs employee years years program completion sets maximum assistance amounts academic year total requires pro rate repayment failure satisfy education service requirements allowing secretary waive suspend repayment noncompliance circumstances control participant waiver suspension best interests united_states |
110-HR-1316 | Protection of University Governance Act of 2007 - Prohibits a nongovernmental entity that regulates intercollegiate sports from penalizing, or denying any benefit to, an institution of higher education by reason of the name, symbol, emblem, or mascot of the school's intercollegiate sports team. Makes an entity which violates such prohibition subject to injunction and liable to an aggrieved school for damages and legal fees. | Education | Higher | Education | 2007-03-05 | governance act prohibits nongovernmental entity regulates intercollegiate sports penalizing denying benefit institution higher education reason symbol emblem school intercollegiate sports team makes entity violates prohibition subject injunction liable aggrieved school damages legal fees |
110-HR-1330 | Extends the conditional time limit for the use of basic educational assistance by members of the Selected Reserve and members of the reserve components supporting contingency operations and certain other operations to 14 years after the date on which the person first becomes entitled to such assistance (current law) or ten years after the date on which (currently, the date on which) the person is separated from the Selected Reserve or reserve component. | Education | Higher | Armed forces and national security | 2007-03-06 | extends conditional time limit use basic educational assistance members selected_reserve members reserve components supporting contingency operations certain operations years date person entitled assistance current law years date currently date person separated selected_reserve reserve component |
110-HR-1394 | Helping Our Students Communicate Act of 2007 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require the Secretary of Education to assume or cancel loans made under the Federal Family Education Loan or the Direct Loan programs to individuals who have been employed for five consecutive complete school years as full-time speech-language pathologists: (1) principally at elementary and secondary schools whose enrollment of disadvantaged students exceeds 30% and whose local educational agencies are eligible for funding under title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965; and (2) have at least a graduate degree in speech-language pathology, or communication sciences and disorders. Caps loan forgiveness at $17,500. Limits the benefits of this Act to new borrowers on or after October 1, 2007. | Education | Higher | Education | 2007-03-07 | helping students communicate act amends higher education act require secretary education assume cancel loans federal_family_education_loan direct loan programs individuals employed consecutive complete school years time speech language pathologists principally elementary secondary schools enrollment disadvantaged students exceeds local educational agencies eligible funding title elementary secondary education act graduate degree speech language pathology communication sciences disorders caps loan forgiveness limits benefits act new borrowers october |
110-HR-1407 | Higher Education Affordability and Equity Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) repeal the dollar limitation on the tax deduction for interest on education loans and expand eligibility for such deduction by revising the modified adjusted gross income phaseout for such deduction; (2) make the tax deduction for qualified tuition and related expenses permanent; (3) increase from $2,000 to $5,000 the maximum allowable contribution to a Coverdell savings account; (4) exclude from gross income amounts received for qualified higher education expenses (e.g., books, supplies, room, board, and special needs services); and (5) allow certain additional expenses (e.g., fees, books, supplies, and equipment) for purposes of the Hope Scholarship Tax Credit and provide that such tax credit shall not be reduced by Federal Pell Grants and Supplemental Educational Opportunity (SEOG) Grants.Repeals the sunset provisions of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 (EGTRRA) applicable to title IV, subtitles A, B, and D (Affordable Education Provisions) of such Act. | Education | Higher | Taxation | 2007-03-08 | equity act amends internal revenue code repeal dollar limitation tax deduction interest education loans expand eligibility deduction revising modified adjusted gross income phaseout deduction tax deduction qualified tuition related expenses permanent increase maximum allowable contribution coverdell savings account exclude gross income amounts received qualified higher education expenses books supplies room board special needs services allow certain additional expenses fees books supplies equipment purposes provide tax credit shall reduced federal pell_grants supplemental educational opportunity grants repeals sunset provisions economic_growth_and_tax_relief_reconciliation_act egtrra applicable title subtitles act |
110-HR-1409 | College Life Safety and Fire Prevention Act - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish a demonstration program to award grants to eligible entities for the purpose of contracting with fire alarm companies to install professionally fire alarm detection systems or other fire detection and prevention technologies in student housing, dormitories, and other buildings controlled by such entities. | Education | Higher | Education | 2007-03-08 | prevention act directs secretary homeland_security establish demonstration program award grants eligible entities purpose contracting fire alarm companies install professionally fire alarm detection systems fire detection prevention technologies student housing buildings controlled entities |
110-HR-1437 | Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) make permanent the tax deduction for qualified tuition and related expenses; (2) increase the maximum amount of such deduction to $5,000 and repeal provisions requiring a phaseout of the deduction based on adjusted gross income; and (3) allow grandparents to claim a deduction for the tuition and related expenses of their grandchildren. | Education | Higher | Taxation | 2007-03-09 | amends internal revenue code permanent tax deduction qualified tuition related expenses increase maximum deduction repeal provisions requiring phaseout deduction based adjusted gross income allow grandparents claim deduction tuition related expenses grandchildren |
110-HR-1467 | 10,000 Trained by 2010 Act - Requires the Director of the National Science Foundation (NSF) to award competitive grants for basic research on innovative approaches to improve health care information systems. Requires the Director to award competitive, multi-year grants to institutions of higher education (IHEs) to establish multidisciplinary Centers for Informatics Research for conducting cutting-edge, multidisciplinary research to generate innovative approaches in health care information. Allows IHEs to partner with one or more government laboratories and for-profit or nonprofit institutions. Requires the Director to convene an annual meeting of the Centers to foster collaboration and cooperation between Center participants. Requires the Director to award competitive grants to IHEs to establish or improve undergraduate and master's degree health care information programs, attract students to such programs, and provide them with experience in government or industry related to their studies. Requires the Director to evaluate this grant program within three years of establishing it. Requires the Director to award grants under the Scientific and Advanced Technology Act of 1992 for the purposes of two existing grant programs that provide funds to associate-degree-granting IHEs for: (1) improving education in advanced technology, science, and mathematics; and (2) establishing centers of excellence in such subjects that serve as information clearinghouses and models for other educational institutions. Limits the use of these new grants to improving health information education. Authorizes appropriations for FY2008-FY2011. | Education | Higher | Science, technology, communications | 2007-03-09 | trained act requires director national_science_foundation nsf award competitive grants basic research innovative approaches improve health care information systems requires director award competitive multi year grants institutions higher education ihes establish multidisciplinary conducting cutting edge multidisciplinary research generate innovative approaches health care information allows ihes partner government laboratories profit nonprofit institutions requires director convene annual meeting centers foster collaboration cooperation center participants requires director award competitive grants ihes establish improve undergraduate master degree health care information programs attract students programs provide experience government industry related studies requires director evaluate grant program years establishing requires director award grants scientific advanced technology act purposes existing grant programs provide funds associate degree granting ihes improving education advanced technology science mathematics establishing centers excellence subjects serve information clearinghouses models educational institutions limits use new grants improving health information education authorizes appropriations fy2008 fy2011 |
110-HR-1469 | Senator Paul Simon Study Abroad Foundation Act of 2007 - Establishes in the executive branch the Senator Paul Simon Study Abroad Foundation to carry out this Act. Requires the Foundation to award grants, increasingly for study in nontraditional study abroad destinations, to: (1) U.S. students; (2) nongovernmental institutions that provide and promote study abroad opportunities for U.S. students, in consortium with institutions of higher education (IHEs); and (3) IHEs, individually or in consortium. Expresses the sense of Congress that the Foundation should: (1) award up to 25% of such grants to such U.S. students and at least 75% of them to such institutions; and (2) ensure that at least 85% of the amount awarded to such institutions is used to award scholarships to students. Requires the Comptroller General, within two years after enactment of this Act, to review and report to the Secretary of State (in the capacity of the Secretary as Chairperson of the Board of the Foundation) and to specified congressional committees on the operations of the Foundation. Authorizes appropriations. States that such amounts are in addition to those authorized for educational exchange programs, including the J. William Fulbright Educational Exchange Program and the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program, administered by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the Department of State. | Education | Higher | International affairs | 2007-03-12 | senator foundation act establishes executive branch senator carry act requires foundation award grants study nontraditional study abroad destinations students nongovernmental institutions provide promote study abroad opportunities students consortium institutions higher education ihes ihes individually consortium expresses sense congress foundation award grants students institutions ensure awarded institutions award scholarships students requires comptroller general years enactment act review report secretary state capacity secretary chairperson specified congressional committees operations foundation authorizes appropriations states amounts addition authorized educational exchange programs including william international scholarship program administered |
110-HR-1488 | Family Friendly Employers Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to expand the tax exclusion for employer-provided educational assistance to include assistance provided to dependents of an employee. Limits the annual amount of the exclusion for such dependents to $2,500. | Education | Higher | Taxation | 2007-03-13 | family friendly employers act amends internal revenue code expand tax exclusion employer provided educational assistance include assistance provided dependents employee limits annual exclusion dependents |
110-HR-1556 | Married Student Debt Relief Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a husband and wife filing a joint tax return to each claim the maximum tax deduction of $2,500 for interest on education loans. | Education | Higher | Taxation | 2007-03-15 | married student debt relief act amends internal revenue code allow husband wife filing joint tax return claim maximum tax deduction interest education loans |
110-HR-1568 | Henry Ford Scholarship Program Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to establish a program awarding scholarships to high-achieving students (to be known as "Henry Ford Scholars") who graduate from secondary school after May 1, 2007, and pursue undergraduate degrees in mathematics, science, engineering, and health-related fields at institutions of higher education.Awards each scholarship for one academic year, but gives recipients who continue to meet scholarship eligibility criteria priority for additional one-year scholarships, for up to four years of undergraduate study.Sets forth eligibility criteria requiring applicants to have a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.5, and family or individual adjusted gross income of less than $200,000 or $100,000, respectively. | Education | Higher | Education | 2007-03-19 | scholarship program act authorizes secretary education establish program awarding scholarships high achieving students known scholars graduate secondary school pursue undergraduate degrees mathematics science engineering health related fields institutions higher education awards scholarship academic year gives recipients continue meet scholarship eligibility criteria priority additional year scholarships years undergraduate study sets forth eligibility criteria requiring applicants cumulative grade point average family individual adjusted gross income respectively |
110-HR-1608 | College Aid Made EZ Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to require the Secretary of Education (Secretary) to make the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA): (1) consumer-friendly, with 50% fewer data elements within five years of this Act's enactment; (2) available in both paper and (downloadable) electronic formats; (3) flexible enough to permit applicants to enter data years before enrolling and selectively update information; and (4) include data elements relevant to state student aid determinations. Directs the Secretary to develop a simplified paper EZ FAFSA for applicants having no expected family contributions and simplified electronic FAFSAs for applicants to whom a simplified needs test applies. Directs the Secretary to conduct a demonstration program assessing the feasibility and benefits of allowing dependent students to apply for aid in their junior year of high school. Reduces the types of income and benefits which are considered untaxed and thereby included in student need analyses. Excludes untaxed distributions from qualified education benefits as income or assets in computing expected family contributions in student aid calculations. Treats a qualified education benefit as: (1) the parent's asset when considering the family contribution for a dependent student; and (2) the student's asset when considering such contribution for independent students. Excludes from need analyses any untaxed distributions from state prepaid tuition plans or Coverdell education savings accounts. Urges the Secretary and the Secretary of the Treasury to develop a process allowing the Department of Education, with the applicant's permission, to complete the FAFSA by drawing income information directly from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Allows the Secretary to use the previous tax year's income information to facilitate this end. | Education | Higher | Education | 2007-03-20 | college aid act amends higher education act hea require secretary education secretary consumer friendly fewer data elements years act enactment available paper downloadable electronic formats flexible permit applicants enter data years enrolling update information include data elements relevant state student aid determinations directs secretary develop simplified paper applicants having expected family contributions simplified electronic applicants simplified needs test applies directs secretary conduct demonstration program assessing feasibility benefits allowing dependent students apply aid junior year high school reduces types income benefits considered untaxed included student need analyses excludes untaxed distributions qualified education benefits income assets computing expected family contributions student aid calculations treats qualified education benefit parent asset considering family contribution dependent student student asset considering contribution independent students excludes need analyses untaxed distributions state prepaid tuition plans coverdell education savings accounts urges secretary secretary treasury develop process allowing department_of_education applicant permission complete fafsa drawing income information directly internal_revenue_service irs allows secretary use previous tax year income information facilitate end |
110-HR-1657 | Authorizes the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to establish a Science and Technology Scholarship Program to award scholarships to students at institutions of higher education to recruit and prepare them for careers in the National Weather Service and in NOAA marine research, atmospheric research, and satellite programs. Requires individuals to be selected to receive scholarships under this Act through a competitive process primarily based on academic merit, with consideration given to financial need and to the goal of promoting the participation of women, minorities, and persons with disabilities as identified under provisions of the Science and Engineering Equal Opportunities Act. Requires the Administrator to enter into contractual agreements with selected individuals under which such individuals, in exchange for receiving a scholarship, agree to serve as full-time employees of NOAA, for a 24-month period of obligated service for each academic year for which a scholarship is provided in positions needed by NOAA in marine research, atmospheric research, and satellite programs. Instructs the Administrator to make publicly available a list of academic programs and fields of study for which scholarships may be utilized in marine research, atmospheric research, and satellite programs and to update such list as necessary. Prohibits: (1) an individual from receiving a scholarship for more than four academic years, unless the Administrator grants a waiver; and (2) the amount of a scholarship from exceeding the cost of attendance. Permits a scholarship to be used for tuition, fees, and other authorized uses as established by the Administrator by regulation. Allows the Administrator to enter into a contractual agreement with an institution of higher education under which the amounts provided for a scholarship for tuition, fees, and other authorized expenses are paid directly to the institution with respect to which the scholarship is provided. Sets forth penalties for specified breaches of scholarship agreements. | Education | Higher | Science, technology, communications | 2007-03-22 | authorizes administrator national_oceanic_and_atmospheric_administration noaa establish award scholarships students institutions higher education recruit prepare careers national_weather_service noaa marine research atmospheric research satellite programs requires individuals selected receive scholarships act competitive process primarily based academic merit consideration given financial need goal promoting participation women minorities persons disabilities identified provisions requires administrator enter contractual agreements selected individuals individuals exchange receiving scholarship agree serve time employees noaa month period obligated service academic year scholarship provided positions needed noaa marine research atmospheric research satellite programs instructs administrator publicly available list academic programs fields study scholarships utilized marine research atmospheric research satellite programs update list necessary prohibits individual receiving scholarship academic years administrator grants waiver scholarship exceeding cost attendance permits scholarship tuition fees authorized uses established administrator regulation allows administrator enter contractual agreement institution higher education amounts provided scholarship tuition fees authorized expenses paid directly institution respect scholarship provided sets forth penalties specified breaches scholarship agreements |
110-HR-1671 | Public Service Academy Act of 2007 - Establishes in the Department of Homeland Security a U.S. Public Service Academy for the instruction in and preparation for public service of selected individuals. Sets forth provisions relating to: (1) key personnel positions and faculty and departments; (2) student qualifications and requirements for admission; (3) procedures for the appointment of students to the Academy by Members of Congress and the President; (4) curriculum standards; and (5) study abroad requirements.Requires each Academy student to sign an agreement with respect to length of public service. Imposes tuition and cost repayment requirements for Academy students who fail to graduate or accept or complete assigned public service. Establishes a Board of Visitors to inquire into the efficiency and effectiveness of the operations of the Academy.Requires the tuition of each Academy student to be fully subsidized. Provides for public (80%) and private funding for the Academy. | Education | Higher | Education | 2007-03-23 | public service academy act establishes department_of_homeland_security instruction preparation public service selected individuals sets forth provisions relating key personnel positions faculty departments student qualifications requirements admission procedures appointment students academy members congress president curriculum standards study abroad requirements requires academy student sign agreement respect length public service imposes tuition cost repayment requirements academy students fail graduate accept complete assigned public service establishes board_of_visitors inquire efficiency effectiveness operations academy requires tuition academy student fully subsidized provides public private funding academy |
110-HR-1716 | Green Energy Education Act of 2007 - Authorizes the Secretary of Energy to contribute energy research and development funds to the National Science Foundation (NSF) for the Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship program to support graduate education related to such energy projects.Authorizes the Secretary to contribute funds for advanced energy technology research and development for high performance buildings to the NSF for curriculum development to improve undergraduate or graduate interdisciplinary engineering and architecture education related to the design and construction of such buildings. | Education | Higher | Science, technology, communications | 2007-03-27 | authorizes secretary energy contribute energy research development funds national_science_foundation nsf research_traineeship program support graduate education related energy projects authorizes secretary contribute funds advanced energy technology research development high performance buildings nsf curriculum development improve undergraduate graduate interdisciplinary engineering architecture education related design construction buildings |
110-HR-1718 | Foreign Language Education Expansion Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require the Secretary of Education to assume or cancel loans made under the Federal Family Education Loan or the Direct Loan programs to individuals who have been employed for five consecutive complete school years as full-time foreign language teachers in secondary schools whose enrollment of disadvantaged students exceeds 30% and whose local educational agencies are eligible for funding under title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 Caps loan forgiveness at $17,500. Limits the benefits of this Act to new borrowers on or after October 1, 2001. | Education | Higher | Education | 2007-03-27 | higher education act require secretary education assume cancel loans federal_family_education_loan direct loan programs individuals employed consecutive complete school years time foreign language teachers secondary schools enrollment disadvantaged students exceeds local educational agencies eligible funding title elementary secondary education act caps loan forgiveness limits benefits act new borrowers october |
110-HR-1779 | Loan Forgiveness for Head Start Teachers Act of 2007 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require the Secretary of Education to assume or cancel loans made under the Federal Family Education Loan or the Direct Loan programs to individuals who have been employed as Head Start teachers for five consecutive complete program years, if they have demonstrated knowledge and teaching skills in reading, writing, early childhood development, and other areas of a preschool curriculum, with a focus on cognitive learning. Limits the benefits of this Act to individuals who earn a baccalaureate or graduate degree on or after the date of this Act's enactment. | Education | Higher | Education | 2007-03-29 | loan forgiveness head start teachers act amends higher education act require secretary education assume cancel loans federal_family_education_loan direct loan programs individuals employed head start teachers consecutive complete program years demonstrated knowledge teaching skills reading writing early childhood development areas preschool curriculum focus cognitive learning limits benefits act individuals earn baccalaureate graduate degree date act enactment |
110-HR-1824 | Permits accelerated payments of educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill to an individual enrolled in an approved program of education that leads to employment as an operator of a commercial motor vehicle. Excludes benefits payable under under the Montgomery GI Bill from consideration as income for purposes of determining eligibility for education grants or loans under any other provision of Federal law. | Education | Higher | Armed forces and national security | 2007-03-29 | permits accelerated payments educational assistance montgomery bill individual enrolled approved program education leads employment operator commercial motor vehicle excludes benefits payable montgomery bill consideration income purposes determining eligibility education grants loans provision federal law |
110-HR-1877 | Librarian Incentive to Boost Recruitment and Retention in Areas of Need Act of 2007 or the LIBRARIAN Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to permit the cancellation of Federal Perkins Loans for students who perform public service as full-time librarians, if the librarian has a master's degree in library science and is employed in: (1) an elementary school or secondary school that is eligible for assistance under title I (Improving the Academic Achievement of the Disadvantaged) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965; or (2) a public library that serves a geographic area that contains one or more schools eligible for assistance under title I of such Act. | Education | Higher | Education | 2007-04-17 | areas need act librarian act amends higher education act permit cancellation federal_perkins_loans students perform public service time librarians librarian master degree library science employed elementary school secondary school eligible assistance title improving academic achievement disadvantaged elementary secondary education act public library serves geographic area contains schools eligible assistance title act |
110-HR-1966 | Fairness for Disabled Students Act of 2007 - Amends federal housing law to exempt from the prohibition against specified public housing rental assistance ("Section 8 assistance") persons with disabilities who were not receiving such assistance as of November 30, 2005. | Education | Higher | Housing and community development | 2007-04-19 | fairness disabled students act amends federal housing law exempt prohibition specified public housing rental assistance section assistance persons disabilities receiving assistance november |
110-HR-1969 | Montgomery G.I. Bill Improvement Act of 2007 - Exempts enlisted personnel in pay grade E-5 or below from the reduction in pay for contributions (premiums) under the Montgomery GI Bill educational assistance program. Allows individuals serving on active duty a one-year opportunity to withdraw a previous election not to receive such educational assistance. | Education | Higher | Armed forces and national security | 2007-04-19 | montgomery bill improvement act exempts enlisted personnel pay grade reduction pay contributions premiums montgomery bill educational assistance program allows individuals serving active duty year opportunity withdraw previous election receive educational assistance |
110-HR-1994 | Financial Aid Accountability and Transparency Act of 2007 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to prohibit an institution of higher education (IHE) from recommending student loan providers unless it has a formal written recommendation policy, publicizes such policy, and recommends a minimum of three unaffiliated lenders. Requires IHEs to disclose to students: (1) that they cannot limit students to recommended lenders and must process the loan documents of any eligible lender; (2) the maximum federal grant and loan aid available; and (3) the cost of attendance. Directs the Secretary of Education to develop and prescribe an easy-to-read model disclosure form for use by IHEs and lenders in providing relevant and specified minimum information to students concerning the terms of federal and private student loans. Requires IHEs to develop, publicize, and enforce codes of conduct for their employees, trustees, and directors prohibiting the acceptance of certain financial benefits or fees from student loan providers or guarantors. Bans IHEs from: (1) entering into educational loan arrangements that involve lender payments for recommended lender status; or (2) requesting or accepting lender assistance with call center or financial aid office staffing. Amends the Truth in Lending Act to require private educational loan providers to inform consumers, before such loans are executed, that they may qualify for federal educational assistance, that federal student loans may have more beneficial terms than private loans, and that they may obtain additional information concerning such assistance from the Department of Education's website. | Education | Higher | Education | 2007-04-23 | transparency act amends higher education act prohibit institution higher education ihe recommending student loan providers formal written recommendation policy policy recommends minimum unaffiliated lenders requires ihes disclose students limit students recommended lenders process loan documents eligible lender maximum federal grant loan aid available cost attendance directs secretary education develop prescribe easy read model disclosure form use ihes lenders providing relevant specified minimum information students concerning terms federal private student loans requires ihes develop publicize enforce codes conduct employees trustees directors prohibiting acceptance certain financial benefits fees student loan providers guarantors bans ihes entering educational loan arrangements involve lender payments recommended lender status requesting accepting lender assistance center financial aid office staffing amends truth lending act require private educational loan providers inform consumers loans executed qualify federal educational assistance federal student loans beneficial terms private loans obtain additional information concerning assistance department_of_education website |
110-HR-2004 | Higher Education for Freedom Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to make competitive grants to institutions of higher education and nonprofit history or academic organizations associated with higher education to prepare elementary, middle, and secondary school history teachers and to strengthen postsecondary programs in fields related to the founding of the United States, free institutions, and Western civilization. | Education | Higher | Education | 2007-04-23 | higher education freedom act directs secretary education competitive grants institutions higher education nonprofit history academic organizations associated higher education prepare elementary middle secondary school history teachers strengthen postsecondary programs fields related founding united_states free institutions western |
110-HR-2017 | Part-time Student Assistance Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide access and assistance to increase college attendance and completion by part-time students. Increases the earnings exempt from student aid need determinations for academic year 2007-2008 by exempting earnings of up to: (1) $9,000 for dependent students; and (2) $12,000 for independent students with no dependents (other than spouse). Establishes a revised table that increases the amount of earnings for independent students with dependents (other than spouse) that are exempt. Provides for inflationary adjustments to such earnings exemptions in subsequent academic years. Exempts earned income credits from the calculation of income. Revises and expands a program (child care access means parents in school) which provides grants to institutions of higher education for child care assistance for low-income students. Directs the Secretary of Education to establish a year-round Pell grant pilot program. Authorizes a demonstration program to create a holistic approach to addressing the needs of part-time students. Allows such program to: (1) be at up to 150 associate's and bachelor's degree-granting institutions; and (2) include grants, leveraging funds from nonfederal sources, comprehensive child care, and better tailored remedial course programs. | Education | Higher | Education | 2007-04-24 | time student assistance act amends higher education act provide access assistance increase college attendance completion time students increases earnings exempt student aid need determinations academic year exempting earnings dependent students independent students dependents spouse establishes revised table increases earnings independent students dependents spouse exempt provides adjustments earnings exemptions subsequent academic years exempts earned income credits calculation income revises expands program child care access means parents school provides grants institutions higher education child care assistance low income students directs secretary education establish year round pell grant pilot program authorizes demonstration program create holistic approach addressing needs time students allows program associate bachelor degree granting institutions include grants leveraging funds nonfederal sources comprehensive child care better tailored remedial course programs |
110-HR-2152 | Pacific Islands Fulbright Scholarship Fund Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of State to review and report to Congress on the marginalization of Pacific Island students in the awarding of Fulbright Scholarships. Requires the Secretary to establish an annual one-year program within the J. William Fulbright Educational Exchange program providing scholarships to Pacific Islands students for study in the United States pursuant to the terms of such Exchange program. | Education | Higher | Education | 2007-05-03 | scholarship fund act directs secretary state review report congress students awarding scholarships requires secretary establish annual year program william program providing scholarships students study united_states pursuant terms exchange program |
110-HR-2195 | Includes within educational loans eligible for repayment by the Department of Defense (DOD) under the Selected Reserve education loan repayment program any educational loan made by a lender that is: (1) an agency or instrumentality of a state; (2) a financial or credit institution subject to examination and supervision by the United States or a state; (3) a pension fund approved by the Secretary of Defense; or (2) a nonprofit private entity designated and regulated by a state, and approved by the Secretary. Makes officers (under current law, only enlisted personnel) eligible for such repayments. | Education | Higher | Armed forces and national security | 2007-05-07 | includes educational loans eligible repayment department_of_defense dod selected_reserve education loan repayment program educational loan lender agency instrumentality state financial credit institution subject examination supervision united_states state pension fund approved secretary defense nonprofit private entity designated regulated state approved secretary makes officers current law enlisted personnel eligible repayments |
110-HR-2247 | Montgomery GI Bill for Life Act of 2007 - Provides that, if an individual eligible for educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill is enrolled in an educational institution and the period of such individual's entitlement (ten years after discharge or release from active duty) would expire during a term, quarter, or semester of enrollment, that period shall be extended to the end of that term, quarter, or semester. Allows such an extension until the later of the end of the course or 12 weeks, in the case of an educational institution not regularly operated on a quarter or semester basis. Repeals the: (1) 14-year (after first becoming entitled) limit on the use of educational assistance by members of the Selected Reserve; and (2) ten-year limit on the use educational assistance by members of the Ready Reserve who are separated due to disability after supporting contingency and certain other operations. | Education | Higher | Armed forces and national security | 2007-05-09 | montgomery bill life act provides individual eligible educational assistance montgomery bill enrolled educational institution period individual entitlement years discharge release active duty expire term quarter semester enrollment period shall extended end term quarter semester allows extension later end course weeks case educational institution regularly operated quarter semester basis repeals year entitled limit use educational assistance members selected_reserve year limit use educational assistance members ready_reserve separated disability supporting contingency certain operations |
110-HR-2363 | Generating Opportunity by Forgiving Educational Debt for Service Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income student loan repayments by the federal government on behalf of federal employees and members of the Armed Forces on active duty. Exempts such repayments from social security taxes. | Education | Higher | Taxation | 2007-05-17 | generating opportunity amends internal revenue code exclude gross income student loan repayments federal government behalf federal employees members armed_forces active duty exempts repayments social security taxes |
110-HR-2411 | Deductibility and Incentives to Promote Learning Opportunities and Maximize Assistance (DIPLOMA) Act of 2007- Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow an unlimited tax deduction for qualified tuition and related expenses for taxpayers whose adjusted gross incomes do not exceed $80,000 ($160,000 for joint returns); (2) extend such deduction through 2010; (3) allow a tax deduction for principal amounts paid on education loans for the first 60 months of such loans; (4) replace the Hope Scholarship tax credit with an earned tuition tax credit for the first $1,500 of qualified tuition and related expenses (50% of expenses over $1,500 up to $4,000) for four years of postsecondary education; and (5) make the tax credit for earned tuition and lifetime learning expenses refundable. | Education | Higher | Taxation | 2007-05-21 | deductibility incentives promote learning opportunities diploma act amends_the_internal_revenue_code allow unlimited tax deduction qualified tuition related expenses taxpayers adjusted gross incomes exceed joint returns extend deduction allow tax deduction principal amounts paid education loans months loans replace hope scholarship tax credit earned tuition tax credit qualified tuition related expenses expenses years postsecondary education tax credit earned tuition lifetime learning expenses refundable |
110-HR-2417 | Montgomery GI Bill Second Chance Act of 2007 - Authorizes certain members of the Armed Forces to make an irrevocable election during October of any year beginning in 2005 to become entitled to basic educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill. Requires a reduction in basic pay of those members electing such educational assistance or, if the member is discharged or released from active duty prior to such reduction, the collection of specified amounts from the member or an equivalent reduction in retired or retainer pay. Requires the Secretary concerned, in conjunction with the Secretary of Defense, to provide notice of the opportunity created by this Act to elect educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill. | Education | Higher | Armed forces and national security | 2007-05-21 | montgomery chance act authorizes certain members armed_forces irrevocable election october year beginning entitled basic educational assistance montgomery bill requires reduction basic pay members electing educational assistance member discharged released active duty prior reduction collection specified amounts member equivalent reduction retired retainer pay requires secretary concerned conjunction secretary defense provide notice opportunity created act elect educational assistance montgomery bill |
110-HR-2458 | Universal Higher Education and Lifetime Learning Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to replace the Hope Scholarship and Lifetime Learning Tax Credits with a partially refundable Higher Education Tax Credit covering: (1) up to 50% of a taxpayer's higher education expenses for a taxable year that do not exceed $3,000; and (2) up to 30% of such expenses between $3,000 and $8,000. Sets a lifetime credit limitation of $12,000 per student. Applies the credit to no more than two years of graduate education. Repeals the tax deduction for qualified tuition and related expenses. | Education | Higher | Taxation | 2007-05-23 | amends internal revenue code replace hope scholarship partially refundable covering taxpayer higher education expenses taxable year exceed expenses sets lifetime credit limitation student applies credit years graduate education repeals tax deduction qualified tuition related expenses |
110-HR-2465 | Income-Dependent Education Assistance Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of Education to conduct a direct income-dependent education assistance (IDEA) loan program, from July 1, 2008, through July 1, 2014, under which student borrowers of Federal Family Education Loans (FFELs) or Direct Loans (DLs), under parts B and D of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, may elect to convert or consolidate such loans to direct IDEA loans. Provides that when a student defaults on a loan under the FFEL or DL programs and it is repaid or canceled by the Secretary, it is thereby converted to a direct IDEA loan. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for collection of IDEA loan repayments through the income tax collection system. | Education | Higher | Education | 2007-05-23 | education assistance act directs secretary education conduct direct income dependent education assistance idea loan program july july student borrowers federal_family_education_loans ffels direct_loans dls parts title higher education act elect convert consolidate loans direct idea loans provides student defaults loan ffel programs repaid canceled secretary converted direct idea loan amends internal revenue code provide collection idea loan repayments income tax collection system |
110-HR-2521 | Nursing Facility Fire Safety Act of 2007 - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (the Secretary) to establish programs of direct loans and grants for retrofitting nursing facilities with automatic fire sprinkler systems. Gives priority to grant applications that demonstrate a need or hardship. Requires the Secretary to consult with the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to determine if there are loan programs or other funds available for such retrofitting. Authorizes the Secretary to evaluate where a nursing facility may not have an adequate structure to retrofit the entire facility within a reasonable timeframe and work with the facility to identify other remedial actions. | Education | Higher | Health | 2007-05-24 | requires secretary health_and_human_services secretary establish programs direct loans grants retrofitting nursing facilities automatic fire sprinkler systems gives priority grant applications demonstrate need hardship requires secretary consult secretary housing_and_urban_development determine loan programs funds available retrofitting authorizes secretary evaluate nursing facility adequate structure retrofit entire facility reasonable timeframe work facility identify remedial actions |
110-HR-2559 | First Higher Education Extension Act of 2007 - Amends the Higher Education Extension Act of 2005 to extend the programs under the Higher Education Act of 1965 through October 31, 2007. | Education | Higher | Education | 2007-06-05 | amends higher education extension act extend programs higher education act october |
110-HR-2572 | Nurse Loan Forgiveness Act of 2007 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to include, under HEA student loan forgiveness and cancellation programs, nurses who: (1) serve at least one calendar year in an approved health care facility or setting; or (2) have a Masters of Science in Nursing and are nursing instructors in a school of nursing. Limits the maximum amount of such loan repayment by the Secretary of Education to $2,000 after the first year of a nurse's employment, with incremental increases after the second through fourth years, up to $5,000 after the fifth year. | Education | Higher | Education | 2007-06-05 | nurse loan forgiveness act amends higher education act hea include hea student loan forgiveness cancellation programs nurses serve calendar year approved health care facility setting nursing nursing instructors school nursing limits maximum loan repayment secretary education year nurse employment incremental increases second fourth years fifth year |
110-HR-2588 | Comprehensive Coverdell Modernization Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) increase from $2,000 to $4,000 the annual contribution limit to Coverdell education savings accounts; and (2) adjust such contribution limit for inflation after 2008.Makes permanent provisions enacted by the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 relating to Coverdell education savings accounts and qualified tuition programs. | Education | Higher | Taxation | 2007-06-06 | comprehensive coverdell modernization act amends internal revenue code increase annual contribution limit coverdell education savings accounts adjust contribution limit inflation permanent provisions enacted economic_growth_and_tax_relief_reconciliation_act relating coverdell education savings accounts qualified tuition programs |
110-HR-2621 | Teacher and Nurse Support Act of 2007 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to increase to a maximum of $17,500 the aggregate student loan obligation eligible for forgiveness or cancellation under the Federal Family Education Loan or Direct Loan programs for teachers who serve full-time in certain elementary or secondary schools that enroll a high proportion of disadvantaged students. Includes, under these student loan forgiveness and cancellation programs, nurses who serve in a clinical setting or as a member of the nursing faculty at an accredited school of nursing. Directs the Secretary of Education to repay such loan obligation in annual installments up to specified maximum amounts after each of five years of such service. | Education | Higher | Education | 2007-06-07 | teacher amends higher education act increase maximum aggregate student loan obligation eligible forgiveness cancellation federal_family_education_loan direct_loan programs teachers serve time certain elementary secondary schools enroll high proportion disadvantaged students includes student loan forgiveness cancellation programs nurses serve clinical setting member nursing faculty accredited school nursing directs secretary education repay loan obligation annual installments specified maximum amounts years service |
110-HR-2655 | Early Educator Loan Forgiveness Act of 2007 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to replace the loan forgiveness demonstration program for child care providers with a program providing student loan forgiveness or cancellation under the Federal Family Education Loan or Direct Loan programs to borrowers who are employed for at least five consecutive complete school years as early childhood educators who work directly with children in eligible preschool or early childhood education programs in low-income communities. Requires such educators to have completed a baccalaureate or advanced degree in early childhood development, early childhood education, or in a field related to early childhood education. Limits such forgiveness or cancellation to no more than $5,000 of the borrower's loan outstanding upon completion of five years of service. | Education | Higher | Education | 2007-06-11 | amends higher education act replace loan forgiveness demonstration program child care providers program providing student loan forgiveness cancellation federal_family_education_loan direct_loan programs borrowers employed consecutive complete school years early childhood educators work directly children eligible preschool early childhood education programs low income communities requires educators completed baccalaureate advanced degree early childhood development early childhood education field related early childhood education limits forgiveness cancellation borrower loan outstanding completion years service |
110-HR-2661 | Education for Public Service Act of 2007 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to forgive the balance due on Direct Loans and direct consolidation loans by individuals who have been public sector employees for 10 years and have made 120 income contingent payments on such loans. Revises income contingent Direct Loan repayment schedules for married borrowers to attribute to the borrower one-half (rather than all) of the combined adjusted gross income of the borrower and the borrower's spouse. | Education | Higher | Education | 2007-06-11 | amends higher education act direct secretary education forgive balance direct_loans direct consolidation loans individuals public sector employees years income contingent payments loans revises income contingent direct_loan repayment schedules married borrowers borrower half combined adjusted gross income borrower borrower spouse |
110-HR-2672 | Real Access to College Education Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow individual taxpayers (and their spouses if a joint return is filed) a tax deduction from gross income for post-secondary educational expenses, including tuition and related expenses and room and board. Limits the annual amount of such deduction to $13,150, subject to an adjustment based on the taxpayer's modified adjusted gross income. | Education | Higher | Taxation | 2007-06-12 | real access college education act amends internal revenue code allow individual taxpayers spouses joint return filed tax deduction gross income post secondary educational expenses including tuition related expenses room board limits annual deduction subject adjustment based taxpayer modified adjusted gross income |
110-HR-2690 | College Affordability and Accountability Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to require state maintenance of effort in providing funding to public institutions of higher education (IHEs). Requires all IHEs to plan, engage in, and report on cost containment strategies. Authorizes the Secretary of Education to conduct research on such strategies. Directs the Secretary to publish an annual report on college affordability and to disseminate certain data, including the net price tuition index (NTPI) for each IHE through a college price calculator on an enhanced college opportunities on line (COOL) website. Establishes a Pell Plus program to provide an increased award to each Pell Grant recipient at IHEs that maintain specified types of: (1) low tuition; (2) guaranteed tuition; or (3) affordable tuition. Establishes a program of grants for cooperative education for IHEs that restrain tuition increases. Authorizes grants and contracts for cooperative education demonstration and innovation projects, training and resource centers, and research. Directs the Secretary to commission the National Research Council to study the viability of developing and implementing standards in environmental, health, and safety areas to provide for differential regulation of: (1) industrial laboratories and facilities; and (2) research and teaching laboratories. Authorizes the Secretary to select IHEs, IHE systems, or IHE consortia for voluntary participation in an articulation agreement demonstration program to specify the acceptability of courses in transfer toward meeting specific degree requirements, as a means to lower tuition prices for students. Directs the Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance to convene a task force of experts to: (1) determine the best methods to finance higher education in the long-term; (2) help public institutions utilize long-term budgeting; (3) review the trends of financing of higher education; and (4) define the role played by the states, the federal government, families, and outside entities in financing higher education, and determine the best methods to strengthen this partnership. | Education | Higher | Education | 2007-06-12 | college affordability accountability act amends higher education act hea require state maintenance effort providing funding public institutions higher education ihes requires ihes plan engage report cost containment strategies authorizes secretary education conduct research strategies directs secretary publish annual report college affordability disseminate certain data including net price tuition index ihe college price calculator enhanced college opportunities line cool website establishes program provide increased award pell_grant recipient ihes maintain specified types low tuition guaranteed tuition affordable tuition establishes program grants cooperative education ihes restrain tuition increases authorizes grants contracts cooperative education demonstration innovation projects training resource centers research directs secretary commission national_research_council study viability developing implementing standards environmental health safety areas provide differential regulation industrial laboratories facilities research teaching laboratories authorizes secretary select ihes ihe systems ihe consortia voluntary participation articulation agreement demonstration program specify acceptability courses transfer meeting specific degree requirements means lower tuition prices students directs convene task force experts determine best methods finance higher education long term help public institutions utilize long term budgeting review trends financing higher education define role played states federal government families outside entities financing higher education determine best methods strengthen partnership |
110-HR-2700 | Directs the Secretary of Education to immediately suspend, until expressly authorized by statute, enforcement of the Notice of Final Priority, including the evaluation described within it. (The Absolute Priority, issued by the Department of Education on July 3, 2006, which is the subject of the Notice: (1) sets rules regarding which high school students will be given priority for participation in the Upward Bound college preparation program; and (2) calls for an evaluation of the program using a control group of students who do not receive Upward Bound services.) | Education | Higher | Education | 2007-06-13 | directs secretary education immediately suspend expressly authorized statute enforcement including evaluation described issued department_of_education july subject notice sets rules high school students given priority participation upward bound college preparation program calls evaluation program control group students receive upward bound services |
110-HR-2753 | University of the District of Columbia Graduate Programs Act - Amends the Higher Education Act to: (1) make the University of the District of Columbia (UDC) David A. Clarke School of Law and other UDC qualified graduate programs eligible for federal grants for postgraduate programs substantially contributing to the legal, medical, dental, veterinary, or other graduate education opportunities in mathematics, engineering, or the physical or natural sciences for black Americans; and (2) authorize appropriations for FY2008-FY2013 for such grant program. | Education | Higher | Education | 2007-06-15 | graduate programs act amends higher education act qualified graduate programs eligible federal grants postgraduate programs substantially contributing legal medical dental veterinary graduate education opportunities mathematics engineering physical natural sciences black americans authorize appropriations fy2008 fy2013 grant program |
110-HR-2782 | Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend the tax deduction for qualified tuition and related expenses through 2009. | Education | Higher | Taxation | 2007-06-19 | amends internal revenue code extend tax deduction qualified tuition related expenses |
110-HR-2869 | Central Asia Education Enhancement Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of State to establish a pilot program of scholarships for public policy internships in the United States for undergraduate and graduate students from Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. Gives internship priority to students who are: (1) underprivileged or from ethnic, religious or cultural minorities; and (2) from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, or Uzbekistan. | Education | Higher | International affairs | 2007-06-26 | enhancement act directs secretary state establish pilot program scholarships public policy internships united_states undergraduate graduate students azerbaijan armenia georgia kazakhstan kyrgyzstan tajikistan turkmenistan uzbekistan gives internship priority students ethnic religious cultural minorities kazakhstan kyrgyzstan uzbekistan |
110-HR-2924 | Greater Access to Education Act of 2007 - Amends Internal Revenue Code provisions relating to the Hope Scholarship tax credit to: (1) include room, board, fees, books, supplies, and equipment as expenses eligible for such credit; (2) exclude Pell and Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants from types of scholarship assistance which reduce the allowable amount of such credit; and (3) exempt certain expenses eligible for such credit from tax information reporting requirements.Makes the Hope Scholarship and Lifetime Learning tax credits refundable. | Education | Higher | Taxation | 2007-06-28 | greater access education act 2007_-_amends_internal_revenue code provisions relating hope scholarship tax credit include room board fees books supplies equipment expenses eligible credit exclude types scholarship assistance reduce allowable credit exempt certain expenses eligible credit tax information reporting requirements makes hope scholarship lifetime_learning tax credits refundable |
110-HR-3040 | Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to pay to each individual entitled to basic educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill and pursuing a program of education with a focus on science, technology, engineering, or math a lump-sum payment of $2,000 per academic year, or fraction thereof for enrollment lasting less than a year. Makes such amount in addition to any other educational assistance to which the individual is entitled. | Education | Higher | Armed forces and national security | 2007-07-12 | directs secretary veterans_affairs pay individual entitled basic educational assistance montgomery bill pursuing program education focus science technology engineering math lump sum payment academic year thereof enrollment lasting year makes addition educational assistance individual entitled |
110-HR-3065 | Sets $19 million as the maximum amount per fiscal year for reimbursement to states and local agencies administering veterans' education benefits. | Education | Higher | Armed forces and national security | 2007-07-17 | sets million maximum fiscal year reimbursement states local agencies administering veterans education benefits |
110-HR-3082 | Montgomery GI Bill Degree Extension Act of 2007 - Extends the time limitation (generally ten years from the original eligibility date) for the use of educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill all-volunteer force educational assistance program, in the case of an individual who has completed at least 50% of the credit or time requirements leading to a degree or certificate before the last day of the ten-year period, to the earlier of: (1) the date on which the individual completes such requirements; or (2) two years after the last day of the ten-year period. | Education | Higher | Armed forces and national security | 2007-07-18 | montgomery bill degree extension act extends time limitation generally years original eligibility date use educational assistance montgomery bill volunteer force educational assistance program case individual completed credit time requirements leading degree certificate day year period earlier date individual completes requirements years day year period |
110-HR-3091 | Patsy T. Mink Fellowship Act of 2007 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish the Patsy T. Mink Fellowship program. Directs the Secretary of Education to make grants to institutions of higher education (IHEs) to award fellowships to minorities and women seeking terminal master's degrees or doctorate degrees in academic areas in which such individuals are underrepresented for the purpose of entering the higher education professoriate. Requires fellowship recipients to teach, for a period equivalent to their fellowship period, at IHEs with graduate programs. Directs the Secretary, to the extent practical, to provide at least 50% of the grant funds to minority-serving IHEs or consortia that include such IHEs. | Education | Higher | Education | 2007-07-18 | fellowship act amends higher education act establish program directs secretary education grants institutions higher education ihes award fellowships minorities women seeking terminal master degrees doctorate degrees academic areas individuals underrepresented purpose entering higher education requires fellowship recipients teach period equivalent fellowship period ihes graduate programs directs secretary extent practical provide grant funds minority serving ihes consortia include ihes |
110-HR-3099 | National Guard and Reserve Higher Education Fairness Act - Allows educational assistance to continue to be provided to a member of the Selected Reserve of the Ready Reserve who incurs a break in service from the Selected Reserve of any period of time (current law prohibits such break from being more than 90 days) if the member continues to serve in the Ready Reserve during and after such break in service. | Education | Higher | Armed forces and national security | 2007-07-19 | education fairness act allows educational assistance continue provided member incurs break service selected_reserve period time current law prohibits break days member continues serve ready reserve break service |
110-HR-3122 | Second Higher Education Extension Act of 2007 - Amends the Higher Education Extension Act of 2005 to extend the programs under the Higher Education Act of 1965 through September 30, 2007. | Education | Higher | Education | 2007-07-23 | amends higher education extension act extend programs higher education act september |
110-HR-3177 | Local Education Authority Returns Now Act - Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to make an annual determination of states that have chosen to opt-out of K-12 education grant programs.Requires the Secretary of Education to determine credits due to states as opt-out state education amounts.Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow individual taxpayers in states that opt-out a refundable tax credit for a share of the opt-out amount creditable to such states. | Education | Higher | Taxation | 2007-07-25 | returns act requires secretary treasury annual determination states chosen opt k-12 education grant programs requires secretary education determine credits states opt state education amounts amends internal revenue code allow individual taxpayers states opt refundable tax credit share opt creditable states |
110-HR-3317 | GEAR UP Enhancement Act of 2007 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to revise the Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Program (GEAR UP) created to facilitate the transition of low-income high school students into postsecondary education. Establishes a seven year GEAR UP grant period. Requires grantees to provide services to students through their first year of postsecondary education. Revises GEAR UP matching requirements to allow: (1) matching funds to accrue over the duration of a grant; (2) grantees to request that the match be reduced; and (3) each non-federal dollar obligated for student financial aid to be treated as two dollars toward the match. Expands permissible uses of grant funds to include promoting student financial and economic literacy and facilitating family and community involvement in the program. Permits state grantees to use program funds for technical assistance to middle or secondary schools or partnership grantees located in the state. Provides that GEAR UP scholarships are to supplement aid to which students are already eligible. Alters the formula used in determining the minimum GEAR UP scholarship to factor in the minimum, rather than maximum, Pell Grant. Reauthorizes GEAR UP appropriations through FY2014. | Education | Higher | Education | 2007-08-02 | gear enhancement act amends higher education act revise gear created facilitate transition low income high school students postsecondary education establishes seven year gear grant period requires grantees provide services students year postsecondary education revises gear matching requirements allow matching funds accrue duration grant grantees request match reduced non federal dollar obligated student financial aid treated dollars match expands permissible uses grant funds include promoting student financial economic literacy facilitating family community involvement program permits state grantees use program funds technical assistance middle secondary schools partnership grantees located state provides gear scholarships supplement aid students eligible alters formula determining minimum gear scholarship factor minimum maximum pell_grant reauthorizes gear appropriations fy2014 |
110-HR-3378 | College Affordability for Working Students Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Education to carry out a Demonstration Loan program providing guaranteed and direct loans to less than half-time students for not more than six terms, semesters, or substantially equivalent periods of enrollment over the duration of the students' studies. Limits program participation to up to 100 institutions of higher education or consortia of IHEs. Requires program loans to be: (1) subject to deferral of repayment while the borrower is enrolled as a student, even if less than half-time; and (2) repaid pursuant to a repayment plan selected by the borrower that commences six months after the borrower's enrollment ends. Authorizes the Secretary to waive, for IHE participants, certain requirements limiting what may be included in the cost of attendance for less than half-time students. | Education | Higher | Education | 2007-08-03 | college affordability working students act amends higher education act authorize secretary education carry program providing guaranteed direct loans half time students terms semesters substantially equivalent periods enrollment duration students studies limits program participation institutions higher education consortia ihes requires program loans subject deferral repayment borrower enrolled student half time repaid pursuant repayment plan selected borrower commences months borrower enrollment ends authorizes secretary waive ihe participants certain requirements limiting included cost attendance half time students |
110-HR-3388 | College Affordability Tax Relief Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) increase the tax deduction for tuition and related expenses; (2) allow an inflation adjustment after 2008 of taxpayer adjusted gross income levels used to determine eligibility for, and allowable amounts of, such deduction; and (3) make such deduction permanent. | Education | Higher | Taxation | 2007-08-03 | college affordability tax relief act amends internal revenue code increase tax deduction tuition related expenses allow inflation adjustment taxpayer adjusted gross income levels determine eligibility allowable amounts deduction deduction permanent |
110-HR-3414 | Veterans Upward Bound Improvement Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to prohibit members of the Armed Forces Reserves who served on active duty in support of a contingency operation on or after September 11, 2001, from being deemed ineligible for participation in federal TRIO programs due to age. (TRIO programs prepare disadvantaged students for, and support their pursuit of, postsecondary education.) | Education | Higher | Education | 2007-08-03 | veterans upward bound improvement act amends higher education act prohibit members armed_forces_reserves served active duty support contingency operation september deemed ineligible participation federal trio programs age trio programs prepare disadvantaged students support pursuit postsecondary education |
110-HR-3450 | College Student Success Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Education to establish a pilot program awarding competitive, matching, Student Success grants to institutions of higher education in which, during the preceding three-year period, an average of at least 50% of entering first-year students were enrolled in developmental courses to bring their reading, writing, or mathematics skills up to college-level. Requires the grants to be used to help Pell grant eligible students persevere in postsecondary education, beginning from their first year of study. Requires such help to include the assignment of a Student Success Coach to every student participant to provide intensive career and academic advising, ongoing personal help in navigating college services, and assistance in connecting to community resources that can help students overcome family and personal challenges to success. Gives grant priority to schools proposing to replicate policies and practices that have proven effective in increasing persistence and completion by low-income students or students in need of developmental education. Provides that the size of each grant shall be based on the number of a grantee's student participants; but limits each school to no more than 200 participants each academic year. Directs the Secretary to provide technical assistance to grantees who, after three years, are not significantly improving their student participants' perseverance in their studies. | Education | Higher | Education | 2007-08-03 | college student success act amends higher education act authorize secretary education establish pilot program awarding competitive matching grants institutions higher education preceding year period average entering year students enrolled developmental courses bring reading writing mathematics skills college level requires grants help pell grant eligible students postsecondary education beginning year study requires help include assignment student success coach student participant provide intensive career academic advising ongoing personal help navigating college services assistance connecting community resources help students overcome family personal challenges success gives grant priority schools proposing replicate policies practices proven effective increasing persistence completion low income students students need developmental education provides size grant shall based number grantee student participants limits school participants academic year directs secretary provide technical assistance grantees years significantly improving student participants studies |
110-HR-3483 | Universal College Credit Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit up to $4,000 annually for the qualified tuition and related expenses of an individual taxpayer, a taxpayer's spouse, and dependents. Allows such credit for four years of undergraduate education expenses and six years of graduate or professional education expenses. Excludes expenses for courses involving sports, games, or hobbies (unless part of a degree program) and expenses unrelated to an academic program (e.g., student activity fees, athletic fees, or insurance fees). | Education | Higher | Taxation | 2007-09-06 | allow tax credit annually qualified tuition related expenses individual taxpayer taxpayer spouse dependents allows credit years undergraduate education expenses years graduate professional education expenses excludes expenses courses involving sports games degree program expenses unrelated academic program student activity fees athletic fees insurance fees |
110-HR-3512 | College Textbook Affordability and Transparency Act of 2007 - Requires publishers informing teachers at institutions of higher education about available textbooks or supplements to include written information concerning: (1) the price the publisher would charge the bookstore associated with such institution for such items; (2) the full history of revisions for such items; and (3) whether such items are available in other formats, including paperback and unbound, and the price the publisher would charge the bookstore for items in those formats. Requires a publisher that sells a textbook and any accompanying supplement as a single bundled item also to sell them as separately priced and unbundled items. Directs federally-assisted institutions of higher education to include on printed or internet course schedules the International Standard Book Number (ISBN) and retail price for each required or recommended textbook or supplement for listed courses. Requires an institution to: (1) use the author and title if the ISBN is unavailable; and (2) indicate that the required information has yet to be determined if its disclosure for a course is impractical. Requires such institutions to provide sellers of textbooks (other than publishers) that meet their requirements with: (1) their course schedules for the subsequent academic period; (2) the information this Act requires to be placed on each course schedule regarding each textbook or supplement required or recommended for each course; and (3) the number of students enrolled, and the maximum enrollment, in each course. | Education | Higher | Education | 2007-09-10 | college textbook affordability transparency act requires publishers informing teachers institutions higher education available textbooks supplements include written information concerning price publisher charge associated institution items history revisions items items available formats including price publisher charge items formats requires publisher sells textbook accompanying supplement single bundled item sell separately priced items directs federally assisted institutions higher education include printed internet course schedules international standard book number retail price required recommended textbook supplement listed courses requires institution use author title unavailable indicate required information determined disclosure course requires institutions provide sellers textbooks publishers meet requirements course schedules subsequent academic period information act requires placed course schedule textbook supplement required recommended course number students enrolled maximum enrollment course |
110-HR-3566 | Extends permanently the Secretary of Education's authority under the Higher Education Relief Opportunities for Students Act of 2003 to waive or modify the application of requirements and regulations pertaining to student financial assistance, under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, to certain individuals and entities affected by wars, other military operations, or national emergencies. | Education | Higher | Education | 2007-09-18 | extends permanently secretary education authority higher education relief opportunities students act waive modify application requirements regulations pertaining student financial assistance title higher education act certain individuals entities affected wars military operations national emergencies |
110-HR-3597 | Increasing Education Opportunities for Nurses and Nurse Faculty Act of 2007 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to award grants to nursing schools to enhance their capacity to accommodate additional students in: (1) Registered Nurse (RN) associate or baccalaureate degree programs; or (2) graduate programs for prospective teachers of nursing or RNs who seek advanced practice degrees. Bases the amount of a school's grant on the extent to which the school increases its enrollment of nursing students for an academic year over its average nursing student enrollment for the four preceding academic years. Prohibits the use of grants to construct new facilities. | Education | Higher | Education | 2007-09-19 | increasing education opportunities amends higher education act direct secretary education award grants nursing schools enhance capacity accommodate additional students registered nurse associate baccalaureate degree programs graduate programs prospective teachers nursing seek advanced practice degrees bases school grant extent school increases enrollment nursing students academic year average nursing student enrollment preceding academic years prohibits use grants construct new facilities |
110-HR-3607 | Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) increase the maximum dollar limitation on the Hope Scholarship tax credit from $1,000 to $2,000; (2) allow such credit for four years (currently, two years) of postsecondary education; and (3) allow such credit to include expenses for books, supplies, and equipment for courses and for reasonable room and board expenses. | Education | Higher | Taxation | 2007-09-20 | amends internal revenue code increase maximum dollar limitation hope scholarship tax credit allow credit years currently years postsecondary education allow credit include expenses books supplies equipment courses reasonable room board expenses |
110-HR-3625 | Declares the sense of Congress that: (1) the Higher Education Relief Opportunities for Students Act of 2003 addresses the unique situations that active duty military personnel and other affected individuals may face in connection with their enrollment in postsecondary institutions and their federal student loans; and (2) the provisions authorized by such Act should be made permanent, thereby allowing the Secretary of Education to continue providing assistance to active duty service members and other affected individuals and their families. Amends the Higher Education Relief Opportunities for Students Act of 2003 to repeal the termination date of such act, thereby making permanent the Secretary's authority to waive or modify any statutory or regulatory provision applicable to the student financial assistance programs under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 as deemed necessary in connection with a war or other military operation or national emergency. | Education | Higher | Education | 2007-09-20 | declares sense congress higher education relief opportunities students act addresses unique situations active duty military personnel affected individuals face connection enrollment postsecondary institutions federal student loans provisions authorized act permanent allowing secretary education continue providing assistance active duty service members affected individuals families amends higher education relief opportunities students act repeal termination date act making permanent secretary authority waive modify statutory regulatory provision applicable student financial assistance programs title higher education act deemed necessary connection war military operation national emergency |
110-HR-3634 | Strategic Technology/Engineering Program Act of 2007 or the STEP Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Education to award renewable one-year STEP scholarships to students who pursue undergraduate or graduate degrees in engineering, technology, applied sciences, mathematics, or similar fields. Authorizes the Secretary to provide student loan forgiveness to borrowers under the Federal Family Education Loan and Direct Loan programs who agree to remain employed as engineers for at least eight years and obtain licensure as professional engineers within eight years of obtaining a degree. | Education | Higher | Education | 2007-09-24 | step act amends higher education act authorize secretary education award renewable year step scholarships students pursue undergraduate graduate degrees engineering technology applied sciences mathematics similar fields authorizes secretary provide student loan forgiveness borrowers federal_family_education_loan direct_loan programs agree remain employed engineers years obtain licensure professional engineers years obtaining degree |
110-HR-3746 | College Access and Opportunity Act of 2007 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to revise and reauthorize appropriations for HEA programs. Establishes a single definition of institutions of higher education (IHEs) for purposes of their participation in all HEA programs, including title IV student aid programs. Allows IHEs to enroll students who are also enrolled in secondary school. Revises higher education consumer information and public accountability requirements. Imposes educational loan disclosure requirements on lenders and IHEs. Replaces the Teacher Quality Enhancement Grants for States and Partnerships program under title II with a new Teacher Quality Partnership grant program for partnerships of high-need local educational agencies (LEAs), high-need schools, IHEs, and public or private educational organizations. Repeals part B (Preparing Tomorrow's Teachers to Use Technology) of title II. Creates a new title II: (1) Teacher Incentive Fund program to assist states, LEAs, and nonprofit organizations in implementing comprehensive performance-based compensation systems for teachers and principals; and (2) National Teacher Corps grant program to recruit, select, train, and support college graduates as new teachers for high-need LEAs. Revises and reauthorizes title III Institutional Aid programs providing grants to IHEs serving high percentages of minority and low-income students. Revises and reauthorizes title IV Student Assistance programs. Increases the maximum Pell grant and allows year-round grants. Makes homeless or unaccompanied youth eligible to participate in the TRIO and Gear UP programs. Turns the Robert C. Byrd Honors Scholarship program into: (1) scholarship and loan forgiveness programs for mathematics and science students; and (2) an adjunct teacher corps program to recruit and place secondary school mathematics, science, and critical foreign language teachers. Repeals the Learning Anywhere Partnerships program. Provides student loan forgiveness under the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) program for service in areas of national need. Prohibits certain business arrangements and inducements between lenders, guaranty agencies, and IHEs. Requires the development of simplified paper and electronic student aid application forms. Increases the institutional and financial aid information which IHEs must provide to current and prospective students. Establishes a college affordability demonstration program for innovations in the delivery of higher education and student aid that reduce costs for students and IHEs. Requires all IHEs (currently, only for-profit IHEs) to have at least 10% of their revenues from sources other than title IV funds. Revises IHE accreditation requirements. Revises and reauthorizes the title V Developing Institutions grant program for Hispanic-serving institutions. Establishes a new grant program for graduate programs at such institutions. Revises and reauthorizes title VI International Education programs. Establishes under title VI: (1) a grant program for partnerships of IHEs and LEAs that establish articulated programs of study in critical-need foreign languages; and (2) an independent International Higher Education Advisory Board within the Department of Education. Revises and reauthorizes title VII Graduate and Post-Secondary Improvement programs. Establishes a new Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education program providing scholarships to the family members of veterans and military personnel. Eliminates the Urban Community Service grant program. Revises and reauthorizes various programs under the Education of the Deaf Act of 1986 and the Tribally Controlled College or University Assistance Act of 1978. Reauthorizes the Underground Railroad Educational and Cultural program under the Higher Education Amendments of 1998. Reauthorizes the Tribal Economic Development and Technology Related Education Assistance Act of 1990. Reauthorizes appropriations under the Navajo Community College Act and the (Higher) Education Amendments of 1992 for construction grants and Olympic Scholarships, respectively. | Education | Higher | Education | 2007-10-04 | opportunity act amends higher education act hea revise reauthorize appropriations hea programs establishes single definition institutions higher education ihes purposes participation hea programs including title student aid programs allows ihes enroll students enrolled secondary school revises higher education consumer information public accountability requirements imposes educational loan disclosure requirements lenders ihes replaces teacher quality enhancement grants states partnerships program title new teacher quality partnership grant program partnerships high need local educational agencies leas high need schools ihes public private educational organizations repeals preparing tomorrow title creates new title teacher program assist states leas nonprofit organizations implementing comprehensive performance based compensation systems teachers principals national teacher corps grant program recruit select train support college graduates new teachers high need leas revises reauthorizes title programs providing grants ihes serving high percentages minority low income students revises reauthorizes title student assistance programs increases maximum pell grant allows year round grants makes homeless unaccompanied youth eligible participate trio gear programs turns honors scholarship program scholarship loan forgiveness programs mathematics science students adjunct teacher corps program recruit place secondary school mathematics science critical foreign language teachers repeals program provides student loan forgiveness federal_family_education_loan ffel program service areas national need prohibits certain business arrangements inducements lenders guaranty agencies ihes requires development simplified paper electronic student aid application forms increases institutional financial aid information ihes provide current prospective students establishes college affordability demonstration program innovations delivery higher education student aid reduce costs students ihes requires ihes currently profit ihes revenues sources title funds revises ihe accreditation requirements revises reauthorizes title developing institutions grant program hispanic serving institutions establishes new grant program graduate programs institutions revises reauthorizes title programs establishes title grant program partnerships ihes leas establish programs study critical need foreign languages independent department_of_education revises reauthorizes title vii graduate programs establishes new fund_for_the_improvement_of_postsecondary_education program providing scholarships family members veterans military personnel grant program revises reauthorizes programs education deaf act tribally_controlled_college university assistance act reauthorizes program higher_education_amendments reauthorizes assistance act reauthorizes appropriations higher education amendments construction grants respectively |
110-HR-3748 | Servicemember Student Loan Interest Relief Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide that no interest shall accrue on student loans under the Federal Direct Loan program for individuals who are serving on active duty or performing National Guard duty during a war or other military operation or national emergency. Limits receipt of such benefit to 60 months. Requires the Secretary of Education to offer direct consolidation loans to eligible service members who want to avoid the accrual of interest on existing loans. | Education | Higher | Education | 2007-10-04 | servicemember relief act amends higher education act provide interest shall accrue student loans federal_direct_loan program individuals serving active duty performing national_guard duty war military operation national emergency limits receipt benefit months requires secretary education offer direct consolidation loans eligible service members want avoid accrual interest existing loans |
110-HR-3780 | Military Child College Affordability Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to prohibit a state from charging members of the armed forces who are on active duty for more than 30 days and whose domicile or permanent duty station is in such state, and such members' dependents, more than the in-state tuition for attending a public institution of higher education (IHE) in that state. Provides that, even if such members' permanent duty station is subsequently changed to a location outside the state, they or their dependents must continue to be charged no more than the in-state tuition if they remain continuously enrolled at such IHE in the state. | Education | Higher | Education | 2007-10-09 | military child college affordability act amends higher education act prohibit state charging members armed forces active duty days domicile permanent duty station state members dependents state tuition attending public institution higher education ihe state provides members permanent duty station subsequently changed location outside state dependents continue charged state tuition remain continuously enrolled ihe state |
110-HR-3879 | Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through 2008 the tax deduction for qualified tuition and related expenses. | Education | Higher | Taxation | 2007-10-17 | amends internal revenue code extend tax deduction qualified tuition related expenses |
110-HR-3882 | Shortens the length of the obligated period of active duty service required of certain members of the Armed Forces to receive certain veterans' education benefits. | Education | Higher | Armed forces and national security | 2007-10-17 | length obligated period active duty service required certain members armed_forces receive certain veterans education benefits |
110-HR-3927 | Third Higher Education Extension Act of 2007 - Amends the Higher Education Extension Act of 2005 to extend the programs under the Higher Education Act of 1965 through April 30, 2008. | Education | Higher | Education | 2007-10-23 | higher education extension act amends higher education extension act extend programs higher education act april |
110-HR-3946 | Historically Black Colleges and Universities Katrina and Rita Relief Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of Education to waive or modify the application of any statutory or regulatory provision related to the Strengthening Institutions program, under part B of title III of the Higher Education Act of 1965, to historically Black colleges and universities that suffered certain adverse effects from Hurricane Katrina or Rita if the application of such provision would result in such institutions receiving less program funding for FY2009-FY2012 than they received in FY2006. | Education | Higher | Education | 2007-10-23 | historically black colleges universities katrina directs secretary education waive modify application statutory regulatory provision related strengthening institutions program title iii higher education act historically black colleges universities suffered certain adverse effects hurricane katrina rita application provision result institutions receiving program funding fy2009 fy2012 received fy2006 |
110-HR-3991 | Extends the time limit for the use of education benefits by members of the Selected Reserve and certain members of the reserve component to before the date that is ten years after the last day on which the member is deployed in support of a contingency operation. | Education | Higher | Armed forces and national security | 2007-10-29 | extends time limit use education benefits members selected_reserve certain members reserve component date years day member deployed support contingency operation |
110-HR-4035 | Student Loan Auction Market Act - Directs the Secretary of Education (Secretary) and the Secretary of the Treasury to conduct a planning study of alternative market-based mechanisms for setting lenders' yields on Federal Family Education Loans under part B of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965. Requires such study to be followed by a limited two-year pilot program testing the mechanisms which the study finds most promising in ensuring loan availability, minimizing administrative complexity, and reducing federal costs. Allows the Secretary to implement on a program-wide basis the auction-based system proven to satisfy such criteria, after an independent evaluation by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) of the pilot program, as well as the Competitive Loan Auction Pilot program established under the College Cost Reduction and Access Act. | Education | Higher | Education | 2007-10-31 | secretary education secretary secretary treasury conduct planning study alternative market based mechanisms setting lenders yields federal_family_education_loans title higher education act requires study followed limited year pilot program testing mechanisms study finds promising ensuring loan availability minimizing administrative complexity reducing federal costs allows secretary implement program wide basis auction based system proven satisfy criteria independent evaluation government_accountability_office gao pilot program program established college cost reduction access act |
110-HR-4046 | Student Disability Fairness Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require the Secretary of Education to accept certifications by the Department of Veterans Affairs that student borrowers are permanently and totally disabled as sufficient documentation for the discharge of their loans under part B (Federal Family Education Loan Program) of title IV of the Act. | Education | Higher | Education | 2007-11-01 | student disability fairness act amends higher education act require secretary education accept certifications department_of_veterans_affairs student borrowers permanently totally disabled sufficient documentation discharge loans title act |
110-HR-4067 | Bridges from Jobs to Careers Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to award competitive grants to institutions of higher education (IHEs) to improve remedial education, customize remediation to student career goals, and help remedial students progress into and through for-credit occupational programs. Gives grant priority to IHEs: (1) in which at least 50% of the first-year students are enrolled in remedial courses designed to give them collegiate reading, writing, or mathematics skills; and (2) that propose to collaborate with adult education providers and replicate practices that have proven effective with adults. | Education | Higher | Education | 2007-11-01 | bridges jobs careers act directs secretary education award competitive grants institutions higher education ihes improve remedial education remediation student career goals help remedial students progress credit occupational programs gives grant priority ihes year students enrolled remedial courses designed collegiate reading writing mathematics skills propose collaborate adult education providers replicate practices proven effective adults |
110-HR-4075 | Accessing College through Comprehensive Early Outreach and State Partnerships Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to replace the current special leveraging educational assistance partnership program with a program of allotments to enable states to: (1) expand and enhance partnerships with institutions of higher education, early information and intervention, mentoring, or outreach programs, private corporations, philanthropic organizations, and other interested parties to carry out specified activities and provide coordination and cohesion among federal, state, and local governmental and private efforts providing financial assistance to help low-income students attend college; (2) provide need-based grants for college access and increased college persistence to eligible low-income students; (3) provide early notification to low-income students of their eligibility for financial aid; and (4) encourage increased participation in early information and intervention, mentoring, or outreach programs. Requires partnerships for the award of grants between a state agency and: (1) at least one public and one private degree granting institution of higher education located in the state; (2) new or existing early information and intervention, mentoring, or outreach programs also located in the state; and (3) at least one philanthropic organization located in, or providing funding in, the state, or one private corporation located in, or doing business in, the state. Requires different federal shares of program costs and different amounts of grants awarded in partnerships with institutions of higher learning: (1) serving less than a majority of students in the state; and (2) serving the majority of students in the state. Requires annual early notification of low-income students of their potential eligibility for student financial assistance. Prescribes minimum eligibility requirements for such students. | Education | Higher | Education | 2007-11-05 | accessing college comprehensive early outreach state partnerships act amends higher education act replace current special leveraging educational assistance partnership program program allotments enable states expand enhance partnerships institutions higher education early information intervention mentoring outreach programs private corporations philanthropic organizations interested parties carry specified activities provide coordination cohesion federal state local governmental private efforts providing financial assistance help low income students attend college provide need based grants college access increased college persistence eligible low income students provide early notification low income students eligibility financial aid encourage increased participation early information intervention mentoring outreach programs requires partnerships award grants state agency public private degree granting institution higher education located state new existing early information intervention mentoring outreach programs located state philanthropic organization located providing funding state private corporation located business state requires different federal shares program costs different amounts grants awarded partnerships institutions higher learning serving majority students state serving majority students state requires annual early notification low income students potential eligibility student financial assistance prescribes minimum eligibility requirements students |
110-HR-4130 | Montgomery GI Bill Enhancement of 2007 - Authorizes certain members of the Armed Forces to make an irrevocable election during the one-year period beginning on enactment of this Act to become entitled to basic educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill. Requires a reduction in basic pay of those members electing such educational assistance or, if the member is discharged or released from active duty prior to such reduction, the collection of specified amounts from the member or an equivalent reduction in retired or retainer pay. Provides for notice of the opportunity created by this Act to elect educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill. | Education | Higher | Armed forces and national security | 2007-11-09 | authorizes certain members armed_forces irrevocable election year period beginning enactment act entitled basic educational assistance montgomery bill requires reduction basic pay members electing educational assistance member discharged released active duty prior reduction collection specified amounts member equivalent reduction retired retainer pay provides notice opportunity created act elect educational assistance montgomery bill |
110-HR-4137 | Higher Education Opportunity Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to revise and reauthorize HEA programs. Title I: General Provisions - (Sec. 101) Revises the general definition of an institution of higher education (IHE) to include schools that: (1) admit students whose secondary education was conducted in a home school setting; (2) award degrees (not necessarily bachelor's degrees) that are acceptable for admission to a graduate or professional degree program; and (3) enroll students who will be dually or concurrently enrolled in a secondary school. (Sec. 102) Revises the definition of an IHE for purposes of title IV student assistance programs. Requires graduate medical schools located outside the country, that qualified to participate in the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) program owing to their having a state-approved clinical training program as of January 1, 1992, to have continuously operated a clinical training program in at least one state that is approved by such state. Allows foreign nursing schools to participate in the FFEL program if : (1) they have agreements with hospitals or nursing schools located in this country that require students to complete their training at such hospitals and schools, and such schools to provide graduates with their degrees; (2) they certify only subsidized Stafford loans and unsubsidized Stafford loans and PLUS loans under the FFEL program; (3) they agree to reimburse the Secretary of Education (Secretary) for the cost of any student loan defaults included in their cohort default rates; and (4) at least 75% of their students or graduates who take the National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses pass such exam. Directs the advisory panel of medical experts to report to the Secretary and Congress, within one year of this Act's enactment, its recommendations for alternate eligibility requirements allowing foreign graduate medical schools with a clinical training program approved by a state before 2008 to participate in the FFEL program. Authorizes the Secretary to issue regulations establishing such alternate eligibility criteria. Raises from 60% to 75% the pass rate required of foreign graduate medical schools on examinations administered by the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates if such schools are to participate in the FFEL program. Includes as proprietary IHEs any schools offering baccalaureate degrees in liberal arts and schools that enroll students who will be dually or concurrently enrolled in a secondary school. Includes as postsecondary vocational institutions any schools that enroll students who will be dually or concurrently enrolled in a secondary school. (Sec. 103) Adds definitions of critical foreign language, distance education, diploma mill, early childhood education program, poverty line, universal design, and universal design for learning. (Sec. 104) Elaborates on the current sense of Congress regarding the speech and association rights of students in higher education to specify that such students should not be intimidated, harassed, discouraged from speaking out, or discriminated against. (Sec. 106) Reconstitutes the National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity in the Department of Education (Department) to advise the Secretary on accreditation matters until October 2014. (Sec. 107) Requires biennial IHE reviews of their alcohol and drug abuse prevention programs to include a determination as to: (1) the number of drug- and alcohol-related violations and fatalities occurring on the campus or as part of their activities that are reported to campus officials; and (2) the number and type of sanctions the IHEs impose on students or employees as a result of such violations or fatalities. Repeals the National Recognition Awards for outstanding IHE alcohol and drug abuse prevention programs. Reauthorizes appropriations for alcohol and drug abuse prevention grants for FY2009-FY2014. (Sec. 108) Extends an authorization of appropriations to continue coverage of prior rights and obligations for servicing outstanding bonds from certain earlier programs under title VII of the HEA before it was amended by the Higher Education Amendments of 1992 and the Higher Education Amendments of 1998. (Sec. 109) Directs the Secretary to place information on the Department's website to assist students, families, and employers in understanding what diploma mills are and how to identify and avoid them. (Sec. 110) Directs the Secretary to display a link to the Department's student financial aid website in a prominent place on the homepage of the Department's website. Requires the Secretary to provide access, via the Department's student financial aid website, to: (1) information concerning student financial aid options provided by other federal departments and agencies; (2) an Armed Forces information website, to be created by the Secretary, providing information about all federal and state student financial aid available to members and veterans of the Armed Forces and their families; and (3) a National Database on Financial Assistance for the Study of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, which is also to be created by the Secretary. Prohibits charging user fees for use of the Department's financial aid websites. (Sec. 111) Directs the Secretary to place on the College Navigator website each year lists of the: (1) 5% of IHEs that have the highest tuition and fees for the most recent year; (2) 5% of IHEs that have the highest net price (price minus student aid) for the most recent year; (3) 5% of IHEs that have the largest percentage increase in tuition and fees over the most recent three years; (4) 5% of IHEs that have the largest percentage increase in net price over the most recent three years; (5) 10% of IHEs that have the lowest tuition and fees for the most recent year; and (6) 10% of IHEs that have the lowest net price for the most recent year. Requires IHEs on the lists for the largest percentage increases in tuition and fees or net price over the most recent three years to issue reports to the Secretary explaining such increases, the steps they will take toward reducing costs, and the extent to which their state governments are responsible for such cost increases. Requires the Secretary to summarize such reports in a report to be provided to Congress and placed on the College Navigator website. Requires the Secretary to report annually on the College Navigator website comparisons for each state of percentage changes over the most recent five years in: (1) state spending per full-time student in public IHEs; (2) the tuition and fees such students have been charged over the most recent five years; and (3) the total amount of state need- and merit-based aid provided to such students. Requires the Secretary to develop, and IHEs to make available on their websites, a net price calculator that allows current and prospective students, families, and other consumers to estimate a IHE's net price for individual students. Requires the Secretary to post on the College Navigator website: (1) additional basic information about each IHE's students, teachers, assistance, costs, safety, services, and credit transfer policies; and (2) a link to the section of the Bureau of Labor Statistics website that provides regional data on starting salaries in all major occupations. Directs the Commissioner of Education Statistics to continue to update and improve the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, including the reporting of information by institutions and the timeliness of the data collected. Requires the Secretary to develop, and make available on the College Navigator website, a multi-year tuition calculator to help current and prospective students, their families, and other consumers estimate the amount of tuition an individual may pay to attend an IHE in future years and compare such estimate with those for other schools. Directs the Secretary to conduct a survey of title IV student aid recipients on a state-by-state basis at least once every four years. (Sec. 112) Requires publishers informing teachers or those selecting course materials at IHEs about available textbooks or supplements to include written information concerning: (1) the price the publisher would charge for such items to the bookstore associated with such institution and, if available, the price the publisher charges the public; (2) the copyright dates of the three previous editions of such textbooks; (3) substantial revisions to such items; and (4) whether such items are available in other formats, including paperback and unbound, and the price the publisher would charge the bookstore and, if available, the price the publisher charges the public, for items in those formats. Requires a publisher that sells a textbook and any accompanying supplement as a single bundled item also to sell them as separately priced and unbundled items. Directs IHEs to include on their Internet course schedules the International Standard Book Number (ISBN) and retail price for each required or recommended textbook or supplement for listed courses. Requires an institution to: (1) use the author, title, publisher, and copyright date if the ISBN is unavailable; and (2) indicate that the required information has yet to be determined if its disclosure for a course is impractical. Requires IHEs to provide college bookstores, upon request, with: (1) their course schedules for the subsequent academic period; (2) the information this Act requires to be placed on Internet course schedules regarding each textbook or supplement required or recommended for each course; and (3) the number of students enrolled, and the maximum enrollment, in each course. Encourages IHEs to inform students of ways to save money on course materials. Directs the Comptroller General to report to Congress on the implementation of these requirements by IHEs, college bookstores, and publishers. (Sec. 113) Prohibits the creation or maintenance of a federal database of personally identifiable student information. States that such prohibition does not apply to certain data systems in use before this Act's enactment, or state databases that track individuals over time. (Sec. 114) Prohibits a state from charging more than the instate tuition for attending a public IHE in that state to: (1) members of the Armed Forces who are on active duty for more than 30 days and whose domicile or permanent duty station is in such state; or (2) such members' dependents. Provides that, even if such members' permanent duty station is subsequently changed to a location outside the state, they or their dependents must continue to be charged no more than the instate tuition if they remain continuously enrolled at such IHE in the state. (Sec. 115) Establishes a State Higher Education Information System Pilot program under which the Secretary shall award competitive grants to up to five states, consortia of states, or consortia of IHEs to: (1) design, test, and implement state-level postsecondary student data systems that provide the maximum benefits to states, IHEs, and state policymakers; and (2) examine the costs and burdens involved in implementing such systems. (Sec. 116) Requires states to maintain or increase their funding of non-capital and indirect research and development costs at public IHEs and their funding of financial aid at private IHEs or become ineligible for this Act's new grants to expand college access and increase college persistence under the College Access Challenge Grant program. Allows the Secretary to waive such requirement for states facing exceptional circumstances. (Sec. 117) Revises requirements for: (1) the performance-based organization for delivery of federal student financial assistance; and (2) procurement flexibility. (Sec 119) Prohibits IHEs from using federal HEA funds to lobby for federal contracts, grants, loans, cooperative agreements, or earmarks. (Sec. 120) Creates a new part E (Lender and Institution Requirements Related to Educational Loans) under title I of the HEA. Directs the Secretary, within 18 months of this Act's enactment, to determine the minimum information that lenders, IHEs, and IHE affiliates participating in preferred lender arrangements must provide regarding FFELs offered to students and their families. Includes within such minimum information certain information required under the Truth in Lending Act. Requires the Secretary to develop a model disclosure form that preferred lenders, IHEs, and IHE affiliates may use. Requires IHEs and their affiliates that participate in preferred lender arrangements to include on their websites and financial aid informational materials: (1) the minimum FFEL information required by the Secretary; (2) the maximum amount of student aid available under title IV of the HEA; (3) a statement that the IHE is required to process FFEL documents received from any eligible lender the student selects; and (4) with respect to private education loans, certain information required under the Truth in Lending Act. Requires lenders in preferred lender arrangements annually to provide participating IHEs, IHE affiliates, and the Secretary with the minimum FFEL information required by the Secretary for each type of FFEL such lender plans to offer for the next award year. Requires IHEs and their affiliates in preferred lender arrangements to: (1) prohibit providers of private education loans from implying that a loan is being made by the school or its affiliate; (2) ensure that the name of private lenders is on all materials relating to such loans; (3) issue annual reports to the Secretary and the public that include the minimum information required regarding FFELs and private loans issued under such arrangements, as well as an explanation of the rationale for entering into such arrangements; and (4) comply with the code of conduct schools participating in title IV loan programs are required to develop (see Sec. 493). Requires lenders of FFELs that are in preferred lender arrangements to certify annually their compliance with this Act's requirements. Directs IHEs and their affiliates that provide information about private education loans to: (1) provide prospective borrowers with certain information required under the Truth in Lending Act; (2) inform them that they may qualify for assistance under title IV of the HEA that has more favorable terms than private loans; and (3) ensure that title IV loan and private loan information is kept distinct. Requires lenders to provide their borrowers of: (1) FFEL or Direct Loans (DLs) with specified written information concerning loan costs, terms, and repayment before or when they disburse such loans; and (2) private education loans with disclosures required under the Truth in Lending Act. Requires FFEL lenders to report annually to the Secretary on certain reimbursements provided to agents of IHEs and their affiliates who are involved in financial aid. Requires the Secretary to summarize such reports in an annual report to Congress. Directs the Secretary to provide IHEs participating in the DL program with completed model disclosure forms that contain the same information for DLs that is required to be disclosed for FFELs. Requires IHEs to provide students and prospective students with the information on such forms or on comparable forms they have designed. Title II: Teacher Quality Enhancement - (Sec. 201) Revises and reauthorizes part A (Teacher Quality Enhancement Grants for States and Partnerships) of title II of the HEA. Eliminates the State grant and Teacher Recruitment grant programs. Turns the Partnership grant program into the revised Teacher Quality Partnership grant program. Authorizes the Secretary to award competitive five-year grants to partnerships of high-need local educational agencies (LEAs), high-need schools, IHEs, and, as applicable, high-need early childhood education programs for use in carrying out a pre-baccalaureate teacher preparation program, a teaching residency program, or a combination of such programs. Authorizes the partnerships to use grant funds to implement a leadership development program, which may be carried out in partnership with a rural LEA. Requires the pre-baccalaureate teacher preparation program to include: (1) educational reforms; (2) clinical experience and interaction; (3) induction programs for new teachers that provide them with mentoring and support for at least their first two years of teaching; (4) literacy training; and (5) teacher recruitment mechanisms. Requires the teaching residency program to prepare teachers for success in the high-need schools in the partnership by engaging residents in rigorous graduate-level coursework to earn a master's degree while they undertake a guided teaching apprenticeship alongside a trained and experienced mentor teacher who may be relieved of teaching duties. Requires teacher residents to be: (1) recent graduates of a four-year IHE; or (2) mid-career professionals from outside the field of education who possess strong content knowledge or a record of professional accomplishment. Provides residents with a living stipend or salary during the one-year residency program in exchange for at least three years of service as highly qualified teachers in a high-need field in a high-need school served by the high-need LEA immediately following their successful completion of the residency program. Requires the leadership development program to include: (1) preparing students for careers as school leaders; (2) a preservice clinical education program; (3) an induction program for new school leaders; and (4) school leader recruitment mechanisms. Includes in such program, in addition to students, any mid-career professionals from outside the field of education who possess strong content knowledge or a record of professional accomplishment, and current teachers who aspire to be school leaders or school leaders who aspire to be superintendents. Allows partnership grantees to use grants for the pre-baccalaureate teacher preparation and teaching residency programs to improve the quality of such programs by partnering with entities that develop digital educational content. Requires partnership grantees to provide an amount equal to the amount of the grant from nonfederal sources for program activities, unless the Secretary grants them a hardship waiver. Adds programs that offer alternative routes to state certification and licensure to the teacher preparation programs that are the subject of annual reports which IHEs must provide to their states and the public, and states must provide to the Secretary and the public, concerning certain measures of program effectiveness, such as student success on certification or licensure assessments. Requires IHEs to include in such reports information concerning their goals for increasing the number of prospective teachers trained in teacher shortage areas. Prohibits the Secretary from using such information to create a national list or ranking of states, institutions, or schools. Requires IHEs that provide teacher training and enroll students who receive HEA assistance to set annual quantifiable goals for increasing the number of prospective teachers trained in teacher shortage areas designated by the Secretary or by the State, including mathematics, science, special education, and instruction of limited English proficient (LEP) students. Authorizes appropriations for the Teacher Quality Partnership grant program for FY2009-FY2011. Replaces the Preparing Tomorrow's Teachers to Use Technology program of part B of title II with the Enhancing Teacher Education program. Authorizes appropriations for such program for FY2009-FY2014. Establishes a Preparing Teachers for Digital Age Learners program authorizing the Secretary to award to consortia of IHEs, states or LEAs, and entities able to assist in the technology-related reform of teacher preparation programs: (1) partnership grants for developing long-term partnerships among consortium members that are focused on effective teaching with modern digital tools and content that connect preservice teacher preparation with high-need schools; or (2) transformative grants for transforming the way departments, schools, and colleges of education teach classroom technology integration to teacher candidates. Limits the federal share of any project's cost to 75%. Establishes an Honorable Augustus F. Hawkins Centers of Excellence program authorizing the Secretary to award grants to certain minority-serving IHEs, or partnerships between such IHEs and other IHEs, to establish centers of excellence for teacher education. Requires the use of such grants to ensure that current and future teachers are highly qualified by: (1) reforming teacher preparation programs so that teachers are able to understand scientifically-based research and use advanced technology effectively in the classroom; (2) providing preservice clinical experience and mentoring to prospective teachers, and increased interaction between IHE faculty and new and experienced elementary and secondary school teachers and administrators; (3) implementing initiatives to promote the retention of highly qualified teachers and principals; (4) awarding need-based scholarships for students in teacher preparation programs; (5) disseminating information on effective teacher preparation practices; and (6) conducting certain other activities authorized under title II. Establishes a Teach to Reach grant program authorizing the Secretary to award competitive grants to partnerships between IHEs and high-need LEAs to more effectively prepare general education teacher candidates to instruct disabled students in their classrooms. Requires such preparation to include extensive clinical experience, with mentoring and induction support throughout participants' first year of full-time teaching. Requires grantees to evaluate their programs and the Secretary to use such evaluations to report to Congress and the public on best practices for instructing disabled students in general education classrooms. Establishes an Adjunct Teachers Corps program authorizing the Secretary to award competitive grants to LEAs or partnerships of LEAs and public or private educational organizations or businesses to recruit and train individuals outside of the elementary and secondary education system who have expertise in mathematics, science, or critical foreign languages to serve as adjunct content specialists in such subjects at secondary schools. Directs the Secretary to make grants to IHEs to provide graduate fellowships to students who are pursuing studies that lead to doctorates in studies that equip them to teach others to become highly qualified elementary and secondary school mathematics and science teachers, special education teachers, and teachers who provide instruction for LEP students. Requires fellowship recipients to teach, for a period of time equal to the term of their grant, at IHEs that have teacher preparation programs. Title III: Institutional Aid - Revises and reauthorizes title III (Institutional Aid programs) of the HEA. (Sec. 301) Expands the authorized uses of institutional aid to include remedial education, English language instruction, and educational or counseling services to improve the financial and economic literacy of students or their families. (Sec. 303) Establishes a formula grant program, including a minimum grant amount, for tribally controlled colleges and universities (replacing the current competitive grant program). Authorizes the use of grant funds for: (1) acquiring adjacent property on which to construct instructional facilities; (2) instruction in tribal governance or tribal public policy; and (3) developing and improving facilities for Internet and other distance education technologies. Authorizes the Secretary to reserve 30% of the appropriations for such colleges and universities to award one-year grants for their construction, maintenance, and renovation needs. (Sec. 305) Establishes a new program awarding formula grants to Predominantly Black Institutions to: (1) enhance their capacity to serve more low- and middle-income Black American students; (2) expand higher education opportunities for students eligible for student assistance under title IV of the HEA by encouraging such students to prepare for college and persist in secondary and postsecondary education; and (3) strengthen their financial ability to serve the academic needs of such students. Defines Predominantly Black Institutions as accredited institutions serving at least 1,000 undergraduate students at least: (1) 50% of whom are pursuing a bachelor's or associate's degree; (2) 40% of whom are Black Americans; and (3) 50% of whom are low-income or first-generation college students. Requires the spending per full-time undergraduate student of such institutions to be low in comparison with that of institutions offering similar instruction. Allows grant recipients to use up to 20% of their grant on an endowment fund, provided they raise nonfederal matching funds at least equal to the amount of the grant used for such endowment. Allots funding among institutions on the basis of their share of Pell Grant recipients, graduates, and graduates pursuing a higher degree. Establishes a minimum allotment for each institution which is to be ratably reduced if appropriations are insufficient to pay it. (Sec. 306) Establishes a new competitive grant program for Native American-serving, non-tribal institutions to enhance their capacity to serve Native Americans and low-income individuals. Requires the undergraduate student enrollment of Native Americans at such institutions to be at least 10% of the total undergraduate enrollment. Sets the minimum grant at $200,000. (Sec. 307) Establishes a new competitive grant program for Asian American and Pacific Islander-serving institutions to enhance their capacity to serve Asian American and Pacific Islander students and low-income individuals. Defines Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-serving institutions as accredited institutions with: (1) a significant enrollment of financially needy students; and (2) an enrollment of undergraduate students that are at least 10% Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander students. Requires the spending per full-time undergraduate student of such institutions to be low in comparison with that of institutions offering similar instruction. Gives grant priority to institutions with an enrollment of Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander students at least 10% of which are low-income individuals. (Sec. 308) Revises the grant program for historically Black colleges and universities to direct the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Secretary to consult with the Commissioner for Education Statistics in determining professional and academic areas in which blacks are underrepresented. Authorizes the use of grant funds for: (1) the acquisition of real property for campus facilities; (2) education or financial services information designed to improve the financial literacy and economic literacy of students or their families; and (3) services necessary for the implementation of approved projects or activities. Conditions the eligibility of historically Black colleges and universities for grants on their furnishing the Secretary with annual data indicating that in the previous academic year they enrolled Pell grant recipients, graduated students, and, where appropriate, had graduates who, within five years of graduation, went on to graduate or professional school in disciplines in which Blacks are underrepresented. Authorizes the use of grant funds by historically Black graduate and professional institutions for: (1) the acquisition of real property adjacent to the campus for campus facilities; (2) education or financial services information designed to improve the financial literacy and economic literacy of students or their families; (3) services necessary for the implementation of approved projects or activities, and (4) tutoring, counseling, and student service programs designed to improve academic success. Adds to the list of eligible graduate and professional institutions. Increases the amount of appropriations reserved for grants to institutions on such list before such additions. (Sec. 313) Increases the maximum and minimum Endowment Challenge grant available to certain minority-serving institutions. (Sec. 314) Alters responsibilities of designated bonding authorities under the historically Black colleges and universities capital financing program. Increases the principal amount of outstanding bonds for loans to historically Black colleges and universities which may be federally insured under such program. Requires the Secretary to: (1) ensure that the selection process for the designated bonding authority is competitive and transparent; and (2) review the performance of the designated bonding authority after the third year of the insurance agreement to determine if such selection process should be revamped. Requires the Secretary to report to Congress on the Department's progress in implementing the recommendations made by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) in October 2006 for improving the Historically Black College and Universities Capital Financing program. Alters the size and composition of the HBCU Capital Financing Advisory Board. Requires the Board to advise the Secretary and Congress on construction financing issues facing historically Black colleges and universities and the feasibility of reducing their borrowing costs under the capital financing program. (Sec. 315) Establishes a new YES Partnerships grant program for partnerships of IHEs, high-need LEAs, and community organizations to encourage underrepresented minority or low-income students in kindergarten through grade 12 to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) through outreach and hands-on, experiential-based learning projects. Allows the Secretary to contract with a advertising firm to implement a campaign encouraging: (1) young Americans to enter STEM fields, particularly Latin-Americans, African-Americans, and women underrepresented in such fields; and (2) professionals in those fields to teach such subjects to elementary and secondary school students. (Sec. 316) Moves the Strengthening Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Other Minority-Serving Institutions program, created under the College Cost Reduction and Access Act, from title IV to title III of the HEA. (Sec. 317) Allows the Secretary to provide technical assistance to institutions desiring a grant under title III. (Sec. 318) Directs the Secretary to waive, for FY2009-FY2011, the application of specified title III requirements for IHEs affected by a Gulf of Mexico hurricane disaster that were receiving title III assistance at the time of such disaster. Allows the Secretary to waive such requirements for FY2012 and FY2013. (Sec. 319) Authorizes title III appropriations for FY2009-FY2014. Title IV: Student Assistance - Revises and reauthorizes title IV Student Assistance programs. Part A: Grants to Students in Attendance at Institutions of Higher Education - (Sec. 401) Sets the authorized maximum Pell Grant award at $6,000 for academic year 2009-2010, $6,400 for academic year 2010-2011, $6,800 for academic year 2011-2012, $7,200 for academic year 2012-2013, $7,600 for academic year 2013-2014, and $8,000 for academic year 2014-2015. Sets the minimum Pell Grant (currently $400) at 10% of the appropriated maximum grant level for that academic year; but allows the award of a grant equal to 10% of such level if students are eligible for a grant between 5% and 10% of such level. Allows the awarding of an additional Pell Grant during a single award year to certain students who attend school year-round to accelerate their progress toward a degree or certificate. Prohibits from receiving a Pell Grant any persons subject to involuntary civil commitment after incarceration for a forcible or non-forcible sexual offense. Limits the period during which a student may receive Pell Grants to 18 semesters or the equivalent. Provides that, for students who are not enrolled full-time, only the fraction of time enrolled shall count toward such limits. Eliminates the expected family contribution used in determining Pell Grant eligibility in the case of a student applicant whose parent or guardian was killed while performing military service in Iraq or Afghanistan after September 11, 2001. (Sec. 402) Makes July 1, 2009, the effective date for amendments to the Academic Competitiveness grant program made by the Ensuring Continued Access to Student Loans Act of 2008. Requires that, on or after such date, first or second year students desiring such grants must have completed rigorous secondary school college preparatory curricula either recognized as such by appropriate officials, consistent with state law, or by the Secretary in regulations which were in effect on May 6, 2008. (Sec. 403) Reauthorizes appropriations for TRIO programs (of grants and contracts designed to identify qualified individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds and help prepare them for a program of postsecondary education) for FY2009-FY2014. Makes community-based organizations with experience in serving disadvantaged youth eligible for TRIO grants and contracts. Eliminates the requirement that there be exceptional circumstances before secondary schools are eligible recipients of such grants and contracts. Extends the duration of TRIO grants to five years. Sets the minimum grant at $200,000, except for staff training and development programs. Prohibits the Secretary from providing assistance to an otherwise eligible program that has fraudulently used TRIO funds. Requires TRIO grant applicants to ensure that homeless and foster care youth, including youth who leave foster care after reaching age 13, receive program services. Makes such youth eligible to participate in TRIO programs. Directs the Secretary to issue guidance regarding the rights and responsibilities of TRIO applicants during the application and evaluation process. Establishes an appeals process for TRIO applicants. Directs the Secretary to establish outcome criteria for such programs. Prohibits veterans of the Armed Forces Reserves from being deemed ineligible to participate in TRIO because of age if they served on active duty for a period of more than 30 days or in support of a contingency operation on or after September 11, 2001. Revises required activities and permissible activities under TRIO programs. Authorizes and, for many TRIO programs, requires the use of funds for services designed to improve the financial and economic literacy of students. Permits TRIO programs that are designed specially for students who are: (1) LEP; (2) from groups that are traditionally underrepresented in postsecondary education; (3) disabled; (4) homeless; (5) in foster care or aging out of foster care; or (6) other disconnected students. Prohibits the denial of TRIO Upward Bound program participation to students who enter the program after the ninth grade. Requires the Secretary to discontinue the absolute priority for Upward Bound program participant selection and evaluation published by the Department in the Federal Register on September 22, 2006. Includes Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians and Native Pacific Islanders in the Postbaccalaureate Achievement program designed to provide disadvantaged college students with effective preparation for doctoral study. (Sec. 404) Reauthorizes appropriations for Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEARUP) for FY2009-FY2014. Includes Disabled students in the GEARUP program. Allows the Secretary to award six-year GEARUP grants or seven-year grants to grantees that provide services to students through their first year in college. Requires grantees to provide: (1) students with the option of receiving services through their first year at an IHE, if the provision of such services was described in their grant application; and (2) services to students who have received services under a previous GEARUP grant, but have not yet completed the 12th grade. Allows GEARUP applicants or grantees to request reduced matching requirements. Allows grantees to count toward the matching requirement amounts contributed to, and administrative costs for, GEARUP student scholarships. Revises required activities and permissible activities under GEARUP. Includes among permissible GEARUP activities: (1) support for dual or concurrent enrollment programs between secondary school and IHE partners; (2) provision of intensive extended school day, school year, or summer programs; (3) special programs or tutoring in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics; (4) promotion of the importance of a college education; and (5) enabling eligible students to enroll in Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate, or college entrance examination preparation courses. Lists permissible GEARUP activities by state grantees. Requires eligible entities, if they do not use a cohort approach in providing GEARUP services, to treat certain types of low-income, homeless, or disconnected students as priority students for participation in GEARUP. Requires a certain portion of state GEARUP funds to be used for scholarships. Alters the formula for determining the minimum GEARUP scholarship. (Sec. 405) Repeals the Academic Achievement Incentive Scholarships program. (Sec. 406) Reauthorizes appropriations for federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants (SEOG) for FY2009-FY2014. Increases the allowance for books and supplies in determining cost of attendance under SEOG. (Sec. 407) Reauthorizes appropriations for the Leveraging Educational Assistance Partnership (LEAP) Program for FY2009-FY2014. Increases the maximum LEAP grant from $5,000 to the lesser of $12,500 or the student's cost of attendance each academic year. Replaces the Special Leveraging Educational Assistance Partnership (SLEAP) program with the Grants for Access and Persistence program. Requires state grantees to be in partnership with: (1) at least one public and one private IHE in the state, if applicable; (2) early information and intervention, mentoring, or outreach programs in the state; and (3) at least one philanthropic organization or business in the state. Requires such partnerships to: (1) coordinate the provision of financial assistance to low-income students; (2) provide need-based grants for access and persistence to eligible low-income students; (3) provide early notification to low-income students of their eligibility for financial aid; and (4) encourage such students' participation in early information and intervention, mentoring, or outreach programs. Sets the federal share of funds for the Grants for Access and Persistence program at: (1) 57%, if the state partnership includes IHEs whose combined enrollment is less than half of the student enrollment in the state; and (2) 66.66%, if more than half of the students in the state are enrolled in a participating IHE. (Sec. 408) Reauthorizes appropriations for special programs for students whose families are engaged in migrant and seasonal farmwork (the High School Equivalency program and the College Assistance Migrant Program, HEP/CAMP) for FY2009-FY2014. Revises eligibility requirements for both programs to make it the students or their immediate family (currently, the students or their parents) which must engage in the requisite period of migrant and seasonal farmwork. Includes preparation for college entrance examinations and activities to improve persistence and retention in postsecondary education among the services provided under the HEP program. Adds economic or personal finance education, internships, and certain follow-up services to authorized CAMP activities. Increases the minimum allocation for each project under both programs. Requires that when fiscal year HEP/CAMP appropriations equal or exceed $40 million at least 45% of those appropriations be devoted to the HEP and at least 45% be devoted to the CAMP. (Sec. 409) Reauthorizes appropriations for FY2009-FY2014 for the Robert C. Byrd Honors Scholarship Program. Makes home-schooled children eligible under the program. (Sec. 410) Reauthorizes appropriations for the Child Care Access Means Parents in School program for FY2009-FY2014. Increases the minimum grant available to IHEs and decreases the amount of Pell Grant funds they must award each fiscal year to be eligible for such grants, if fiscal year appropriations equal or exceed $20 million. Alters the definition of low-income students to include those who would be eligible for Pell grants but for their enrollment in graduate level studies or their temporary status in this country. Requires program participants to report annually to the Secretary regarding their activities. Requires the Secretary to publicize the availability of grants under such program. (Sec. 411) Repeals the Learning Anytime Anywhere Partnerships program. (Sec. 412) Requires TEACH grant applicants to be provided with a disclosure form regarding the service obligation attending such grants. Directs the Secretary to identify extenuating circumstances that would excuse grant recipients from service obligations. Directs the Secretary to submit biennial reports to Congress regarding the TEACH grant program. Part B: Federal Family Education Loan Program - (Sec. 421) Extends federal insurance and interest subsidies on FFELs through FY2014, and through FY2018 for new FFELs provided to existing borrowers. (Sec. 422) Excludes students' receipt of veterans' educational benefits, including benefits received under the Montgomery GI Bill, in determining their need for FFEL interest subsidies. Requires lenders that provide student borrowers of unsubsidized FFELs with a loan deferment to inform such borrowers regarding the effect such deferment will have on the total cost of the loan. Adds to the business inducements FFEL guaranty agencies are prohibited from offering IHEs and lenders to include stock or other securities, prizes, travel, entertainment expenses, and tuition payment or reimbursement. Prohibits guaranty agencies from performing or paying another person to perform any function the IHE is required to perform under the FFEL or DL programs. Requires FFEL lenders granting forbearance to borrowers to provide them with information concerning its effect on the total cost of their loan and to keep them updated, at least once every 180 days, concerning the loan's accrual of interest and their option to discontinue forbearance at any time. Requires guaranty agencies that receive default claims from FFEL lenders to provide defaulting borrowers with information regarding options for removing their loans from default. (Sec. 423) Directs the Secretary to submit annually to Congress an evaluation of the effect voluntary flexibility agreements with guaranty agencies (providing such agencies with statutory or regulatory waivers) have on the FFEL program. (Sec. 424) Authorizes lenders to provide PLUS FFELs to parents who, between January 1, 2007, and December 31, 2009, are no more than 180 days delinquent on their home mortgages or medical bills, if they do not otherwise have adverse credit histories as determined pursuant to certain regulations in effect before enactment of the Ensuring Continued Access to Student Loans Act of 2008. Allows the deferral of PLUS FFEL principal repayment by graduate or professional students and parents who are students until six months after the date they cease to carry at least one-half the normal full-time academic workload. (Sec. 425) Directs lenders to inform borrowers seeking to consolidate loans: (1) of repayment terms, including the ability to prepay or change repayment plans; (2) whether FFEL or DL repayment-related benefits will be lost; (3) that certain Federal Perkins Loan (PL) interest-free periods and deferment and cancellation options will be lost; (4) that other lenders may offer different terms; and (5) that applying for such loans does not oblige borrowers to take them. Requires the Secretary of Education to offer direct consolidation loans to eligible military personnel who want to avoid the accrual of interest on existing loans. (See section 451, below, which makes no-accrual DLs available to certain military personnel). Extends the authority for federal consolidation loans through FY2014. (Sec. 426) Requires guaranty agencies and other holders of FFEL loans under default reduction programs to request consumer reporting agencies to remove borrowers' records of default upon the sale of such loans. Limits the loan rehabilitation benefits available to borrowers under such programs to one time per loan. Requires default reduction programs to make financial and economic education materials available to borrowers who rehabilitate loans. (Sec. 427) Raises, from 10% to 15%, the cohort default rate which IHE's must fall below to be exempt from FFEL multiple disbursement and first year student endorsement requirements. (Sec. 428) Clarifies that the $2,000 increase (to $6,000) in the maximum annual unsubsidized Stafford FFEL, provided under the Ensuring Continued Access to Student Loans Act of 2008, applies only to undergraduates. (Sec. 429) Includes teachers employed by educational service agencies in the FFEL forgiveness program for teachers. (Sec. 430) Turns the Loan Forgiveness for Child Care Providers program into the Loan Forgiveness for Service in Areas of National Need program providing loan forgiveness under the FFEL and DL programs to certain full-time early childhood educators, nurses, foreign language specialists, librarians, highly qualified teachers, child welfare workers, speech-language pathologists and audiologists, school counselors, public sector employees, nutrition professionals, medical specialists, mental health professionals, dentists, individuals employed in engineering, technology, applied sciences, or mathematics, physical therapists, school superintendents, principals, or other administrators, and occupational therapists. Authorizes appropriations for such program for FY2009-FY2014. (Sec. 431) Directs the Secretary to assume the obligation to repay student loans under the FFEL, DL, and PL programs on behalf of civil legal assistance attorneys for the duration of agreements between the Secretary and such attorneys requiring their continued employment in such capacity for at least three years. Excludes Parent PLUS loans from such program. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into additional agreements with civil legal assistance attorneys who have completed their service obligation. Authorizes appropriations for such program for FY2009-FY2014. (Sec. 432) Requires reports to credit bureaus (now to be referred to as credit reporting agencies) and IHEs to include information regarding the repayment status of educational loans. (Sec. 433) Requires the Secretary, before agreeing to any proposed claims settlement under title IV exceeding $1 million, to ask the Attorney General to review its terms. Allows IHEs to use a master promissory note for FFELs and DLs. (Sec. 434) Requires lenders, prior to or when disbursing FFELs, other than consolidated loans, to provide specified additional information to borrowers concerning repayment options, the consequences of choosing such options, and options for obtaining forbearance or forgiveness of such loans. Directs FFEL lenders, at or before commencement of loan repayment, to provide specified additional information to borrowers concerning: (1) loan repayment options and benefits; (2) their right to change repayment plans during the repayment period; (3) options for avoiding or being removed from default; and (4) other known sources of loan repayment advice and assistance. Requires FFEL lenders to provide borrowers with specified loan information: (1) for each payment installment period; (2) when they indicate that they are having difficulty making payments; and (3) when they are 60 days delinquent in making payments. (Sec. 435) Requires FFEL guaranty agencies to provide training for students and families in budgeting and financial management. (Sec. 436) Raises from 25% to 30%, beginning in FY2012, the cohort default rate at which IHEs become ineligible for title IV student loan programs if they meet or exceed such rate for each of the three most recent fiscal years. Sets forth an appeals process allowing IHEs that meet or exceed such rate to obtain regulatory relief by demonstrating exceptional mitigating circumstances. Requires an IHE whose cohort default rate meets or exceeds such threshold in any fiscal year to establish a default prevention task force to prepare a plan to remedy the situation and revise such plan if the school's failure continues for a second consecutive fiscal year. Raises from .0375 to .0625 the FFEL and DL participation rate index figure excepting from title IV student loan ineligibility based on its high cohort default rate any IHE that equals or falls below the participation rate index for any of the three most recent fiscal years. Includes as eligible FFEL lenders any credit unions or national or state chartered banks with assets of less than $1 billion that have as their primary consumer credit function the making or holding of student FFELs. Expands the activities disqualifying lenders from participation in the FFEL program, including: (1) offering specified inducements to IHEs; (2) performing certain uncompensated services for IHEs; and (3) entering into certain business arrangements with students or school financial aid employees. Requires schools serving as FFEL lenders and lenders serving as school trustees to provide annual compliance audits to the Secretary. Revises the calculation of IHEs' cohort default rates for FFELs. Directs the Secretary to report cohort default data and life of cohort default rates for each category of IHE. (Sec. 437) Requires the Secretary to discharge a borrower's liability under the FFEL and DL programs if a borrower, although not permanently and totally disabled, is unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity because of a medically determinable impairment which can be expected to result in death or last at least 60 continuous months. Allows the Secretary to develop anti-fraud safeguards. Requires the Secretary to accept documentation that the Department of Veterans Affairs has determined that a student borrower is unemployable due to a service-connected condition as sufficient documentation for the discharge of such borrower's FFELs due to permanent and totally disability. Part C: Federal Work-Study Programs- (Sec. 441) Reauthorizes appropriations for Work-Study (WS) programs for FY2009-FY2014. Includes emergency preparedness and response among the community services students may participate in under WS programs. (Sec. 442) Increases the allowance for books and supplies in determining cost of attendance under the WS program. (Sec. 443) Allows IHEs receiving WS program funds to include civic education and participation projects. Requires IHEs to give priority to employing students in educating and training the public about evacuation, emergency response, and injury prevention strategies relating to natural disasters, acts of terrorism, and other emergencies. Allows the federal share of WS student compensation for such projects to exceed 75%. (Sec. 444) Allows IHEs in major disaster-affected areas to pay disaster-affected students amounts equal to or less than the amounts such students would have been paid, for up to one academic year, had the students been able to complete their work obligation. (Sec. 445) Increases the amount of its WS allocation which an IHE may use for job location and development. (Sec. 446) Authorizes the Secretary to award grants to IHEs to supplement off-campus community service employment. Gives grant priority to IHEs that support postsecondary students who assist in early childhood education and disaster preparation and response activities. Authorizes appropriations for such grant program for FY2009-FY2014. (Sec. 447) Revises work college requirements by: (1) referring to work college programs as comprehensive work-learning-service programs; (2) limiting eligibility to four-year degree-granting IHEs; and (3) requiring resident students, including at least half of all resident students enrolled on a full-time basis, to participate in a comprehensive work-learning-service program for at least five hours each week, or not less than 80 hours during each period of enrollment, unless they are engaged in study abroad or externship programs approved by the school. Part D: Federal Direct Student Loan - (Sec 451) Adds the income-based repayment plan adopted by the College Cost Reduction and Access Act to the list of repayment options available to DL borrowers. Clarifies the definition of public service jobs for the purpose of DL cancellations for public service employees. Requires the Secretary to ensure that monthly DL statements and other Department publications do not contain more than four digits of any individual's Social Security number. Provides that no interest shall accrue on DLs disbursed after FY2007 to individuals who are serving on active duty or performing National Guard duty during a war or other military operation or national emergency and are serving in areas of hostilities in which service qualifies for special pay. Limits receipt of such benefit to 60 months. Requires IHEs and contractors with which the Secretary has agreements under the DL program to comply with the loan disclosure requirements imposed on lenders under the FFEL program. (Sec. 452) Extends funding through FY2014 for the costs of administering the FFEL and DL programs and paying FFEL account maintenance fees to guaranty agencies. (Sec. 453) Clarifies that when the Secretary purchases an FFEL the guaranty agency that insured such loan ceases to have any rights or responsibilities with regard to such loan. Directs the Secretary to submit quarterly reports and annual cost estimates to Congress on the FFEL purchase program authorized by the Ensuring Continued Access to Student Loans Act of 2008. (Sec. 454) Includes teachers employed by educational service agencies in the DL cancellation program for teachers. Part E: Federal Perkins Loans - (Sec. 461) Reauthorizes appropriations for Perkins Loans (PLs) for FY2009-FY2014. (Sec. 462) Increases the allowance for books and supplies in determining cost of attendance under the program. (Sec. 463) Allows IHEs to refer PLs to the Secretary for collection, but limits the Secretary's authority to require their assignment to the Secretary. (Sec. 464) Increases: (1) the maximum PL amount a student may receive in an academic year to $5,500 for undergraduate students and $8,000 for graduate or professional students; and (2) aggregate limits on the unpaid principal amount of PLs made to a student to $60,000 for graduate or professional students, $27,500 for undergraduate students who have completed two years of undergraduate studies, and $11,000 for other students. Requires the Secretary to cancel a borrower's liability under the PL program if the borrower, although not permanently and totally disabled, is unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity because of a medically determinable impairment which can be expected to result in death or last at least 60 continuous months. Cancels the liability of borrowers determined by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to be unemployable due to a service-connected disability. Allows the Secretary to develop anti-fraud safeguards regarding PL liability cancellation. Requires documentation of PL forbearance agreements between IHEs and borrowers. Allows defaulted PLs to be rehabilitated if the borrower makes nine (currently, 12) ontime, consecutive, monthly payments of amounts due. (Sec. 465) Revises requirements for the cancellation of loans for certain public service to include service: (1) by full-time teachers employed by educational service agencies in locations that contain a high percentage of poor children; (2) in a prekindergarten or child care program; (3) as a full-time attorney employed in a defender organization; (4) as a full-time firefighter; (5) as a full-time faculty member at a tribal college or university; (6) as a librarian with a master's degree working in an elementary school eligible for assistance under title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA-I eligible) or in a public library serving an area containing an ESEA-I eligible school; and (7) as a full-time speech language pathologist with a master's degree working exclusively with ESEA-I eligible schools. Provides loan cancellation for such occupations and for service in the Armed Forces in an area of hostilities at the rate of 15% for the first or second year of service, 20% for the third or fourth year of service, and 30% for the fifth year of service (though loan cancellation for service in prekindergarten or child care programs is provided at the rate of 15% for each year of such service). (Sec. 466) Expresses the sense of Congress that the PL program is an important part of federal student aid and should remain a campus-based aid program. Part F: Need Analysis - (Sec. 471) Expands the definition of an allowance for room and board to include an allowance for expenses reasonably incurred for board, but not for room, for those students who receive a military housing allowance or live on base. (Sec. 472) Includes an individual's nursing home or dependent care expenses or status as a dislocated worker within the special circumstances financial aid administrators may consider in analyzing an individual's need. Authorizes financial aid administrators to award unsubsidized FFELs or DLs to students whose parents have ended financial support and refuse to complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). (Sec. 473) Allows the Secretary to use tax return data from the second preceding tax year for the purpose of designing a simplified needs application. Prohibits, beginning in July 2010, veterans' education benefits from being included in the calculation of expected family contributions or as available financial assistance in title IV need analyses. Excludes the value of on-base military housing or a military housing allowance from consideration as untaxed income or benefits in the need analysis formula. Includes as independent students individuals who were orphans, in foster care, or wards of the court at any time when they were at least 13 years old, or were emancipated minors or in legal guardianship immediately before attaining the age of majority. Excludes earnings from IHE cooperative education work programs from need analyses. Part G: General Provisions Relating To Student Assistance - (Sec. 481) Limits the Secretary's authority to waive the minimum weeks of instruction requirement for IHEs to IHEs that measure program length in credit or clock hours. (Sec. 482) Directs the Secretary to provide to IHEs before each award year a compliance calendar listing all reports and disclosures required under HEA, including specified information. (Sec. 483) Requires the Secretary to make the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA): (1) consumer-friendly, with the goal of 50% fewer data elements; (2) available in both paper and (downloadable) electronic formats; (3) flexible enough to permit applicants to enter data years before enrolling and selectively update information; and (4) include data elements relevant to state student aid determinations. Directs the Secretary to develop a simplified paper and (downloadable) electronic EZ FAFSA for applicants having no expected family contributions or for whom a simplified needs test applies. Directs the Secretary to implement an early application demonstration program assessing the feasibility and benefits of allowing dependent students to complete a FAFSA or EZ FAFSA two years before their enrollment in an IHE. Directs the Secretary to use any savings accrued by moving more applicants to electronic FAFSAs to increase access to such forms by students who meet simplified needs test or zero expected family contribution requirements. Requires the Comptroller General to convene a study group, that includes the Secretary, to assess further FAFSA simplifications allowing students and families to supply substantially less income and asset information, such as by using tax return data to prepopulate the FAFSA. (Sec. 484) Requires the Secretary to convene a group to develop recommendations for IHE financial aid offer forms that present in a consumer-friendly manner: (1) the student's cost of attendance; (2) the amount of financial aid that the student does not have to repay and the conditions on such aid; (3) the amount and terms of title IV loans; (4) the cost of attendance minus the financial aid offered; and (5) where to seek additional financial aid information. (Sec. 485) Revises requirements for student eligibility for title IV assistance. Requires the IHE to determine, for each student who is not a high school graduate, that the student has the ability to benefit from the education or training it offers, upon satisfactory completion of six credit hours or the equivalent coursework applicable to a degree or certificate it offers. Allows the Secretary, in cooperation with the Secretary of the Treasury, to use applicants' tax return data to prepopulate FAFSAs and verify the information reported on such applications. Authorizes the Secretary to condition applicants' receipt of title IV assistance on their consenting to the release of such tax return data. Makes students convicted of a drug offense eligible for assistance under the title IV or WS programs if they pass two unannounced drug tests conducted by a drug rehabilitation program. Makes eligible for HEA student aid any intellectually disabled students who have been accepted for enrollment and are maintaining satisfactory progress in an IHE comprehensive transition and postsecondary education program for such students. Requires the Secretary to analyze FAFSA data and report to Congress regarding the number, characteristics, and circumstances of students denied federal student aid based on drug convictions while receiving such aid. (Sec. 486) Provides that a borrower may not raise a defense based on infancy against an IHE collecting an obligation under the PL program. Provides that, if a student is deceased, neither the student's estate nor family's estate is required to repay any title IV assistance or related costs. (Sec. 487) Requires IHEs to readmit students who take a leave of absence to perform active military service at the same academic status they had attained prior to such service, provided their cumulative absence for such service does not exceed five years. (Sec. 488) Adds to the institutional information IHEs must disclose to current and prospective students and, in certain cases, their employees or the public: (1) plans for improving their academic programs; (2) policies and sanctions related to copyright infringement; (3) student body diversity; (4) graduate employment; (5) the types of graduate and professional education pursued by graduates; (6) fire safety practices and standards; (7) their undergraduate student retention rates; (8) their policies regarding vaccinations; (9) additional categories of hate crimes occurring on or off campus; (10) immediate emergency response and evacuation procedures; (11) transfer of credit policies; and (12) penalties for student drug violations. Requires IHEs to disaggregate completion and graduation rate data by student gender, race and ethnicity, receipt of a Pell Grant, receipt of a subsidized FFEL or DL but not a Pell Grant, and non-receipt of a Pell Grant or subsidized FFEL or DL. Makes this requirement inapplicable to two-year IHEs until the 2011-2012 academic year. Sets forth requirements regarding emergency response and evacuation procedures, including the requirement that such procedures be tested on an annual basis. Requires IHEs to inform prospective and enrolled students of the terms and conditions of FFELs, DLs, and PLs. Adds to the exit counseling information schools must provide to student borrowers. Requires certain information regarding: (1) costs and repayment terms, including the ability to prepay or change repayment plans; (2) loan forgiveness and forbearance options; (3) the consequences of defaulting on a loan; (4) the effects of consolidating such loans; (5) available tax benefits; and (6) the availability of the National Student Loan Data System for use in obtaining information on their loan status. Requires IHEs to develop missing person procedures for students living on-campus that include: (1) allowing students to identify an individual they wish the school to contact if the student is reported missing; (2) requiring missing person reports regarding students to be referred to the school's police or campus security department; and (3) contacting the individual identified by the student or the parent of the student, if the student is under age eighteen and unemancipated, if the student has been missing for over 24 hours. Requires IHEs, at or before disbursing a FFEL or DL to a first-time student borrower, to ensure that the borrower receives comprehensive information on the terms and conditions of the loan as well as the borrower's responsibilities. (Sec. 489) Direct the Secretary to take actions necessary to maintain confidence in the National Student Loan Data System, at a minimum: (1) ensuring that guaranty agencies, lenders, and schools access it primarily for legitimate program operations; (2) prohibiting nongovernmental researchers or policy analysts from accessing personally identifiable information; (3) creating a disclosure form for actual and potential students describing the contents of, and access to, the system; (4) requiring guaranty agencies, lenders, and schools to inform borrowers of FFELs, DLs, and PLs that such a loan will be submitted to the system and accessible to such entities; (5) reviewing the system regularly to delete inactive users, monitor use, and ensure that data is not used for marketing purposes; and (6) developing standardized protocols for limiting access. Requires the Secretary to study and report to Congress on: (1) mechanisms giving borrowers the option of restricting lender access to their system records; and (2) appropriate risk-based protocols for limiting access. (Sec. 490) Directs the Secretary to implement a comprehensive system of early financial aid information in order to provide students and families with early information about financial aid and early estimates of such students' eligibility for financial aid from multiple sources. (Sec. 492) Directs the Secretary to provide technical assistance to states and public IHEs to develop, enhance, and implement, comprehensive articulation agreements among such IHEs in a state, and (to the extent practicable) across state lines, by 2010. (Sec. 493) Revises requirements for title IV program participation agreements. Subjects to sanctions any proprietary IHEs that do not earn at least 10% of their revenue from non-title IV sources (the 90/10 rule), including suspension of their title IV eligibility after two consecutive years of noncompliance. Continues such suspension for at least two institutional fiscal years. Sets forth rules for the calculation of non-title IV revenue. Requires the Secretary to disclose on the College Navigator website the identity of any IHE that fails to meet the 90/10 rule and the extent of its failure. Requires IHEs to develop, publicize, and enforce codes of conduct for their officers, employees, and agents that prohibit conflicts of interest with respect to educational loans. Prohibits IHE financial aid personnel from: (1) soliciting or accepting gifts from lenders, guarantors, or servicers of educational loans; (2) accepting any compensation for providing services to or for lenders; and (3) receiving anything other than reasonable expenses for serving on advisory groups established by lenders or guarantors. Requires the Department's Inspector General to report to Congress and publicize annually any substantiated gift ban violation. Bars IHEs from: (1) entering into revenue sharing agreements with lenders; (2) assigning a first-time borrower's loan to a particular lender or blocking a borrower's selection of a particular lender or guaranty agency; (3) requesting or accepting lenders' offers of funds for private student loans in exchange for business concessions or status as preferred lenders of title IV loans; or (4) requesting or accepting lender assistance with call center or financial aid office staffing, except in certain emergencies. Prohibits lenders from making such offers. Requires IHEs to disclose to alleged victims of violent crime or non-forcible sex offenses, or to their next of kin if they have died, the final results of any disciplinary proceedings against alleged student perpetrators of such crimes. Requires IHEs that enter into preferred lender arrangements to make available to students and parents preferred lender lists that: (1) include the minimum FFEL information the Secretary determines must be provided to students and parents; (2) fully disclose the reason for each lender's inclusion and the students' and parents' right to choose other lenders; (3) include at least three unaffiliated lenders and, if the school promotes or endorses private education loans, at least two unaffiliated lenders of such loans; and (4) prominently disclose the process used to ensure that lenders are selected on the basis of the borrowers' best interests. Directs IHEs to provide applicants for private education loans, upon their request, with a specified form required under the Truth in Lending Act and the information the schools possess which is needed to complete such form. Requires IHEs to: (1) develop plans to effectively combat the unauthorized distribution of copyrighted material; and (2) offer alternatives to illegal downloading or peer-to-peer distribution of intellectual property. Permits the Secretary to modify audit requirements for foreign IHEs, and waive such requirements for foreign IHEs that have title IV loan volumes under $500,000. Requires IHEs whose access to title IV funds is being limited, suspended, or terminated to prepare written teach-out plans that provide for the equitable treatment of students if the school ceases operation before all students complete their studies. (Sec. 494) Directs the Secretary to continue the voluntary participation of any experimental site in existence as of July 1, 2007, under the Quality Assurance program (which allows certain IHEs to implement their own comprehensive student aid management systems), unless the site fails to satisfy the program's purposes. (Sec. 494A) Allows IHEs to transfer up to 25% of their WS program allotment to their PL program allotment and up to 25% of their SEOG allotment to their WS program. (Sec. 494B) Includes among the duties of the Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance: (1) analyzing the adequacy of need-based grant aid to low- and moderate-income students and their postsecondary enrollment and graduation rates; (2) developing an information clearinghouse to help IHEs navigate the regulatory landscape; (3) reviewing and analyzing regulations; and (4) studying innovative pathways to baccalaureate degree attainment. Includes among the Committee's purposes improving understanding of early intervention programs and making recommendations that result in increased availability and awareness of aid, and help streamline regulations for IHEs. Reauthorizes the Committee through FY2014. (Sec. 494C) Includes state student grant agencies and individuals with subject matter expertise in the title IV and WS rulemaking process. Part H: Program Integrity - (Sec. 495) Revises requirements for recognition of an accrediting agency or association. Requires accreditors, where applicable, to demonstrate that their standards effectively address an IHE's distance education programs; but does not require separate distance or correspondence education standards. Requires accreditors to: (1) demonstrate, where applicable, that their standards effectively address an IHE's distance education or correspondence programs (without requiring them to have separate standards for such programs); (2) consider different standards of success developed by different IHEs; (3) consider updated financial information before taking final adverse action against an IHE, if the original information was material to the decision to take such action; (4) monitor the growth of programs at IHEs that are experiencing significant enrollment growth; and (5) confirm that an IHE has publicly disclosed transfer policies that include a statement of the IHE's criteria regarding the transfer of credit earned at another IHE. Requires IHEs to submit teach-out plans for accreditor approval when they are to be sanctioned for violating student aid participation agreements, losing their accreditation, or intend to cease operations. Prohibits the Secretary from issuing regulations regarding the specific standards an accrediting agency or association uses to assess an IHE. (Sec. 496) Provides for special treatment of teach-outs at additional IHE locations. (Sec. 497) Sets forth additional requirements for accreditors regarding program review and data. Requires the Secretary to provide an IHE with an adequate opportunity to review and respond to any program review report, and materials relevant to such report, before a final program review report is issued. Part I: Competitive Loan Auction Pilot Program - (Sec. 499) Directs the Secretary and the Secretary of the Treasury to evaluate a pilot program for the auction of FFEL PLUS loans, which is to be conducted by the Secretary, and report to Congress regarding auction costs and benefits and the feasibility of auctioning other FFELs. Requires the winning bidders in each state to agree to accept a special allowance payment (which compensates lenders for the difference between FFEL interest rates and market rates) for such loans in the amount proposed in the second lowest winning bid in such state. Title V: Developing Institutions - Revises the title V Developing Institutions grant program for Hispanic-serving institutions (HSIs). (Sec. 501) Includes among authorized uses of funds: (1) innovative, customized courses which may include remedial education and English language instruction; (2) articulation agreements and student support programs designed to facilitate student transfers from two-year to four-year institutions; and (3) education, counseling, or financial information designed to improve the financial and economic literacy of students or their families. (Sec. 502) Establishes a program of competitive grants to HSIs that offer postbaccalaureate certifications or degrees (part B grants). Limits a part B grant award's duration to no more than five years. Prohibits the Secretary from awarding more than one part B grant to an HSI in any one fiscal year. (Sec. 505) Reauthorizes title V appropriations for FY2009-FY2014. Title VI: International Education Programs - Revises and reauthorizes title VI International Education programs. (Sec. 601) Directs the Secretary to: (1) consult with officials of a wide range of federal agencies on the national need for expertise in foreign languages and world regions before requesting applications for title VI funding during each grant cycle; and (2) assist grantees in developing a survey on student employment, education, or training after they graduate from title VI programs. (Sec. 602) Revises requirements for graduate and undergraduate language and area centers and programs. Includes among authorized activities: (1) supporting instructors of the less commonly taught languages; and (2) projects that support students in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields to achieve foreign language proficiency. Makes undergraduates engaged in the intermediate or advanced study of a less commonly taught language eligible for fellowships for foreign language and area or international studies. (Sec. 604) Revises requirements for undergraduate international studies and foreign language programs. Authorizes grants for educational programs abroad that are closely linked to the program's overall goals and promote foreign language fluency and knowledge of world regions. Authorizes the Secretary to use up to 20% (currently, 10%) of the funds appropriated under part A (International and Foreign Language Studies) of title VI for such programs; but limits the study abroad component to 10%. (Sec. 605) Includes among authorized research and study activities: (1) an evaluation of the extent to which title VI programs reflect diverse perspectives and generate debate on world regions and international affairs; and (2) the collection, analysis, and dissemination of title VI data. (Sec. 606) Revises provisions for technological innovation and cooperation for foreign information access to authorize grants to certain partnerships with not-for-profit educational organizations and other specified entities. Authorizes the use of grant funds to purchase foreign information and establish linkages with foreign institutions to facilitate access to such information. (Sec. 607) Requires the Secretary, in choosing grant recipients for foreign language and area or international studies centers and programs, to consider an applicant's efforts to increase the number of students going into areas of national need. (Sec. 608) Requires American overseas research centers that desire a title VI grant or contract to submit an application to the Secretary. (Sec. 609) Reauthorizes appropriations under part A of title VI for FY2009-FY2014. (Sec. 611) Allows centers for international business education under part B (Business and International Education Programs) to conduct programs that encourage the advancement and understanding of technology-related disciplines, including manufacturing software systems and technology management. Requires grant-funded education and training programs under part B to reflect diverse perspectives and a wide range of views on world regions and international affairs, where applicable. Reauthorizes part B appropriations for FY2009-FY2014. (Sec. 612) Revises Institute for International Public Policy (IIPP) programs under part C of title V specifically to extend the minority foreign service professional development program to tribally controlled colleges or universities, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian-serving institutions, Hispanic-serving institutions, and IHEs that serve substantial numbers of underrepresented minority students. Requires grant-funded activities under such program to reflect diverse perspectives and a wide range of views on world regions and international affairs, where applicable. (Sec. 613) Revises the IIPP institutional development, study abroad, advanced degree in international relations, and internships programs. Adds international business and foreign language study programs to international affairs programs, as subjects of IIPP institutional development efforts. Includes tribally controlled colleges or universities and Alaska Native-serving, Native Hawaiian-serving, and Hispanic-serving institutions in the study abroad and internships programs. Turns the IIPP masters degree in international relations program into a program leading to an advanced degree in international relations, international affairs, international economics, or other academic areas related to the IIPP fellow's career objectives. (Sec. 617) Authorizes IIPP to provide financial assistance, through summer stipends and Ralph Bunche scholarships, to low-income students to facilitate their participation in IIPP programs. (Sec. 618) Makes the current annual IIPP report biennial. (Sec. 620) Reauthorizes appropriations for the IIPP for FY2009-FY2014. (Sec. 622) Allows the Secretary to reduce or waive title VI cost sharing requirements for certain IHEs receiving assistance under title III or V of the HEA. Sets forth title VI authority for assessment and enforcement, including evaluation, outreach, and information activities. Directs the Secretary to submit a biennial report to Congress that identifies, and includes a plan to address, areas of national need in foreign language, area, and international studies. Creates a new Science and Technology Advanced Foreign Language Education Grant program requiring the Secretary to award grants to IHEs that develop innovative programs for the teaching of foreign languages, which may include the preparation of teachers to teach foreign languages. Gives grant priority to IHEs combining the study of foreign languages with the study of science and technology and IHEs teaching critical foreign languages. Authorizes appropriations for such program. Requires the Secretary to identify and report to Congress on best practices for strengthening the role IHEs that receive assistance under title III or V of the HEA play in increasing our critical foreign language education efforts. Requires IHEs to report gifts in excess $250,000 in a fiscal year that are received from a foreign government or foreign corporation or foundation if a significant part of such contribution is to be used in a title VI program. Title VII: Graduate and Postsecondary Improvement Programs - Revises and reauthorizes title VII Graduate and Post-Secondary Improvement programs. (Sec. 702) Allows IHEs to grant Jacob K. Javits fellowship recipients an interruption of study in exceptional circumstances, such as active duty military service or a personal or family illness. Directs the Secretary, when appointing members of the Jacob K. Javits Fellows Program Fellowship Board, to include representatives of various U.S. geographic regions and representatives from IHEs eligible for grants under title III or V of the HEA. Reauthorizes appropriations for the program for FY2009-FY2014. (Sec. 703) Specifies the entities with which the Secretary must consult, and additional considerations to take into account, in determining areas of national need under the Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need program. Reauthorizes appropriations for the program for FY2009-FY2014. (Sec. 704) Revises the Thurgood Marshall Legal Educational Opportunity program to involve secondary school students in the program and provide Thurgood Marshall Fellowships to law school students who participate in certain summer institutes. Reauthorizes appropriations for FY2009-FY2014 for the program. (Sec. 705) Expresses the sense of Congress that IHEs eligible for funds under part A (Graduate Education Programs) of title VII should be encouraged to consider the feasibility of an inter-institution monitoring organization to address under-representation by race, ethnicity, and gender in postsecondary faculty and administration. (Sec. 706) Directs the Secretary to award grants to certain historically Black colleges and universities and to certain Predominantly Black Institutions for masters degree programs in mathematics, engineering, the physical or natural sciences, computer science, information technology, nursing, allied health, or other scientific disciplines in which African Americans are underrepresented. Requires a grantee to match federal funds to the extent they exceed $1 million. Authorizes appropriations for such grant programs for FY2009-FY2014. (Sec. 707) Adds to authorized activities under the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education program (FIPSE): (1) the establishment and continuation of joint efforts based on the technology of communications; (2) the reform of remedial education, including English language instruction; (3) programs increasing the secondary school graduation rates of LEP students and the number of eligible late-entering LEP students who pursue postsecondary education; (4) the creation of IHE consortia to establish interdisciplinary programs on poverty; (5) demonstration projects to provide comprehensive support services to ensure that homeless students, or students who were in foster care or were a ward of the court at any time before the age of 13, enroll and succeed in postsecondary education; and (6) promoting cultural diversity in the entertainment media industry. Establishes new FIPSE programs to create: (1) a center, at an IHE, to study and develop best practices to support single-parent students; and (2) a scholarship program for the family members of veterans and military personnel. Authorizes the Secretary to give FIPSE priority to IHEs that meet or exceed a specified energy efficiency standard for new construction or renovations. Adds to the areas of national need eligible for special project funding under the FIPSE program: (1) improvements in academic instruction and student learning; (2) foreign language studies; and (3) the incorporation of medical quality and safety into medical and nursing courses. Reauthorizes appropriations for FY2009-FY2014 for the FIPSE program. (Sec. 708) Eliminates the Urban Community Service program (part C of title VII of HEA). (Sec. 709) Replaces the current part D (Demonstration Projects to Ensure Students with Disabilities Receive a Quality Higher Education) of title VII with additional programs to provide disabled students with a quality higher education. Creates a new program of part D demonstration projects that expands the activities authorized under the current program to include: (1) the development of innovative teaching methods and strategies to ensure the successful transition of disabled students from secondary to postsecondary education; (2) making distance education accessible to disabled students; (3) teacher training and support in providing disabled students with career options; and (4) curriculum development to make postsecondary education more accessible to disabled students. Establishes a new competitive matching grant program for IHEs to create or expand high-quality, inclusive model comprehensive transition and postsecondary programs for students with intellectual disabilities focusing on academic enrichment, socialization, independent living, and integrated work experiences and career skills. Establishes an advisory commission on accessible instructional materials in postsecondary education for students with disabilities to make recommendations for improving the timely delivery and quality of accessible instructional materials for postsecondary students, faculty, and staff with print disabilities. Creates new model demonstration programs requiring the Secretary to award competitive grants or contracts to at least one partnership between an IHE and private entity to develop systems to improve the timely delivery and quality of postsecondary instructional materials in specialized formats to students with print disabilities. Allows the Secretary to expand the program to additional grantees if the model programs prove to be effective. Directs the Secretary to provide for the establishment and support of a National Center for Information and Technical Support for Postsecondary Students with Disabilities to improve the postsecondary recruitment, transition, retention, and completion rates of such students. Requires such center to: (1) provide information and technical assistance to disabled students, their families, and IHEs; (2) maintain a web-based data bank of IHE disability support services information; (3) work with disability support experts to evaluate, improve, and disseminate information related to the delivery of high quality disability support services at IHEs; and (4) report biennially regarding the postsecondary success of disabled students. Directs the Secretary to enter into a cooperative agreement with an entity that has relevant experience for the establishment of a coordinating center for IHEs that offer inclusive model comprehensive transition and postsecondary programs for students with intellectual disabilities to provide technical assistance, evaluations, and recommendations relating to standards for such programs. Requires the center to convene a working group to make recommendations to the Secretary, Congress and the National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity on accreditation standards for such programs. Authorizes appropriations for FY2009-FY2014 for the part D programs. (Sec. 710) Reauthorizes appropriations for FY2009-2014 for the College Access Challenge Grant program. Title VIII: Additional Programs - Establishes a new title VIII (Additional Programs) of the HEA. (Sec. 801) Establishes a Project GRAD program authorizing the Secretary to award a contract to Project GRAD USA (a nonprofit educational organization aiming to improve secondary school graduation and postsecondary attendance and completion rates for low-income students) to provide technical assistance and support through subcontracts to existing and new programs that implement a set of integrated education reform services. Requires the contractor to select only subcontractors that serve a substantial number or percentage of low-income students. Requires the programs to identify one or more groups of public schools at which services will be provided through a feeder pattern through which elementary and middle schools channel students having participated in program services into an identified secondary school. Requires subcontractors to match federal funds. Requires Project GRAD program services to include: (1) research-based programs in reading, mathematics, and classroom management; (2) campus-based social services programs, including increasing family and community involvement in schools; (3) a postsecondary school access program providing postsecondary school scholarships for students who meet established criteria, increasing student and family postsecondary awareness, and assisting students to apply for higher education financial aid; and (4) other services the contractor identifies as necessary. Establishes the Mathematics and Science Scholars program, providing competitive matching grants to states for scholarships to students who, after completing a rigorous secondary school curriculum in mathematics and science, pursue postsecondary education, in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, or a health-related field. Directs the Secretary to award competitive grants to partnerships of IHEs, employers, workforce investment boards, and labor organizations to expand or create programs that provide job skills training in high-growth and high-wage fields and meet the needs of working students. Gives priority to programs focused on serving nontraditional students. Requires the Secretary to award competitive grants to accredited: (1) undergraduate registered nurse (RN) nursing programs to expand faculty and facilities to accommodate additional students; or (2) graduate nursing programs to accommodate advanced practice degrees for RNs or provide teachers for nursing students. Authorizes the use of such grants to support partnerships with hospitals or health facilities which will enable students to earn a salary while obtaining an advanced degree in nursing with the goal of becoming nurse faculty. Authorizes the Secretary to award competitive grants to IHEs to establish or strengthen academic programs or centers that promote knowledge of traditional American history, free institutions, and Western civilization. Authorizes the Secretary to award a grant to Teach For America, Inc. to implement and expand its program of recruiting, selecting, training, and supporting new teachers who commit to teach for two years in underserved communities. Directs the Secretary to provide for a study, at least once every three years, examining the achievement levels of students taught by such teachers. Requires Teach For America, Inc. to contract with an independent auditor to conduct a comprehensive review of its accounting, financial reporting, and internal control systems. Establishes the Patsy T. Mink Fellowship program of awards to assist highly qualified minorities and women to acquire the doctoral degree, or highest possible degree available, in academic areas in which such individuals are underrepresented, to enable them to enter the higher education professoriate. Requires fellowship recipients to serve at the IHE from which they received the fellowship for a period equivalent to the fellowship period. Directs the Secretary to award a grant to a nonprofit organization to conduct a needs assessment of, and provide comprehensive services to, urban LEAs and rural states to improve postsecondary education enrollment rates. Authorizes the Secretary to award competitive grants to a state for the establishment of a State Early Childhood Education Professional Development and Career Task Force: (1) composed of state, higher education, and early childhood education representatives; and (2) tasked with developing a plan for a comprehensive statewide early childhood education professional development and career system that includes the provision of postsecondary educational assistance to individuals who agree to work in early childhood education programs. Authorizes the Secretary to award a grant to a partnership of IHEs and private career organizations to expand programs for the development of science, technology, engineering, or mathematics professionals, from elementary school through postsecondary education, including existing programs for Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian students. Establishes Pilot Programs to Increase College Persistence and Success which consist of: (1) a Pilot Program to Increase Persistence and Success in Community Colleges under which the Secretary awards competitive grants to community colleges for scholarships and counseling services for low-income students with dependent children; and (2) a Student Success Grant Pilot program awarding competitive, matching grants to IHEs to provide student success coaches and other support services to Pell grant-eligible students, beginning in their first year, who are assessed as needing developmental education to bring their reading, writing, or mathematics skills up to college level. Authorizes the Secretary to award competitive matching grants to IHEs to do one or more of the following: (1) develop and implement a state-of-the art emergency communications system; (2) take measures to improve IHE safety; or (3) coordinate, with appropriate local entities, the provision of mental health services to students and staff affected by a campus or community emergency. Requires the Secretary to continue to advise IHEs and disseminate information concerning model emergency response policies, procedures, and practices. Requires the Secretary to continue to coordinate with the Secretary of Homeland Security and other agencies to develop and maintain procedures to address the needs of IHEs in the event of a federally declared major disaster or emergency. Authorizes the Secretary to establish an Education Disaster and Emergency Relief Loan program for IHEs affected by a federally declared major disaster or emergency. Directs the Secretary to continue to provide guidance that clarifies the role of IHEs regarding disclosures of a student's education records in the event that such student demonstrates significant risk of harm to himself or herself or to others. Requires such guidance to clarify that IHEs which in good faith comply with the requirements of this Act and the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 shall not be held liable for that disclosure. Establishes a Low Tuition program requiring the Secretary to award: (1) grants to IHEs that, for an academic year, have tuition and fee increases that are in the lowest 20% of such increases for comparable schools, are public IHEs whose tuition and fees are in the lowest quartile of comparable IHEs, or are public IHEs whose tuition and fee increases are less than $600 for full-time undergraduate students; and (2) bonus amounts to public IHEs whose tuition and fees are in the lowest quartile of comparable IHEs, public IHEs that guarantee that their tuition and fee increases will not exceed $600 per year for full-time undergraduate students, and private IHEs that guarantee that their tuition and fees will not increase by a percentage greater than the percentage change in such tuition and fees over the past three academic years. Requires IHEs to distribute such grants and bonuses as need-based grant aid to students who are eligible for federal Pell Grants. Establishes a Cooperative Education program authorizing the Secretary to award competitive grants to IHEs for cooperative education programs that provide alternating or parallel periods of study and employment, giving students work experience related to their academic or occupational objectives and the earnings needed to finance their education. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to, or enter into contracts with, IHEs or nonprofit organizations for: (1) demonstration projects testing innovations in cooperative education; (2) cooperative education training and resource centers; and (3) cooperative education research. Authorizes the Secretary to make College Partnership grants to partnerships between IHEs and between IHEs and states for the implementation of articulation agreements between IHEs, academic program enhancements, and the removal of barriers that inhibit student transfers. Creates a Jobs to Careers program directing the Secretary to award competitive grants to IHEs to create workforce bridge programs that customize developmental education curricula to reflect the content of for-credit occupational certificate or degree programs in which developmental education students are enrolled or plan to enroll. Gives grant priority to IHEs: (1) in which at least 50% of the first-year students who are subject to mandatory assessment are assessed as needing developmental courses designed to give them collegiate reading, writing, or mathematics skills; and (2) that propose to collaborate with adult education providers or replicate practices that have proven effective with adults. Authorizes the Secretary to award competitive grants to partnerships between rural IHEs, rural LEAs, and rural regional employers or workforce investment boards for activities to: (1) improve the rural IHE enrollment rates of rural secondary school students; (2) increase nontraditional students' participation in rural IHE degree programs; (3) create or strengthen academic programs at rural IHEs that prepare graduates for high-need occupations in the regional and local economies; and (4) provide additional career training to rural postsecondary school students in fields relevant to the regional economy. Authorizes the Secretary to award competitive grants or contracts to IHEs to develop programs to reduce and eliminate the illegal downloading and distribution of intellectual property. Directs the Secretary to make competitive grants to certain accredited court reporting programs to promote the recruitment, training, and placement of individuals, including those who have completed a court reporting training program, as realtime writers providing closed captioning in video programming. Directs the Secretary to award grants to IHEs to develop model programs for students who are veterans that involve the establishment by each grantee of a campus Center of Excellence for Veteran Student Success, providing a single point of contact for the coordination of comprehensive support services for such students. Directs the Secretary to make grants to establish sustainability programs at IHEs. Requires such programs to develop and implement: (1) sustainability practices, including in the areas of energy management, greenhouse gas emissions reductions, green building, waste management, purchasing, transportation, and toxics management; and (2) other aspects of sustainability that integrate campus operations with multidisciplinary educational programs that can apply to the private and government sectors. Requires the Secretary to establish a taskforce within the Department to recommend improvements to the study of modeling and simulation, and identify the core capacities that students in such programs should acquire. Authorizes the Secretary to award: (1) competitive grants to IHEs for the enhancement of their existing modeling and simulation programs; and (2) grants to IHEs for the establishment of such programs. Establishes a Path to Success program authorizing the Secretary to award grants to community colleges to establish partnerships with juvenile detention centers and secure juvenile justice residential facilities to provide assistance, services, and education to individuals age 16 through 25 who have been convicted of a criminal offense and have served or are serving time in such facilities and reenter the community and pursue certificates of completion for a specialized area of study or associates degrees. Requires such education programs to establish a uniquely designed education plan for each individual program participant that requires the individual to receive at least such a certificate or degree in order to complete the program successfully. Gives program priority to community colleges proposing to serve the highest number of individuals who have committed gang-related offenses. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award competitive grants to veterinary schools or entities offering veterinary training to increase the number of veterinarians in the workforce. Authorizes the Secretary to establish an Early Federal Pell Grant Demonstration Program awarding: (1) grants to four state education agencies to cover program administrative expenses; and (2) Pell Grants to eighth grade students who are eligible for a free or reduced price meal under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act or the Child Nutrition Act of 1966. Authorizes the Secretary to award a grant to the University of Hawaii Academy for Creative Media for the establishment, maintenance, and periodic modernization of the Henry Kuualoha Giugni Kupuna Memorial Archives at the University of Hawaii. Requires the Archives to use grant funds for, among other things: (1) the acquisition of a secure web accessible repository of Native Hawaiian historical data; (2) college scholarships for disadvantaged students; (3) the creation of educational materials applicable to a broad range of indigenous students; (4) outreach to elementary and secondary school students; (5) relevant teacher training; and (6) the enhancement of the economic and financial literacy of college students. Authorizes appropriations for FY2009-FY2014 for the preceding title VIII programs. Appropriates funds for FY2009-2014 for: (1) the masters degree programs at historically Black colleges and universities and Predominantly Black Institutions (See section 706, above); and (2) postbaccalaureate programs at Hispanic-serving institutions (See section 502, above). (Sec. 802) Provides for the establishment of a nonprofit National Center for Research in Advanced Information and Digital Technologies to support, through competitive grants and contracts, the research, development, and adoption of innovative digital approaches to improving education, teaching, and learning. (Sec. 803) Requires the Secretary to make competitive grants to up to 10 IHEs to support pilot programs that make it possible for bookstores to give students the option of saving money by renting course materials. Title IX: Amendments to Other Laws - Part A: Education of the Deaf Act of 1986 - (Sec. 901) Amends the Education of the Deaf Act of 1986 (EDA) to identify the Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center as the place where Gallaudet University's EDA elementary and secondary programs are to be held. Requires Gallaudet to adopt, for such elementary and secondary programs, a state's approved academic content and achievement standards and assessments. (Sec. 903) Eliminates the preference given to IHEs located in metropolitan industrial areas in choosing an IHE to establish and operate a National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID). (Sec. 904) Establishes an HEA title IX part C program of cultural experiences grants to and contracts with nonprofit organizations for activities to: (1) enrich the lives of deaf and hard-of-hearing children and adults; (2) increase public awareness and understanding of deafness and of the artistic and intellectual achievements of deaf and hard-of-hearing persons; or (3) promote the integration of hearing, deaf, and hard-of-hearing persons through shared cultural, educational, and social experiences. (Sec. 907) Reauthorizes appropriations for FY2009-FY2014 for monitoring, evaluation, and reporting under the EDA. (Sec. 909) Reauthorizes appropriations for FY2009-FY2014 for federal endowment programs for Gallaudet University and NTID under the EDA. (Sec. 911) Exempts international students participating in distance learning through Gallaudet University or NTID from: (1) counting against the international student enrollment cap; and (2) the tuition surcharge other international students at such schools must pay. Prohibits, however, the displacement by such international students of U.S. citizens applying for such courses. Requires such schools to reduce the tuition surcharge from 100% to 50% for international students from developing countries. Permits such schools to use a sliding scale to reduce such surcharge to no less than 25% for students from developing countries, and to no less than 50% for students from non-developing countries, if such students demonstrate need and have made a good effort to secure aid from their home country or other sources. Makes $5,345 the maximum per capita income level at which a country is considered a developing country, measured in 2005 dollars and adjusted for inflation. (Sec. 913) Updates the national study on the education of the deaf to require the Secretary to establish a commission to conduct such study and reauthorize study appropriations for FY2009-FY2010. (Sec. 914) Reauthorizes appropriations under the EDA for FY2009-FY2014 for: (1) Gallaudet University; (2) Kendall Demonstration Elementary School; (3) the Model Secondary School for the Deaf; and (4) NTID. Part B: United States Institute of Peace Act - (Sec. 921) Amends the United States Institute of Peace Act to reauthorize appropriations for the U.S. Institute of Peace for FY2009-FY2014. Requires any authorization of appropriations for U.S. Institute of Peace programs to be extended in the same manner as applicable programs are extended under the General Education Provisions Act. Part C: The Higher Education Amendments of 1998; The Higher Education Amendments of 1992 - (Sec. 931) Repeals specified provisions under title VIII (Studies, Reports, and Related Programs) of the Higher Education Amendments of 1998. (Sec. 932) Revises requirements of the Higher Education Amendments of 1998 relating to grants to states for workplace and community transition training for incarcerated youth offenders. Authorizes the Secretary to establish performance objectives and reporting requirements for state grantees. Alters youth offender eligibility to: (1) include persons under age 35 (currently, 25) and eligible for release within seven years (currently, five); and (2) exclude persons who have committed a criminal offense against a minor, a sexually violent offense, or murder. Extends, from five to seven years, the maximum period of participation for incarcerated individuals. Increases the amount that each state can receive for each eligible student from a maximum of $1,500 to a maximum of $3,000 annually for tuition, books, and essential materials. Reauthorizes appropriations for the program for FY2009-FY2014. (Sec. 933) Requires nonprofit grantees under the Underground Railroad educational and cultural program to make information related to the Underground Railroad available, including through electronic means, to elementary and secondary schools, IHEs, and the general public. Reauthorizes appropriations for such program for FY2009-FY2014. (Sec. 934) Amends the Higher Education Amendments of 1992 to reauthorize appropriations for Olympic scholarships for FY2009-FY2014. (Sec. 935) Amends the Department of Education Organization Act to establish, in the Department's Office of Postsecondary Education, a Deputy Assistant Secretary for International and Foreign Language Education with extensive experience in international and foreign language instruction. Makes the Deputy Assistant Secretary responsible for: (1) promoting the study of foreign languages and cultures at the elementary, secondary, and postsecondary levels; and (2) coordinating such programs with other related federal programs. Part D: Tribal College and Universities; Navajo Higher Education - Subpart 1: Tribal Colleges and Universities - (Sec. 941) Amends the Tribally Controlled College or University Assistance Act of 1978 to define an Indian student as a member of an Indian tribe or a biological child of such a member. Sets forth the method of determining credits earned in an Indian continuing education program, but limits such credits to 10% of the Indian student count of a tribally controlled college or university. Requires tribally controlled college or university grantees to be: (1) accredited by a nationally recognized accreditor that meets the Secretary's approval; or (2) making progress toward such accreditation according to such accreditor. Increases the grant amount per Indian student count from $6,000 to $8,000. Reauthorizes appropriations for various programs under the Tribally Controlled College or University Assistance Act of 1978. Establishes a grant program for two tribally controlled postsecondary career and technical institutions, the United Tribes Technical College and the Navajo Technical College. Subpart 2: Navajo Higher Education - Navajo Nation Higher Education Act of 2008 - (Sec. 946) Amends the Navajo Community College Act to replace references to the Navajo Community College with references to Dine college. Reauthorizes appropriations for grants to Dine college for FY2009-FY2014. Adds the improvement and expansion of Dine college to authorized grant uses. Part E: Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 - John R. Justice Prosecutors and Defenders Incentive Act of 2008 - (Sec. 952) Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to direct the Attorney General to assume the obligation to repay student loans for borrowers who agree to remain employed, for at least three years, as: (1) state or local criminal prosecutors; or (2) state, local, or federal public defenders in criminal cases. Allows a borrower and the Attorney General to enter into an additional loan repayment agreement, after the required three-year period, for a successive period of service which may be less than three years. Limits the amount paid under such program on behalf of any borrower to $10,000 per calendar year and $60,000 total. Requires the Attorney General to give priority in granting repayment benefits to borrowers who have the least ability to repay their loans. Requires the Inspector General of the Department of Justice to report to Congress on the cost of such loan repayment program and the impact such program has on the hiring and retention of prosecutors and public defenders. Directs the Comptroller General to study and report to Congress on the impact of law school accreditation requirements and other factors on law school costs and access, including the impact of such requirements on racial and ethnic minorities. Authorizes appropriations for such program for FY2009-FY2014. Part F: Institutional Loan Repayment Assistance Programs - (Sec. 961) Permits public or private IHEs, notwithstanding any other provision of law, to grant student loan forgiveness to students or alumni who are federal or District of Columbia employees if the IHE has a written, published policy regarding such forgiveness for students or alumni who perform public service. Part G: Minority Serving Institution Digital and Wireless Technology Opportunity Program - (Sec. 971) Amends the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 to direct the Secretary of Commerce to award grants and contracts to minority-serving IHEs and minority IHEs that serve a high proportion of needy students for the acquisition and augmentation of digital and wireless networking technologies to improve the quality and delivery of educational services at such institutions. Authorizes appropriations for such program for FY2009-FY2012. Title X: Private Student Loan Improvement - Private Student Loan Transparency and Improvement Act of 2008 - Amends the Truth in Lending Act to impose consumer protection and disclosure requirements on private educational lenders. Subtitle A: Preventing Unfair and Deceptive Private Educational Lending Practices and Eliminating Conflicts of Interest - (Sec. 1011) Prohibits private educational lenders from: (1) offering or providing gifts to IHEs, or IHEs from receiving them, in exchange for loan business advantages; (2) revenue sharing with IHEs; (3) using IHEs' names or symbols in marketing their loans in a manner that implies that such IHEs endorse the loans; or (4) imposing fees or penalties on borrowers prepaying their loans. Prohibits an institution's officers, employees, and agents with financial aid duties from receiving anything other than reasonable expenses for serving on advisory groups established by private educational lenders. Requires IHEs to report annually to the Secretary on payments for such reasonable expenses. (Sec. 1012) Subjects private educational lenders to civil liability when they fail to comply with borrower protection and disclosure requirements. Requires civil actions to be brought within one year after the first regular payment of principal on the loan becomes due. Subtitle B: Improved Disclosures for Private Education Loans - (Sec. 1021) Sets forth the private student loan terms and conditions which lenders must clearly and conspicuously disclose to borrowers in any application or solicitation for such a loan and contemporaneously with the approval of a private student loan application. Requires the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to create model forms that private educational lenders may use in providing such disclosures. Requires private educational lenders that have preferred lender arrangements with IHEs to provide such IHEs annually with model disclosure form information for each type of private education loan offered to the schools' students or families. Gives private student loan borrowers 30 days after the loan is approved and the required loan disclosure information is received to accept and consummate the loan transaction. Allows borrowers to cancel such loans, without penalty, within three business days of their consummation. Amends the HEA to prohibit private education loans from being consummated before applicants submit a signed self-certification form, that the Secretary develops and IHEs provide to students, informing applicants of the availability of, and their possible eligibility for, federal, state, and institutional student aid. (Sec. 1022) Makes the Truth in Lending Act applicable to all private education loans. Subtitle C: College Affordability - (Sec. 1031) Amends the Community Reinvestment Act of 1977 to require that, when a federal financial supervisory agency assesses the record of a financial institution in meeting the credit needs of its local communities, the agency consider low-cost education loans provided by the financial institution to low-income borrowers. Subtitle D: Financial Literacy; Studies and Reports - (Sec. 1042) Directs the Secretary of the Treasury, in coordination with the Secretary and certain other federal agencies, to take certain measures to enhance the financial literacy of postsecondary school students and assist them in navigating the financial aid process. Requires the Financial Literacy and Education Commission to report to Congress, within two years of this title's enactment, on the state of financial education among students at IHEs. Title XI: Studies and Reports - (Sec. 1101) Directs the Comptroller General to study and report to Congress on: (1) the performance of American students who receive federal student aid to attend graduate medical schools abroad, and provide data and recommendations to the National Committee on Foreign Medical Education and Accreditation to assist the Department in reviewing such schools; (2) the collection of information on the employment of postsecondary school graduates; and (3) on the time and cost burdens to IHEs associated with completing the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS). (Sec. 1104) Requires the Secretary to study and report to Congress on the implementation of articulation agreements at State-supported college and university systems and other IHEs. (Sec. 1105) Directs the Comptroller General to analyze and report to Congress on the compliance of proprietary IHEs with the requirement that they derive at least 10% of their revenue from non-title IV sources. (Sec. 1106) Requires the Secretary to contract with the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) to study and report on: (1) the amount and scope of all federal regulations and reporting requirements with which IHEs must comply; and (2) recommendations for consolidating, streamlining, and eliminating those that are redundant and burdensome. (Sec. 1107) Directs the Secretary to contract with the National Research Council to study and report to Congress on: (1) the quality of distance education programs as compared to campus-based education programs at IHEs; and (2) current and alternative environmental, health, and safety standards for IHE research and teaching laboratories and facilities. (Sec. 1109) Requires the Secretary to commission a study and report to Congress and states on underrepresented minority males, particularly African American, Hispanic, Native American, Native Hawaiian, and Alaska Native males, completing high school and entering into and completing postsecondary education. (Sec. 1110) Directs the Secretary to contract with the NAS Board on Testing and Assessment for a study identifying any race, ethnicity, and gender biases present in the content and construction of standardized tests that are used for admission to IHEs. (Sec 1111) Requires the Comptroller General to study and report to Congress on the amounts, uses, and public purposes of IHE endowments. (Sec. 1112) Directs the Secretary to assess and report to Congress on the effects of providing prisoners with a postsecondary education. (Sec. 1113) Requires the Secretary to: (1) study and report to Congress on the feasibility of expanding the student aid available under title IV of the HEA to less-than-half-time students; and (2) recommend to Congress a demonstration project, statutory and regulatory modifications, and accountability mechanisms to facilitate that expansion. (Sec. 1114) Directs the Comptroller General to study and report to Congress on the methodology used to determine expected family contribution, particularly: (1) the HEA title IV educational assistance need analysis formula; and (2) the need for regional sensitivity in need analysis. (Sec. 1115) Requires the Secretary to coordinate with public service organizations and interested parties a study and report to Congress on: (1) the effect of student loan debt levels on the decisions of graduates of postsecondary and graduate education programs to enter into public service; and (2) measures that might be taken to increase the number of graduates who enter public service careers. (Sec. 1116) Directs the Secretary to contract with the NAS Center for Education for a scientifically based study to determine if teachers and teacher education programs meet the needs of students with reading and language processing challenges, including dyslexia. Requires reports to the Secretary and to Congress. Directs the Secretary is to assemble a task force to make policy recommendations regarding the Center's findings. (Sec. 1117) Requires the Secretary and the Secretary of the Treasury to study and report to Congress on the feasibility and benefits of developing a system through which a borrower who is repaying a loan through the income contingent repayment plan or the income-based repayment program may make payments on the loan using the income tax withholding system. (Sec. 1118) Directs the Secretary to report to Congress about alternatives ways to measure and report degree or program completion rates for IHEs receiving title IV funds. (Sec. 1119) Requires the Comptroller General to study all the financial and compliance audits and reviews required or conducted under the FFEL and DL programs to compare them between such programs and assess their effectiveness and use in protecting federal and borrower interests. (Sec. 1120) Directs the Secretary to convene a summit of higher education experts, federal representatives, and business and industry leaders to encourage cooperative efforts to enhance sustainability programs at IHEs and apply such programs to the community and workplace. (Sec. 1121) Requires the Secretary to contract with the NAS Institute of Medicine to study and report to the Secretary and Congress on: (1) constraints encountered by schools of nursing in admitting and graduating the number of registered nurses necessary to ensure patient safety and meet the need for health care quality assurance; and (2) recommendations to alleviate the constraints on a short-term and long-term basis. (Sec. 1122) Directs the Comptroller General to study and report to Congress on: (1) the impact nonindividual factors, including cohort default rates, accreditation, and graduation rates at IHEs, have on the pricing, types, and availability of private education loans; (2) the feasibility of developing a national student loan clearinghouse on the Department's website that helps prospective borrowers make informed decisions in selecting lenders from whom to obtain federal and private education loans; and (3) the Secretary's efforts to enforce the ban on IHEs' offering incentive payments to persons or entities engaged in recruiting students or making student aid decisions for their success in securing enrollments or financial aid. | Education | Higher | Education | 2007-11-09 | higher education opportunity act amends higher education act hea revise reauthorize hea programs title general provisions sec revises general definition institution higher education ihe include schools admit students secondary education conducted home school setting award degrees bachelor degrees acceptable admission graduate professional degree program enroll students dually concurrently enrolled secondary school sec revises definition ihe purposes title student assistance programs requires graduate medical schools located outside country qualified participate federal_family_education_loan ffel program owing having state approved clinical training program january continuously operated clinical training program state approved state allows foreign nursing schools participate ffel program agreements hospitals nursing schools located country require students complete training hospitals schools schools provide graduates degrees certify subsidized stafford loans unsubsidized stafford loans plus loans ffel program agree reimburse secretary education secretary cost student loan defaults included cohort default rates students graduates pass exam directs advisory panel medical experts report secretary congress year act enactment recommendations alternate eligibility requirements allowing foreign graduate medical schools clinical training program approved state participate ffel program authorizes secretary issue regulations establishing alternate eligibility criteria raises pass rate required foreign graduate medical schools examinations administered educational_commission_for_foreign_medical_graduates schools participate ffel program includes proprietary ihes schools offering baccalaureate degrees liberal arts schools enroll students dually concurrently enrolled secondary school includes postsecondary vocational institutions schools enroll students dually concurrently enrolled secondary school sec adds definitions critical foreign language distance education diploma mill early childhood education program poverty line universal design universal design learning sec current sense congress speech association rights students higher education specify students harassed discouraged speaking discriminated sec advise secretary accreditation matters october sec requires biennial ihe reviews alcohol drug abuse prevention programs include determination number alcohol related violations fatalities occurring campus activities reported campus officials number type sanctions ihes impose students employees result violations fatalities repeals outstanding ihe alcohol drug abuse prevention programs reauthorizes appropriations alcohol drug abuse prevention grants fy2009 fy2014 sec extends authorization appropriations continue coverage prior rights obligations servicing outstanding bonds certain earlier programs title vii hea amended higher_education_amendments higher_education_amendments sec directs secretary place information department website assist students families employers understanding diploma identify avoid sec directs secretary display link department student financial aid website prominent place homepage department website requires secretary provide access department student financial aid website information concerning student financial aid options provided federal departments agencies armed_forces information website created secretary providing information federal state student financial aid available members veterans armed_forces families national database financial assistance study science technology engineering mathematics created secretary prohibits charging user fees use department financial aid websites sec directs secretary place college navigator website year lists ihes highest tuition fees recent year ihes highest net price price minus student aid recent year ihes largest percentage increase tuition fees recent years ihes largest percentage increase net price recent years ihes lowest tuition fees recent year ihes lowest net price recent year requires ihes lists largest percentage increases tuition fees net price recent years issue reports secretary explaining increases steps reducing costs extent state governments responsible cost increases requires secretary summarize reports report provided congress placed college navigator website requires secretary report annually college navigator website comparisons state percentage changes recent years state spending time student public ihes tuition fees students charged recent years total state merit based aid provided students requires secretary develop ihes available websites net price calculator allows current prospective students families consumers estimate ihe net price individual students requires secretary post college navigator website additional basic information ihe students teachers assistance costs safety services credit transfer policies link section bureau_of_labor_statistics website provides regional data starting salaries major occupations directs commissioner education statistics continue update improve integrated_postsecondary_education_data_system including reporting information institutions timeliness data collected requires secretary develop available college navigator website multi year tuition calculator help current prospective students families consumers estimate tuition individual pay attend ihe future years compare estimate schools directs secretary conduct survey title student aid recipients state state basis years sec requires publishers informing teachers selecting course materials ihes available textbooks supplements include written information concerning price publisher charge items associated institution available price publisher charges public copyright dates previous textbooks substantial revisions items items available formats including price publisher charge available price publisher charges public items formats requires publisher sells textbook accompanying supplement single bundled item sell separately priced items directs ihes include internet course schedules international standard book number retail price required recommended textbook supplement listed courses requires institution use author title publisher copyright date unavailable indicate required information determined disclosure course requires ihes provide college request course schedules subsequent academic period information act requires placed internet course schedules textbook supplement required recommended course number students enrolled maximum enrollment course encourages ihes inform students ways save money course materials directs comptroller general report congress implementation requirements ihes college publishers sec prohibits creation maintenance federal database personally identifiable student information states prohibition apply certain data systems use act enactment state databases track individuals time sec prohibits state charging tuition attending public ihe state members armed_forces active duty days domicile permanent duty station state members dependents provides members permanent duty station subsequently changed location outside state dependents continue charged tuition remain continuously enrolled ihe state sec establishes state higher education information system pilot program secretary shall award competitive grants states consortia states consortia ihes design test implement state level postsecondary student data systems provide maximum benefits states ihes state policymakers examine costs burdens involved implementing systems sec requires states maintain increase funding non capital indirect research development costs public ihes funding financial aid private ihes ineligible act new grants expand college access increase college persistence program allows secretary waive requirement states facing exceptional circumstances sec revises requirements performance based organization delivery federal student financial assistance procurement flexibility sec prohibits ihes federal hea funds lobby federal contracts grants loans cooperative agreements earmarks sec creates new lender institution requirements related educational loans title hea directs secretary months act enactment determine minimum information lenders ihes ihe affiliates participating preferred lender arrangements provide ffels offered students families includes minimum information certain information required truth lending act requires secretary develop model disclosure form preferred lenders ihes ihe affiliates use requires ihes affiliates participate preferred lender arrangements include websites financial aid informational materials minimum ffel information required secretary maximum student aid available title hea statement ihe required process ffel documents received eligible lender student selects respect private education loans certain information required truth lending act requires lenders preferred lender arrangements annually provide participating ihes ihe affiliates secretary minimum ffel information required secretary type ffel lender plans offer award year requires ihes affiliates preferred lender arrangements prohibit providers private education loans implying loan school affiliate ensure private lenders materials relating loans issue annual reports secretary public include minimum information required ffels private loans issued arrangements explanation rationale entering arrangements comply code conduct schools participating title loan programs required develop sec requires lenders ffels preferred lender arrangements certify annually compliance act requirements directs ihes affiliates provide information private education loans provide prospective borrowers certain information required truth lending act inform qualify assistance title hea favorable terms private loans ensure title loan private loan information kept distinct requires lenders provide borrowers ffel direct_loans dls specified written information concerning loan costs terms repayment disburse loans private education loans disclosures required truth lending act requires ffel lenders report annually secretary certain reimbursements provided agents ihes affiliates involved financial aid requires secretary summarize reports annual report congress directs secretary provide ihes participating program completed model disclosure forms contain information dls required disclosed ffels requires ihes provide students prospective students information forms comparable forms designed title teacher quality enhancement sec revises reauthorizes teacher quality enhancement grants states partnerships title hea eliminates state grant teacher recruitment grant programs turns partnership grant program revised teacher quality partnership grant program authorizes secretary award competitive year grants partnerships high need local educational agencies leas high need schools ihes applicable high need early childhood education programs use carrying pre baccalaureate teacher preparation program teaching residency program combination programs authorizes partnerships use grant funds implement leadership development program carried partnership rural lea requires pre baccalaureate teacher preparation program include educational reforms clinical experience interaction induction programs new teachers provide mentoring support years teaching literacy training teacher recruitment mechanisms requires teaching residency program prepare teachers success high need schools partnership engaging residents rigorous graduate level coursework earn master degree undertake guided teaching apprenticeship alongside trained experienced mentor teacher relieved teaching duties requires teacher residents recent graduates year ihe mid career professionals outside field education possess strong content knowledge record professional accomplishment provides residents living stipend salary year residency program exchange years service highly qualified teachers high need field high need school served high need lea immediately following successful completion residency program requires leadership development program include preparing students careers school leaders preservice clinical education program induction program new school leaders school leader recruitment mechanisms includes program addition students mid career professionals outside field education possess strong content knowledge record professional accomplishment current teachers aspire school leaders school leaders aspire superintendents allows partnership grantees use grants pre baccalaureate teacher preparation teaching residency programs improve quality programs partnering entities develop digital educational content requires partnership grantees provide equal grant nonfederal sources program activities secretary grants hardship waiver adds programs offer alternative routes state certification licensure teacher preparation programs subject annual reports ihes provide states public states provide secretary public concerning certain measures program effectiveness student success certification licensure assessments requires ihes include reports information concerning goals increasing number prospective teachers trained teacher shortage areas prohibits secretary information create national list ranking states institutions schools requires ihes provide teacher training enroll students receive hea assistance set annual quantifiable goals increasing number prospective teachers trained teacher shortage areas designated secretary state including mathematics science special education instruction limited english proficient lep students authorizes appropriations teacher_quality_partnership grant program fy2009 fy2011 replaces preparing tomorrow teachers use technology program title enhancing teacher education program authorizes appropriations program fy2009 fy2014 establishes preparing teachers digital age learners program authorizing secretary award consortia ihes states leas entities able assist technology related reform teacher preparation programs partnership grants developing long term partnerships consortium members focused effective teaching modern digital tools content connect preservice teacher preparation high need schools grants transforming way departments schools colleges education teach classroom technology integration teacher candidates limits federal share project cost establishes honorable centers excellence program authorizing secretary award grants certain minority serving ihes partnerships ihes ihes establish centers excellence teacher education requires use grants ensure current future teachers highly qualified reforming teacher preparation programs teachers able understand scientifically based research use advanced technology effectively classroom providing preservice clinical experience mentoring prospective teachers increased interaction ihe faculty new experienced elementary secondary school teachers administrators implementing initiatives promote retention highly qualified teachers principals awarding need based scholarships students teacher preparation programs disseminating information effective teacher preparation practices conducting certain activities authorized title establishes teach reach grant program authorizing secretary award competitive grants partnerships ihes high need leas effectively prepare general education teacher candidates instruct disabled students classrooms requires preparation include extensive clinical experience mentoring induction support participants year time teaching requires grantees evaluate programs secretary use evaluations report congress public best practices instructing disabled students general education classrooms establishes program authorizing secretary award competitive grants leas partnerships leas public private educational organizations businesses recruit train individuals outside elementary secondary education system expertise mathematics science critical foreign languages serve adjunct content specialists subjects secondary schools directs secretary grants ihes provide graduate fellowships students pursuing studies lead studies equip teach highly qualified elementary secondary school mathematics science teachers special education teachers teachers provide instruction lep students requires fellowship recipients teach period time equal term grant ihes teacher preparation programs title iii institutional aid revises reauthorizes title programs hea sec expands authorized uses institutional aid include remedial education english language instruction educational counseling services improve financial economic literacy students families sec establishes formula grant program including minimum grant tribally controlled colleges universities replacing current competitive grant program authorizes use grant funds acquiring adjacent property construct instructional facilities instruction tribal governance tribal public policy developing improving facilities internet distance education technologies authorizes secretary reserve appropriations colleges universities award year grants construction maintenance renovation needs sec establishes new program awarding formula grants predominantly_black_institutions enhance capacity serve low- middle income black american students expand higher education opportunities students eligible student assistance title hea encouraging students prepare college persist secondary postsecondary education strengthen financial ability serve academic needs students defines predominantly black institutions accredited institutions serving undergraduate students pursuing bachelor associate degree black americans low income generation college students requires spending time undergraduate student institutions low comparison institutions offering similar instruction allows grant recipients use grant endowment fund provided raise nonfederal matching funds equal grant endowment allots funding institutions basis share pell_grant recipients graduates graduates pursuing higher degree establishes minimum allotment institution ratably reduced appropriations insufficient pay sec establishes new competitive grant program native american serving non tribal institutions enhance capacity serve native americans low income individuals requires undergraduate student enrollment native americans institutions total undergraduate enrollment sets minimum grant sec establishes new competitive grant program asian american pacific islander serving institutions enhance capacity serve asian american students low income individuals defines asian american native american pacific islander serving institutions accredited institutions significant enrollment financially needy students enrollment undergraduate students asian american native american pacific islander students requires spending time undergraduate student institutions low comparison institutions offering similar instruction gives grant priority institutions enrollment asian american native american pacific islander students low income individuals sec revises grant program historically black colleges universities direct commissioner bureau_of_labor_statistics secretary consult commissioner education statistics determining professional academic areas underrepresented authorizes use grant funds acquisition real property campus facilities education financial services information designed improve financial literacy economic literacy students families services necessary implementation approved projects activities conditions eligibility historically black colleges universities grants furnishing secretary annual data indicating previous academic year enrolled pell grant recipients graduated students appropriate graduates years graduation went graduate professional school disciplines underrepresented authorizes use grant funds historically black graduate professional institutions acquisition real property adjacent campus campus facilities education financial services information designed improve financial literacy economic literacy students families services necessary implementation approved projects activities tutoring counseling student service programs designed improve academic success adds list eligible graduate professional institutions increases appropriations reserved grants institutions list additions sec increases maximum minimum endowment challenge grant available certain minority serving institutions sec alters responsibilities designated bonding authorities historically black colleges universities capital financing program increases principal outstanding bonds loans historically black colleges universities federally insured program requires secretary ensure selection process designated bonding authority competitive transparent review performance designated bonding authority year insurance agreement determine selection process requires secretary report progress implementing recommendations government_accountability_office gao october improving program alters size composition requires board advise secretary congress construction financing issues facing historically black colleges universities feasibility reducing borrowing costs capital financing program sec establishes new partnerships grant program partnerships ihes high need leas community organizations encourage underrepresented minority low income students kindergarten grade pursue careers science technology engineering mathematics stem outreach hands experiential based learning projects allows secretary contract advertising firm implement campaign encouraging young americans enter stem fields particularly latin americans african americans women underrepresented fields professionals fields teach subjects elementary secondary school students sec moves strengthening historically black colleges universities minority serving institutions program created college cost reduction access act title title iii hea sec allows secretary provide technical assistance institutions desiring grant title iii sec directs secretary waive fy2009 fy2011 application specified title iii requirements ihes affected gulf mexico hurricane disaster receiving title iii assistance time disaster allows secretary waive requirements fy2012 fy2013 sec authorizes title iii appropriations fy2009 fy2014 title student assistance revises reauthorizes title student assistance programs grants students attendance institutions higher education sec sets authorized maximum pell_grant award academic year academic year academic year academic year academic year academic year sets minimum pell_grant currently appropriated maximum grant level academic year allows award grant equal level students eligible grant level allows awarding additional pell_grant single award year certain students attend school year round accelerate progress degree certificate prohibits receiving pell_grant persons subject involuntary civil commitment incarceration forcible non forcible sexual offense limits period student receive pell_grants semesters equivalent provides students enrolled time time enrolled shall count limits eliminates expected family contribution determining pell_grant eligibility case student applicant parent guardian killed performing military service iraq afghanistan september sec makes july effective date amendments grant program requires date second year students desiring grants completed rigorous secondary school college preparatory curricula recognized appropriate officials consistent state law secretary regulations effect sec reauthorizes appropriations trio programs grants contracts designed identify qualified individuals disadvantaged backgrounds help prepare program postsecondary education fy2009 fy2014 makes community based organizations experience serving disadvantaged youth eligible trio grants contracts eliminates requirement exceptional circumstances secondary schools eligible recipients grants contracts extends duration trio grants years sets minimum grant staff training development programs prohibits secretary providing assistance eligible program fraudulently trio funds requires trio grant applicants ensure homeless foster care youth including youth leave foster care reaching age receive program services makes youth eligible participate trio programs directs secretary issue guidance rights responsibilities trio applicants application evaluation process establishes appeals process trio applicants directs secretary establish outcome criteria programs prohibits veterans armed_forces_reserves deemed ineligible participate trio age served active duty period days support contingency operation september revises required activities permissible activities trio programs authorizes trio programs requires use funds services designed improve financial economic literacy students permits trio programs designed specially students lep groups traditionally underrepresented postsecondary education disabled homeless foster care aging foster care disconnected students prohibits denial trio upward bound program participation students enter program ninth grade requires secretary discontinue absolute priority upward bound program participant selection evaluation published department federal_register september includes alaska_natives native hawaiians native pacific postbaccalaureate achievement program designed provide disadvantaged college students effective preparation doctoral study sec reauthorizes appropriations gearup fy2009 fy2014 includes disabled students gearup program allows secretary award year gearup grants seven year grants grantees provide services students year college requires grantees provide students option receiving services year ihe provision services described grant application services students received services previous gearup grant completed 12th grade allows gearup applicants grantees request reduced matching requirements allows grantees count matching requirement amounts contributed administrative costs gearup student scholarships revises required activities permissible activities gearup includes permissible gearup activities support dual concurrent enrollment programs secondary school ihe partners provision intensive extended school day school year summer programs special programs tutoring science technology engineering mathematics promotion importance college education enabling eligible students enroll advanced_placement international_baccalaureate college entrance examination preparation courses lists permissible gearup activities state grantees requires eligible entities use cohort approach providing gearup services treat certain types low income homeless disconnected students priority students participation gearup requires certain portion state gearup funds scholarships alters formula determining minimum gearup scholarship sec repeals program sec reauthorizes appropriations federal supplemental educational opportunity grants fy2009 fy2014 increases allowance books supplies determining cost attendance sec reauthorizes appropriations fy2009 fy2014 increases maximum leap grant lesser student cost attendance academic year replaces special leveraging educational assistance partnership program program requires state grantees partnership public private ihe state applicable early information intervention mentoring outreach programs state philanthropic organization business state requires partnerships coordinate provision financial assistance low income students provide need based grants access persistence eligible low income students provide early notification low income students eligibility financial aid encourage students participation early information intervention mentoring outreach programs sets federal share funds program state partnership includes ihes combined enrollment half student enrollment state half students state enrolled participating ihe sec reauthorizes appropriations special programs students families engaged migrant seasonal program fy2009 fy2014 revises eligibility requirements programs students immediate family currently students parents engage requisite period migrant seasonal includes preparation college entrance examinations activities improve persistence retention postsecondary education services provided program adds economic personal finance education internships certain follow services authorized camp activities increases minimum allocation project programs requires fiscal year camp appropriations equal exceed million appropriations devoted devoted camp sec reauthorizes appropriations fy2009 fy2014 robert honors scholarship program makes home children eligible program sec reauthorizes appropriations school program fy2009 fy2014 increases minimum grant available ihes decreases pell_grant funds award fiscal year eligible grants fiscal year appropriations equal exceed million alters definition low income students include eligible pell grants enrollment graduate level studies temporary status country requires program participants report annually secretary activities requires secretary publicize availability grants program sec repeals program sec requires teach grant applicants provided disclosure form service obligation attending grants directs secretary identify extenuating circumstances grant recipients service obligations directs secretary submit biennial reports congress teach grant program sec extends federal insurance interest subsidies ffels fy2014 fy2018 new ffels provided existing borrowers sec excludes students receipt veterans educational benefits including benefits received montgomery bill determining need ffel interest subsidies requires lenders provide student borrowers unsubsidized ffels loan deferment inform borrowers effect deferment total cost loan adds business inducements ffel guaranty agencies prohibited offering ihes lenders include stock securities prizes travel entertainment expenses tuition payment reimbursement prohibits guaranty agencies performing paying person perform function ihe required perform ffel programs requires ffel lenders granting forbearance borrowers provide information concerning effect total cost loan updated days concerning loan accrual interest option discontinue forbearance time requires guaranty agencies receive default claims ffel lenders provide defaulting borrowers information options removing loans default sec directs secretary submit annually congress evaluation effect voluntary flexibility agreements guaranty agencies providing agencies statutory regulatory waivers ffel program sec authorizes lenders provide plus ffels parents january december days delinquent home mortgages medical bills adverse credit histories determined pursuant certain regulations effect enactment allows deferral plus ffel principal repayment graduate professional students parents students months date cease carry half normal time academic workload sec directs lenders inform borrowers seeking consolidate loans repayment terms including ability prepay change repayment plans ffel repayment related benefits lost certain federal_perkins_loan interest free periods deferment cancellation options lost lenders offer different terms applying loans borrowers requires secretary education offer direct consolidation loans eligible military personnel want avoid accrual interest existing loans section makes accrual dls available certain military personnel extends authority federal consolidation loans fy2014 sec requires guaranty agencies holders ffel loans default reduction programs request consumer reporting agencies remove borrowers records default sale loans limits loan rehabilitation benefits available borrowers programs time loan requires default reduction programs financial economic education materials available borrowers rehabilitate loans sec raises cohort default rate ihe fall exempt ffel multiple disbursement year student endorsement requirements sec clarifies increase maximum annual unsubsidized stafford ffel provided applies undergraduates sec includes teachers employed educational service agencies ffel forgiveness program teachers sec turns loan forgiveness child care providers program areas program providing loan forgiveness ffel programs certain time early childhood educators nurses foreign language specialists librarians highly qualified teachers child welfare workers speech language pathologists audiologists school counselors public sector employees nutrition professionals medical specialists mental health professionals dentists individuals employed engineering technology applied sciences mathematics physical therapists school superintendents principals administrators occupational therapists authorizes appropriations program fy2009 fy2014 sec directs secretary assume obligation repay student loans ffel programs behalf civil legal assistance attorneys duration agreements secretary attorneys requiring continued employment capacity years excludes parent plus loans program authorizes secretary enter additional agreements civil legal assistance attorneys completed service obligation authorizes appropriations program fy2009 fy2014 sec requires reports credit bureaus referred credit reporting agencies ihes include information repayment status educational loans sec requires secretary agreeing proposed claims settlement title exceeding million ask attorney general review terms allows ihes use master promissory note ffels dls sec requires lenders prior disbursing ffels consolidated loans provide specified additional information borrowers concerning repayment options consequences choosing options options obtaining forbearance forgiveness loans directs ffel lenders commencement loan repayment provide specified additional information borrowers concerning loan repayment options benefits right change repayment plans repayment period options avoiding removed default known sources loan repayment advice assistance requires ffel lenders provide borrowers specified loan information payment installment period indicate having difficulty making payments days delinquent making payments sec requires ffel guaranty agencies provide training students families budgeting financial management sec raises beginning fy2012 cohort default rate ihes ineligible title student loan programs meet exceed rate recent fiscal years sets forth appeals process allowing ihes meet exceed rate obtain regulatory relief demonstrating exceptional mitigating circumstances requires ihe cohort default rate meets exceeds threshold fiscal year establish default prevention task force prepare plan remedy situation revise plan school failure continues second consecutive fiscal year raises ffel participation rate index figure excepting title student loan ineligibility based high cohort default rate ihe equals falls participation rate index recent fiscal years includes eligible ffel lenders credit unions national state chartered banks assets billion primary consumer credit function making holding student ffels expands activities disqualifying lenders participation ffel program including offering specified inducements ihes performing certain uncompensated services ihes entering certain business arrangements students school financial aid employees requires schools serving ffel lenders lenders serving school trustees provide annual compliance audits secretary revises calculation ihes cohort default rates ffels directs secretary report cohort default data life cohort default rates category ihe sec requires secretary discharge borrower liability ffel programs borrower permanently totally disabled unable engage substantial gainful activity medically impairment expected result death continuous months allows secretary develop anti fraud safeguards requires secretary accept documentation department_of_veterans_affairs determined student borrower service connected condition sufficient documentation discharge borrower ffels permanent totally disability federal work study sec reauthorizes appropriations programs fy2009 fy2014 includes emergency preparedness response community services students participate programs sec increases allowance books supplies determining cost attendance program sec allows ihes receiving program funds include civic education participation projects requires ihes priority employing students educating training public evacuation emergency response injury prevention strategies relating natural disasters acts terrorism emergencies allows federal share student compensation projects exceed sec allows ihes major disaster affected areas pay disaster affected students amounts equal amounts students paid academic year students able complete work obligation sec increases allocation ihe use job location development sec authorizes secretary award grants ihes supplement campus community service employment gives grant priority ihes support postsecondary students assist early childhood education disaster preparation response activities authorizes appropriations grant program fy2009 fy2014 sec revises work college requirements referring work college programs comprehensive work learning service programs limiting eligibility year degree granting ihes requiring resident students including half resident students enrolled time basis participate comprehensive work learning service program hours week hours period enrollment engaged study abroad externship programs approved school federal direct student loan sec adds income based repayment plan adopted list repayment options available borrowers clarifies definition public service jobs purpose cancellations public service employees requires secretary ensure monthly statements department publications contain individual social_security number provides interest shall accrue dls disbursed fy2007 individuals serving active duty performing national_guard duty war military operation national emergency serving areas hostilities service qualifies special pay limits receipt benefit months requires ihes contractors secretary agreements program comply loan disclosure requirements imposed lenders ffel program sec extends funding fy2014 costs administering ffel programs paying ffel account maintenance fees guaranty agencies sec clarifies secretary purchases ffel guaranty agency insured loan ceases rights responsibilities regard loan directs secretary submit quarterly reports annual cost estimates congress ffel purchase program authorized sec includes teachers employed educational service agencies cancellation program teachers federal perkins loans sec reauthorizes appropriations perkins_loans fy2009 fy2014 sec increases allowance books supplies determining cost attendance program sec allows ihes refer secretary collection limits secretary authority require assignment secretary sec increases maximum student receive academic year undergraduate students graduate professional students aggregate limits unpaid principal student graduate professional students undergraduate students completed years undergraduate studies students requires secretary cancel borrower liability program borrower permanently totally disabled unable engage substantial gainful activity medically impairment expected result death continuous months cancels liability borrowers determined secretary veterans_affairs service connected disability allows secretary develop anti fraud safeguards liability cancellation requires documentation forbearance agreements ihes borrowers allows defaulted rehabilitated borrower makes currently consecutive monthly payments amounts sec revises requirements cancellation loans certain public service include service time teachers employed educational service agencies locations contain high percentage poor children prekindergarten child care program time attorney employed defender organization time firefighter time faculty member tribal college university librarian master degree working elementary school eligible assistance title elementary secondary education act esea eligible public library serving area containing esea eligible school time speech language master degree working exclusively esea eligible schools provides loan cancellation occupations service armed_forces area hostilities rate second year service fourth year service fifth year service loan cancellation service prekindergarten child care programs provided rate year service sec expresses sense congress program important federal student aid remain campus based aid program need analysis sec expands definition allowance room board include allowance expenses reasonably incurred board room students receive military housing allowance live base sec includes individual nursing home dependent care expenses status dislocated worker special circumstances financial aid administrators consider analyzing individual need authorizes financial aid administrators award unsubsidized ffels dls students parents ended financial support refuse complete sec allows secretary use tax return data second preceding tax year purpose designing simplified needs application prohibits beginning july veterans education benefits included calculation expected family contributions available financial assistance title need analyses excludes value base military housing military housing allowance consideration untaxed income benefits need analysis formula includes independent students individuals orphans foster care court time years old emancipated minors legal guardianship immediately attaining age majority excludes earnings ihe cooperative education work programs need analyses general provisions relating student assistance sec limits secretary authority waive minimum weeks instruction requirement ihes ihes measure program length credit clock hours sec directs secretary provide ihes award year compliance calendar listing reports disclosures required hea including specified information sec requires secretary consumer friendly goal fewer data elements available paper downloadable electronic formats flexible permit applicants enter data years enrolling update information include data elements relevant state student aid determinations directs secretary develop simplified paper downloadable electronic fafsa applicants having expected family contributions simplified needs test applies directs secretary implement early application demonstration program assessing feasibility benefits allowing dependent students complete fafsa fafsa years enrollment ihe directs secretary use savings accrued moving applicants electronic increase access forms students meet simplified needs test zero expected family contribution requirements requires comptroller general convene study group includes secretary assess fafsa allowing students families supply substantially income asset information tax return data fafsa sec requires secretary convene group develop recommendations ihe financial aid offer forms present consumer friendly manner student cost attendance financial aid student repay conditions aid terms title loans cost attendance minus financial aid offered seek additional financial aid information sec revises requirements student eligibility title assistance requires ihe determine student high school graduate student ability benefit education training offers satisfactory completion credit hours equivalent coursework applicable degree certificate offers allows secretary cooperation secretary treasury use applicants tax return data verify information reported applications authorizes secretary condition applicants receipt title assistance consenting release tax return data makes students convicted drug offense eligible assistance title programs pass unannounced drug tests conducted drug rehabilitation program makes eligible hea student aid disabled students accepted enrollment maintaining satisfactory progress ihe comprehensive transition postsecondary education program students requires secretary analyze fafsa data report congress number characteristics circumstances students denied federal student aid based drug convictions receiving aid sec provides borrower raise defense based ihe collecting obligation program provides student deceased student estate family estate required repay title assistance related costs sec requires ihes students leave absence perform active military service academic status attained prior service provided cumulative absence service exceed years sec adds institutional information ihes disclose current prospective students certain cases employees public plans improving academic programs policies sanctions related copyright infringement student body diversity graduate employment types graduate professional education pursued graduates fire safety practices standards undergraduate student retention rates policies vaccinations additional categories hate crimes occurring campus immediate emergency response evacuation procedures transfer credit policies penalties student drug violations requires ihes disaggregate completion graduation rate data student gender race ethnicity receipt pell_grant receipt subsidized ffel pell_grant non receipt pell_grant subsidized ffel makes requirement inapplicable year ihes academic year sets forth requirements emergency response evacuation procedures including requirement procedures tested annual basis requires ihes inform prospective enrolled students terms conditions ffels dls adds exit counseling information schools provide student borrowers requires certain information costs repayment terms including ability prepay change repayment plans loan forgiveness forbearance options consequences defaulting loan effects consolidating loans available tax benefits availability national_student_loan_data_system use obtaining information loan status requires ihes develop missing person procedures students living campus include allowing students identify individual wish school contact student reported missing requiring missing person reports students referred school police campus security department contacting individual identified student parent student student age unemancipated student missing hours requires ihes disbursing ffel time student borrower ensure borrower receives comprehensive information terms conditions loan borrower responsibilities sec direct secretary actions necessary maintain confidence national_student_loan_data_system minimum ensuring guaranty agencies lenders schools access primarily legitimate program operations prohibiting nongovernmental researchers policy analysts accessing personally identifiable information creating disclosure form actual potential students describing contents access system requiring guaranty agencies lenders schools inform borrowers ffels dls loan submitted system accessible entities reviewing system regularly delete inactive users monitor use ensure data marketing purposes developing standardized protocols limiting access requires secretary study report congress mechanisms giving borrowers option restricting lender access system records appropriate risk based protocols limiting access sec directs secretary implement comprehensive system early financial aid information order provide students families early information financial aid early estimates students eligibility financial aid multiple sources sec directs secretary provide technical assistance states public ihes develop enhance implement comprehensive articulation agreements ihes state extent practicable state lines sec revises requirements title program participation agreements subjects sanctions proprietary ihes earn revenue non title sources rule including suspension title eligibility consecutive years noncompliance continues suspension institutional fiscal years sets forth rules calculation non title revenue requires secretary disclose college navigator website identity ihe fails meet rule extent failure requires ihes develop publicize enforce codes conduct officers employees agents prohibit conflicts interest respect educational loans prohibits ihe financial aid personnel soliciting accepting gifts lenders guarantors servicers educational loans accepting compensation providing services lenders receiving reasonable expenses serving advisory groups established lenders guarantors requires department inspector general report congress publicize annually substantiated gift ban violation bars ihes entering revenue sharing agreements lenders assigning time borrower loan particular lender blocking borrower selection particular lender guaranty agency requesting accepting lenders offers funds private student loans exchange business concessions status preferred lenders title loans requesting accepting lender assistance center financial aid office staffing certain emergencies prohibits lenders making offers requires ihes disclose alleged victims violent crime non forcible sex offenses kin died final results disciplinary proceedings alleged student perpetrators crimes requires ihes enter preferred lender arrangements available students parents preferred lender lists include minimum ffel information secretary determines provided students parents fully disclose reason lender inclusion students parents right choose lenders include unaffiliated lenders school promotes endorses private education loans unaffiliated lenders loans prominently disclose process ensure lenders selected basis borrowers best interests directs ihes provide applicants private education loans request specified form required truth lending act information schools possess needed complete form requires ihes develop plans effectively combat unauthorized distribution copyrighted material offer alternatives illegal downloading peer peer distribution intellectual property permits secretary modify audit requirements foreign ihes waive requirements foreign ihes title loan volumes requires ihes access title funds limited suspended terminated prepare written teach plans provide equitable treatment students school ceases operation students complete studies sec directs secretary continue voluntary participation experimental site existence july program allows certain ihes implement comprehensive student aid management systems site fails satisfy program purposes sec allows ihes transfer program allotment program allotment allotment program sec includes duties analyzing adequacy need based grant aid low- moderate income students postsecondary enrollment graduation rates developing information clearinghouse help ihes regulatory landscape reviewing analyzing regulations studying innovative pathways baccalaureate degree attainment includes committee purposes improving understanding early intervention programs making recommendations result increased availability awareness aid help streamline regulations ihes reauthorizes committee fy2014 sec includes state student grant agencies individuals subject matter expertise title rulemaking process program integrity sec revises requirements recognition accrediting agency association requires accreditors applicable demonstrate standards effectively address ihe distance education programs require separate distance correspondence education standards requires accreditors demonstrate applicable standards effectively address ihe distance education correspondence programs requiring separate standards programs consider different standards success developed different ihes consider updated financial information taking final adverse action ihe original information material decision action monitor growth programs ihes experiencing significant enrollment growth confirm ihe publicly disclosed transfer policies include statement ihe criteria transfer credit earned ihe requires ihes submit teach plans accreditor approval sanctioned violating student aid participation agreements losing accreditation intend cease operations prohibits secretary issuing regulations specific standards accrediting agency association uses assess ihe sec provides special treatment teach outs additional ihe locations sec sets forth additional requirements accreditors program review data requires secretary provide ihe adequate opportunity review respond program review report materials relevant report final program review report issued sec directs secretary secretary treasury evaluate pilot program auction ffel plus loans conducted secretary report congress auction costs benefits feasibility auctioning ffels requires winning bidders state agree accept special allowance payment compensates lenders difference ffel interest rates market rates loans proposed second lowest winning bid state title developing institutions revises title developing institutions grant program hispanic serving institutions sec includes authorized uses funds innovative customized courses include remedial education english language instruction articulation agreements student support programs designed facilitate student transfers year year institutions education counseling financial information designed improve financial economic literacy students families sec establishes program competitive grants offer postbaccalaureate certifications degrees grants limits grant award duration years prohibits secretary awarding grant fiscal year sec reauthorizes title appropriations fy2009 fy2014 title reauthorizes title programs sec directs secretary consult officials wide range federal agencies national need expertise foreign languages world regions requesting applications title funding grant cycle assist grantees developing survey student employment education training graduate title programs sec revises requirements graduate undergraduate language area centers programs includes authorized activities supporting instructors commonly taught languages projects support students science technology engineering mathematics fields achieve foreign language proficiency makes undergraduates engaged intermediate advanced study commonly taught language eligible fellowships foreign language area international studies sec revises requirements undergraduate international studies foreign language programs authorizes grants educational programs abroad closely linked program overall goals promote foreign language fluency knowledge world regions authorizes secretary use currently funds appropriated international foreign language studies title programs limits study abroad component sec includes authorized research study activities evaluation extent title programs reflect diverse perspectives generate debate world regions international affairs collection analysis dissemination title data sec revises provisions technological innovation cooperation foreign information access authorize grants certain partnerships profit educational organizations specified entities authorizes use grant funds purchase foreign information establish linkages foreign institutions facilitate access information sec requires secretary choosing grant recipients foreign language area international studies centers programs consider applicant efforts increase number students going areas national need sec requires american overseas research centers desire title grant contract submit application secretary sec reauthorizes appropriations title fy2009 fy2014 sec allows centers international business education conduct programs encourage advancement understanding technology related disciplines including manufacturing software systems technology management requires grant funded education training programs reflect diverse perspectives wide range views world regions international affairs applicable reauthorizes appropriations fy2009 fy2014 sec revises programs title specifically extend minority foreign service professional development program tribally controlled colleges universities alaska_native native hawaiian serving institutions hispanic serving institutions ihes serve substantial numbers underrepresented minority students requires grant funded activities program reflect diverse perspectives wide range views world regions international affairs applicable sec revises institutional development study abroad advanced degree international relations internships programs adds international business foreign language study programs international affairs programs subjects institutional development efforts includes tribally controlled colleges universities alaska_native serving native hawaiian serving hispanic serving institutions study abroad internships programs turns masters degree international relations program program leading advanced degree international relations international affairs international economics academic areas related fellow career objectives sec authorizes provide financial assistance summer stipends scholarships low income students facilitate participation programs sec makes current annual report biennial sec reauthorizes appropriations fy2009 fy2014 sec allows secretary reduce waive title cost sharing requirements certain ihes receiving assistance title iii hea sets forth title authority assessment enforcement including evaluation outreach information activities directs secretary submit biennial report congress identifies includes plan address areas national need foreign language area international studies creates new program requiring secretary award grants ihes develop innovative programs teaching foreign languages include preparation teachers teach foreign languages gives grant priority ihes combining study foreign languages study science technology ihes teaching critical foreign languages authorizes appropriations program requires secretary identify report congress best practices strengthening role ihes receive assistance title iii hea play increasing critical foreign language education efforts requires ihes report gifts excess fiscal year received foreign government foreign corporation foundation significant contribution title program title vii graduate postsecondary improvement programs revises reauthorizes title vii graduate programs sec allows ihes grant fellowship recipients interruption study exceptional circumstances active duty military service personal family illness directs secretary appointing members include representatives geographic regions representatives ihes eligible grants title iii hea reauthorizes appropriations program fy2009 fy2014 sec specifies entities secretary consult additional considerations account determining areas national need areas program reauthorizes appropriations program fy2009 fy2014 sec revises legal educational opportunity program involve secondary school students program provide law school students participate certain summer institutes reauthorizes appropriations fy2009 fy2014 program sec expresses sense congress ihes eligible funds title vii encouraged consider feasibility inter institution monitoring organization address representation race ethnicity gender postsecondary faculty administration sec directs secretary award grants certain historically black colleges universities certain predominantly_black_institutions masters degree programs mathematics engineering physical natural sciences computer science information technology nursing allied health scientific disciplines african americans underrepresented requires grantee match federal funds extent exceed million authorizes appropriations grant programs fy2009 fy2014 sec adds authorized activities fund_for_the_improvement_of_postsecondary_education program establishment continuation joint efforts based technology communications reform remedial education including english language instruction programs increasing secondary school graduation rates lep students number eligible late entering lep students pursue postsecondary education creation ihe consortia establish interdisciplinary programs poverty demonstration projects provide comprehensive support services ensure homeless students students foster care ward court time age enroll succeed postsecondary education promoting cultural diversity entertainment media industry establishes new programs create center ihe study develop best practices support single parent students scholarship program family members veterans military personnel authorizes secretary priority ihes meet exceed specified energy efficiency standard new construction renovations adds areas national need eligible special project funding program improvements academic instruction student learning foreign language studies incorporation medical quality safety medical nursing courses reauthorizes appropriations fy2009 fy2014 program sec program title vii hea sec replaces current demonstration projects ensure students disabilities receive quality higher education title vii additional programs provide disabled students quality higher education creates new program demonstration projects expands activities authorized current program include development innovative teaching methods strategies ensure successful transition disabled students secondary postsecondary education making distance education accessible disabled students teacher training support providing disabled students career options curriculum development postsecondary education accessible disabled students establishes new competitive matching grant program ihes create expand high quality inclusive model comprehensive transition postsecondary programs students intellectual disabilities focusing academic enrichment independent living integrated work experiences career skills establishes advisory commission accessible instructional materials postsecondary education students disabilities recommendations improving timely delivery quality accessible instructional materials postsecondary students faculty staff print disabilities creates new model demonstration programs requiring secretary award competitive grants contracts partnership ihe private entity develop systems improve timely delivery quality postsecondary instructional materials specialized formats students print disabilities allows secretary expand program additional grantees model programs prove effective directs secretary provide establishment support improve postsecondary recruitment transition retention completion rates students requires center provide information technical assistance disabled students families ihes maintain web based data bank ihe disability support services information work disability support experts evaluate improve disseminate information related delivery high quality disability support services ihes report biennially postsecondary success disabled students directs secretary enter cooperative agreement entity relevant experience establishment coordinating center ihes offer inclusive model comprehensive transition postsecondary programs students intellectual disabilities provide technical assistance evaluations recommendations relating standards programs requires center convene working group recommendations secretary congress accreditation standards programs authorizes appropriations fy2009 fy2014 programs sec reauthorizes appropriations fy2009 program title viii new title viii additional programs hea sec establishes program authorizing secretary award contract nonprofit educational organization improve secondary school graduation postsecondary attendance completion rates low income students provide technical assistance support subcontracts existing new programs implement set integrated education reform services requires contractor select subcontractors serve substantial number percentage low income students requires programs identify groups public schools services provided feeder pattern elementary middle schools channel students having participated program services identified secondary school requires subcontractors match federal funds requires project grad program services include research based programs reading mathematics classroom management campus based social services programs including increasing family community involvement schools postsecondary school access program providing postsecondary school scholarships students meet established criteria increasing student family postsecondary awareness assisting students apply higher education financial aid services contractor identifies necessary establishes mathematics program providing competitive matching grants states scholarships students completing rigorous secondary school curriculum mathematics science pursue postsecondary education science technology engineering mathematics health related field directs secretary award competitive grants partnerships ihes employers workforce investment boards labor organizations expand create programs provide job skills training high growth high wage fields meet needs working students gives priority programs focused serving nontraditional students requires secretary award competitive grants accredited undergraduate registered nurse nursing programs expand faculty facilities accommodate additional students graduate nursing programs accommodate advanced practice degrees provide teachers nursing students authorizes use grants support partnerships hospitals health facilities enable students earn salary obtaining advanced degree nursing goal nurse faculty authorizes secretary award competitive grants ihes establish strengthen academic programs centers promote knowledge traditional american history free institutions western authorizes secretary award grant implement expand program recruiting selecting training supporting new teachers commit teach years underserved communities directs secretary provide study years examining achievement levels students taught teachers requires teach america contract independent auditor conduct comprehensive review accounting financial reporting internal control systems establishes program awards assist highly qualified minorities women acquire doctoral degree highest possible degree available academic areas individuals underrepresented enable enter higher education requires fellowship recipients serve ihe received fellowship period equivalent fellowship period directs secretary award grant nonprofit organization conduct needs assessment provide comprehensive services urban leas rural states improve postsecondary education enrollment rates authorizes secretary award competitive grants state establishment state early career task force composed state higher education early childhood education representatives tasked developing plan comprehensive statewide early childhood education professional development career system includes provision postsecondary educational assistance individuals agree work early childhood education programs authorizes secretary award grant partnership ihes private career organizations expand programs development science technology engineering mathematics professionals elementary school postsecondary education including existing programs alaska_native native hawaiian students success consist pilot program increase persistence success community colleges secretary awards competitive grants community colleges scholarships counseling services low income students dependent children student success grant pilot program awarding competitive matching grants ihes provide student success coaches support services pell grant eligible students beginning year assessed needing developmental education bring reading writing mathematics skills college level authorizes secretary award competitive matching grants ihes following develop implement state art emergency communications system measures improve ihe safety coordinate appropriate local entities provision mental health services students staff affected campus community emergency requires secretary continue advise ihes disseminate information concerning model emergency response policies procedures practices requires secretary continue coordinate secretary homeland_security agencies develop maintain procedures address needs ihes event federally declared major disaster emergency authorizes secretary establish emergency relief loan program ihes affected federally declared major disaster emergency directs secretary continue provide guidance clarifies role ihes disclosures student education records event student demonstrates significant risk harm requires guidance clarify ihes good faith comply requirements act family_educational_rights_and_privacy_act shall held liable disclosure establishes low tuition program requiring secretary award grants ihes academic year tuition fee increases lowest increases comparable schools public ihes tuition fees lowest quartile comparable ihes public ihes tuition fee increases time undergraduate students bonus amounts public ihes tuition fees lowest quartile comparable ihes public ihes guarantee tuition fee increases exceed year time undergraduate students private ihes guarantee tuition fees increase percentage greater percentage change tuition fees past academic years requires ihes distribute grants bonuses need based grant aid students eligible federal pell_grants establishes program authorizing secretary award competitive grants ihes cooperative education programs provide parallel periods study employment giving students work experience related academic occupational objectives earnings needed finance education authorizes secretary grants enter contracts ihes nonprofit organizations demonstration projects testing innovations cooperative education cooperative education training resource centers cooperative education research authorizes secretary grants partnerships ihes ihes states implementation articulation agreements ihes academic program enhancements removal barriers inhibit student transfers creates jobs careers program directing secretary award competitive grants ihes create workforce bridge programs developmental education curricula reflect content credit occupational certificate degree programs developmental education students enrolled plan enroll gives grant priority ihes year students subject mandatory assessment assessed needing developmental courses designed collegiate reading writing mathematics skills propose collaborate adult education providers replicate practices proven effective adults authorizes secretary award competitive grants partnerships rural ihes rural leas rural regional employers workforce investment boards activities improve rural ihe enrollment rates rural secondary school students increase nontraditional students participation rural ihe degree programs create strengthen academic programs rural ihes prepare graduates high need occupations regional local economies provide additional career training rural postsecondary school students fields relevant regional economy authorizes secretary award competitive grants contracts ihes develop programs reduce eliminate illegal downloading distribution intellectual property directs secretary competitive grants certain accredited court reporting programs promote recruitment training placement individuals including completed court reporting training program writers providing closed captioning video programming directs secretary award grants ihes develop model programs students veterans involve establishment grantee campus center_of_excellence veteran student success providing single point contact coordination comprehensive support services students directs secretary grants establish sustainability programs ihes requires programs develop implement sustainability practices including areas energy management greenhouse gas emissions reductions green building waste management purchasing transportation toxics management aspects sustainability integrate campus operations multidisciplinary educational programs apply private government sectors requires secretary establish department recommend improvements study modeling simulation identify core capacities students programs acquire authorizes secretary award competitive grants ihes enhancement existing modeling simulation programs grants ihes establishment programs establishes path success program authorizing secretary award grants community colleges establish partnerships juvenile detention centers secure juvenile justice residential facilities provide assistance services education individuals age convicted criminal offense served serving time facilities reenter community pursue certificates completion specialized area study associates degrees requires education programs establish uniquely designed education plan individual program participant requires individual receive certificate degree order complete program successfully gives program priority community colleges proposing serve highest number individuals committed gang related offenses requires secretary health_and_human_services award competitive grants veterinary schools entities offering veterinary training increase number veterinarians workforce authorizes secretary establish early federal pell grant demonstration program awarding grants state education agencies cover program administrative expenses pell_grants eighth grade students eligible free reduced price meal national school lunch act child nutrition act authorizes secretary award grant establishment maintenance periodic modernization henry requires archives use grant funds things acquisition secure web accessible repository native hawaiian historical data college scholarships disadvantaged students creation educational materials applicable broad range indigenous students outreach elementary secondary school students relevant teacher training enhancement economic financial literacy college students authorizes appropriations fy2009 fy2014 preceding title viii programs appropriates funds fy2009 masters degree programs historically black colleges universities predominantly_black_institutions section postbaccalaureate programs hispanic serving institutions section sec provides establishment nonprofit support competitive grants contracts research development adoption innovative digital approaches improving education teaching learning sec requires secretary competitive grants ihes support pilot programs possible students option saving money renting course materials title amendments laws education deaf act sec amends education deaf act eda identify place eda elementary secondary programs held requires adopt elementary secondary programs state approved academic content achievement standards assessments sec eliminates preference given ihes located metropolitan industrial areas choosing ihe establish operate deaf sec establishes hea title program cultural experiences grants contracts nonprofit organizations activities enrich lives deaf hard hearing children adults increase public awareness understanding artistic intellectual achievements deaf hard hearing persons promote integration hearing deaf hard hearing persons shared cultural educational social experiences sec reauthorizes appropriations fy2009 fy2014 monitoring evaluation reporting eda sec reauthorizes appropriations fy2009 fy2014 federal endowment programs eda sec exempts international students participating distance learning counting international student enrollment cap tuition surcharge international students schools pay prohibits displacement international students citizens applying courses requires schools reduce tuition surcharge international students developing countries permits schools use sliding scale reduce surcharge students developing countries students non developing countries students demonstrate need good effort secure aid home country sources makes maximum capita income level country considered developing country measured dollars adjusted inflation sec updates national study education deaf require secretary establish commission conduct study reauthorize study appropriations fy2009 fy2010 sec reauthorizes appropriations eda sec amends peace act reauthorize appropriations fy2009 fy2014 requires authorization appropriations programs extended manner applicable programs extended general_education_provisions_act higher_education_amendments higher_education_amendments sec repeals specified provisions title viii studies reports higher_education_amendments sec revises requirements higher_education_amendments relating grants states workplace community transition training incarcerated youth offenders authorizes secretary establish performance objectives reporting requirements state grantees alters youth offender eligibility include persons age currently eligible release seven years currently exclude persons committed criminal offense minor sexually violent offense murder extends seven years maximum period participation incarcerated individuals increases state receive eligible student maximum maximum annually tuition books essential materials reauthorizes appropriations program fy2009 fy2014 sec requires nonprofit grantees educational cultural program information related available including electronic means elementary secondary schools ihes general public reauthorizes appropriations program fy2009 fy2014 sec amends higher_education_amendments reauthorize appropriations olympic scholarships fy2009 fy2014 sec amends department_of_education_organization_act establish deputy assistant secretary international foreign language education extensive experience international foreign language instruction makes deputy assistant secretary responsible promoting study foreign languages cultures elementary secondary postsecondary levels coordinating programs related federal programs tribal_college universities education subpart tribal_colleges universities sec amends tribally_controlled_college university assistance act define indian student member indian tribe biological child member sets forth method determining credits earned indian continuing education program limits credits indian student count tribally controlled college university requires tribally controlled college university grantees accredited nationally recognized accreditor meets secretary approval making progress accreditation according accreditor increases grant indian student count reauthorizes appropriations programs tribally_controlled_college university assistance act establishes grant program tribally controlled postsecondary career technical institutions subpart education navajo nation higher education act sec amends replace references references dine college reauthorizes appropriations grants dine college fy2009 fy2014 adds improvement expansion dine college authorized grant uses omnibus_crime_control_and_safe_streets_act john justice prosecutors defenders incentive act sec amends omnibus_crime_control_and_safe_streets_act direct attorney general assume obligation repay student loans borrowers agree remain employed years state local criminal prosecutors state local federal public defenders criminal cases allows borrower attorney general enter additional loan repayment agreement required year period successive period service years limits paid program behalf borrower calendar year total requires attorney general priority granting repayment benefits borrowers ability repay loans requires inspector general department_of_justice report congress cost loan repayment program impact program hiring retention prosecutors public defenders directs comptroller general study report congress impact law school accreditation requirements factors law school costs access including impact requirements racial ethnic minorities authorizes appropriations program fy2009 fy2014 institutional loan repayment assistance programs sec permits public private ihes notwithstanding provision law grant student loan forgiveness students alumni federal district_of_columbia employees ihe written published policy forgiveness students alumni perform public service minority serving institution digital wireless technology opportunity program sec amends stevenson-wydler_technology innovation act direct secretary commerce award grants contracts minority serving ihes minority ihes serve high proportion needy students acquisition augmentation digital wireless networking technologies improve quality delivery educational services institutions authorizes appropriations program fy2009 fy2012 title private student loan improvement private student loan transparency improvement act amends truth lending act impose consumer protection disclosure requirements private educational lenders subtitle preventing unfair sec prohibits private educational lenders offering providing gifts ihes ihes receiving exchange loan business advantages revenue sharing ihes ihes names symbols marketing loans manner implies ihes endorse loans imposing fees penalties borrowers loans prohibits institution officers employees agents financial aid duties receiving reasonable expenses serving advisory groups established private educational lenders requires ihes report annually secretary payments reasonable expenses sec subjects private educational lenders civil liability fail comply borrower protection disclosure requirements requires civil actions brought year regular payment principal loan subtitle improved disclosures private education loans sec sets forth private student loan terms conditions lenders clearly conspicuously disclose borrowers application solicitation loan approval private student loan application requires board_of_governors federal_reserve_system create model forms private educational lenders use providing disclosures requires private educational lenders preferred lender arrangements ihes provide ihes annually model disclosure form information type private education loan offered schools students families gives private student loan borrowers days loan approved required loan disclosure information received accept loan transaction allows borrowers cancel loans penalty business days consummation amends hea prohibit private education loans consummated applicants submit signed self certification form secretary develops ihes provide students informing applicants availability possible eligibility federal state institutional student aid sec makes truth lending act applicable private education loans subtitle college affordability sec amends community reinvestment act require federal financial supervisory agency assesses record financial institution meeting credit needs local communities agency consider low cost education loans provided financial institution low income borrowers subtitle financial literacy studies reports sec directs secretary treasury coordination secretary certain federal agencies certain measures enhance financial literacy postsecondary school students assist navigating financial aid process requires financial literacy education commission report congress years title enactment state financial education students ihes title studies reports sec directs comptroller general study report congress performance american students receive federal student aid attend graduate medical schools abroad provide data recommendations assist department reviewing schools collection information employment postsecondary school graduates time cost burdens ihes associated completing integrated_postsecondary_education_data_system ipeds sec requires secretary study report congress implementation articulation agreements state supported college university systems ihes sec directs comptroller general analyze report congress compliance proprietary ihes requirement derive revenue non title sources sec requires secretary contract national_research_council national_academy_of_sciences nas study report scope federal regulations reporting requirements ihes comply recommendations consolidating streamlining eliminating redundant burdensome sec directs secretary contract national_research_council study report congress quality distance education programs compared campus based education programs ihes current alternative environmental health safety standards ihe research teaching laboratories facilities sec requires secretary commission study report congress states underrepresented minority males particularly african american hispanic native american native hawaiian alaska_native males completing high school entering completing postsecondary education sec directs secretary contract study identifying race ethnicity gender present content construction standardized tests admission ihes sec requires comptroller general study report congress amounts uses public purposes ihe endowments sec directs secretary assess report congress effects providing prisoners postsecondary education sec requires secretary study report congress feasibility expanding student aid available title hea half time students recommend congress demonstration project statutory regulatory modifications accountability mechanisms facilitate expansion sec directs comptroller general study report congress methodology determine expected family contribution particularly hea title educational assistance need analysis formula need regional sensitivity need analysis sec requires secretary coordinate public service organizations interested parties study report congress effect student loan debt levels decisions graduates postsecondary graduate education programs enter public service measures taken increase number graduates enter public service careers sec directs secretary contract scientifically based study determine teachers teacher education programs meet needs students reading language processing challenges including requires reports secretary congress directs secretary assemble task force policy recommendations center findings sec requires secretary secretary treasury study report congress feasibility benefits developing system borrower repaying loan income contingent repayment plan income based repayment program payments loan income tax withholding system sec directs secretary report congress alternatives ways measure report degree program completion rates ihes receiving title funds sec requires comptroller general study financial compliance audits reviews required conducted ffel programs compare programs assess effectiveness use protecting federal borrower interests sec directs secretary convene summit higher education experts federal representatives business industry leaders encourage cooperative efforts enhance sustainability programs ihes apply programs community workplace sec requires secretary contract study report secretary congress constraints encountered schools nursing admitting graduating number registered nurses necessary ensure patient safety meet need health care quality assurance recommendations alleviate constraints short term long term basis sec directs comptroller general study report congress impact factors including cohort default rates accreditation graduation rates ihes pricing types availability private education loans feasibility developing national student loan clearinghouse department website helps prospective borrowers informed decisions selecting lenders obtain federal private education loans secretary efforts enforce ban ihes offering incentive payments persons entities engaged recruiting students making student aid decisions success securing enrollments financial aid |
110-HR-4149 | Truth-in-Tuition Act of 2007 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require institutions of higher education (IHEs) that are participating in the Act's student assistance programs to provide each prospective cohort of students applying to enter their undergraduate or graduate programs with a binding, multi-year tuition and fee schedule for the normal duration of such studies. Requires the Secretary of Education to waive the application of such requirement to IHEs that are unable to comply because of events causing them severe economic distress. Directs the Secretary to award: (1) competitive grants to IHEs that, for an academic year, have a net tuition (tuition and fees, minus grant amounts) increase that does not exceed the percentage change in the higher education price index; and (2) bonus amounts to IHEs that guarantee that their net tuition will not outpace changes in such index over specified periods of time. Requires IHEs to distribute such grants and bonuses as need-based grant aid to students who are eligible for federal Pell Grants. Requires IHEs whose annual net tuition increase outpaces such index to issue an explanatory report to the Secretary that includes actions being taken to remedy the situation. | Education | Higher | Education | 2007-11-09 | truth tuition act amends higher education act require institutions higher education ihes participating act student assistance programs provide prospective cohort students applying enter undergraduate graduate programs binding multi year tuition fee schedule normal duration studies requires secretary education waive application requirement ihes unable comply events causing severe economic distress directs secretary award competitive grants ihes academic year net tuition tuition fees minus grant amounts increase exceed percentage change higher education price index bonus amounts ihes guarantee net tuition changes index specified periods time requires ihes distribute grants bonuses need based grant aid students eligible federal pell_grants requires ihes annual net tuition increase index issue explanatory report secretary includes actions taken remedy situation |
110-HR-4152 | Fire Fighter Higher Education Incentive Act of 2007 - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to cancel the Perkins loans of full-time federal, state, and local fire fighters. | Education | Higher | Education | 2007-11-09 | incentive act amends title student assistance higher education act cancel perkins loans time federal state local fire fighters |
110-HR-4153 | College Cost Reduction and Access Act Technical Amendments of 2007 - Makes technical changes to amendments the College Cost Reduction and Access Act (the Act) made to the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA). Ensures that mandatory Pell grant funding made available for any fiscal year by such Act remains available for the succeeding fiscal year (thus, for the full Pell grant award year). Specifies the untaxed income and benefits which the Act excluded from the list of untaxed income and benefits considered in federal student need analyses (thereby, specifically excluding them from such analyses). Clarifies that students who were orphans, wards of the court, or in foster care when they were 13 or older are independent for federal student aid purposes. Provides that, for married borrowers who file separate tax returns, income-based loan repayments under the HEA shall be determined solely on the basis of their individual student loan debt and adjusted gross income. Ensures that National Guard members who serve full-time are eligible for the student loan deferment the Act provides to other military personnel for 13 months after the conclusion of active duty service. Moves the Act's funding program for minority-serving institutions from title IV (Student Assistance) to title III (Institutional Aid) of the HEA. | Education | Higher | Education | 2007-11-13 | college cost reduction access act technical amendments makes technical changes amendments act higher education act hea ensures mandatory pell grant funding available fiscal year act remains available succeeding fiscal year pell grant award year specifies untaxed income benefits act excluded list untaxed income benefits considered federal student need analyses specifically excluding analyses clarifies students orphans court foster care older independent federal student aid purposes provides married borrowers file separate tax returns income based loan repayments hea shall determined solely basis individual student loan debt adjusted gross income ensures national_guard members serve time eligible student loan deferment act provides military personnel months conclusion active duty service moves act funding program minority serving institutions title student assistance title hea |
110-HR-4154 | Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to increase the amount of the outstanding principal and interest on capital financing bonds for historically Black colleges and universities that may be federally insured. | Education | Higher | Education | 2007-11-13 | amends higher education act increase outstanding principal interest capital financing bonds historically black colleges universities federally insured |
110-HR-4165 | Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to establish a taskforce within the Department of Education to recommend improvements to the study of modeling and simulation, and identify the core capacities that students in such programs should acquire. Authorizes the Secretary to award: (1) competitive grants to institutions of higher education (IHEs) for the enhancement of their existing modeling and simulation programs; and (2) grants to IHEs for the establishment of such programs. Requires grantees to raise, from nonfederal sources, an amount equal to 25% of their grants. | Education | Higher | Education | 2007-11-13 | amends higher education act direct secretary education establish department_of_education recommend improvements study modeling simulation identify core capacities students programs acquire authorizes secretary award competitive grants institutions higher education ihes enhancement existing modeling simulation programs grants ihes establishment programs requires grantees raise nonfederal sources equal grants |
110-HR-4217 | Minority Male Academic Achievement Study - Directs the Secretary of Education to: (1) commission a national study of underrepresented minority males, particularly African American and Hispanic American males, who successfully progress from high school through higher education; and (2) make specific recommendations to Congress and states on new approaches for increasing the number of minority males who make such progress and advance into careers in which they are underrepresented. | Education | Higher | Education | 2007-11-15 | minority male academic achievement study directs secretary education commission national study underrepresented minority males particularly african american hispanic american males successfully progress high school higher education specific recommendations congress states new approaches increasing number minority males progress advance careers underrepresented |
110-HR-4344 | Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 with respect to the meaning of economic hardship under the Federal Family Education Loan or Perkins Loan and related loan insurance programs. Considers borrowers under such programs to be suffering economic hardship if they are working full-time, have a federal educational debt burden equal to at least 20% of their adjusted gross income, and the difference between their adjusted gross income minus such debt burden is less than 220% of the greater of: (1) the annual earnings of an minimum wage earner; or (2) 150% of the poverty line applicable to their family size. | Education | Higher | Education | 2007-12-11 | amends higher education act respect meaning economic hardship federal_family_education_loan perkins_loan related loan insurance programs considers borrowers programs suffering economic hardship working time federal educational debt burden equal adjusted gross income difference adjusted gross income minus debt burden greater annual earnings minimum wage poverty line applicable family size |
110-HR-4662 | Amends the Internal Revenue Code to include within the exclusion from gross income for qualified scholarship amounts allowances for room, board, and special needs services at institutions of higher education. | Education | Higher | Taxation | 2007-12-13 | amends internal revenue code include exclusion gross income qualified scholarship amounts allowances room board special needs services institutions higher education |
110-HR-4853 | Veterans Self-Employment Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to conduct a five-year pilot project to test the feasibility and advisability of the use of educational assistance under certain programs of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to pay for training costs associated with the purchase of a franchise enterprise. Prohibits the use of such assistance unless: (1) training is required and provided in connection with the purchase and operation of a franchise; and (2) such training, and the training entity, are approved by the Secretary. Provides training and entity approval requirements. | Education | Higher | Armed forces and national security | 2007-12-19 | directs secretary veterans_affairs conduct year pilot project test feasibility advisability use educational assistance certain programs department_of_veterans_affairs pay training costs associated purchase franchise enterprise prohibits use assistance training required provided connection purchase operation franchise training training entity approved secretary provides training entity approval requirements |
110-HR-5143 | Securing Success for Veterans on Campus Act of 2008 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to award three-year grants to institutions of higher education to develop model programs that require each grantee to establish a campus Center of Excellence for Veteran Student Success that provides a single point of contact for the coordination of comprehensive support services for students who are veterans. Requires the Secretary to develop an evaluation and accountability plan for measuring the effect such programs have on veterans' success in postsecondary education. | Education | Higher | Education | 2008-01-28 | securing success veterans campus act amends higher education act direct secretary education award year grants institutions higher education develop model programs require grantee establish campus center_of_excellence veteran student success provides single point contact coordination comprehensive support services students veterans requires secretary develop evaluation accountability plan measuring effect programs veterans success postsecondary education |
110-HR-5157 | Removing Impediments to Students Education Act or the RISE Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to repeal a provision which makes persons convicted of drug offenses ineligible to receive federal student financial assistance for specified periods. | Education | Higher | Education | 2008-01-29 | removing impediments students education act rise act amends higher education act repeal provision makes persons convicted drug offenses ineligible receive federal student financial assistance specified periods |
110-HR-5180 | Makes emergency appropriations for FY2008 for state and local law enforcement assistance under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant program. | Education | Higher | Crime and law enforcement | 2008-01-29 | makes emergency appropriations fy2008 state local law enforcement assistance edward_byrne_memorial_justice assistance grant program |
110-HR-5229 | Montgomery GI Bill Educational Assistance Transferability Act of 2008 - Amends the Montgomery GI Bill educational assistance program to authorize the Secretary of the military department concerned to permit any member of the Armed Forces (currently, only members with critical military skills) entitled to basic educational assistance to elect to transfer a portion of such assistance to one or more dependents. Removes the 18-month limitation on the number of months of entitlement authorized to be transferred. Provides similar eligibility for the transfer of educational assistance for members of the Selected Reserve who have completed at least six years of service and enter into an agreement to remain a member of such Reserve for at least four more years. | Education | Higher | Armed forces and national security | 2008-02-06 | montgomery bill educational assistance transferability act amends montgomery bill educational assistance program authorize secretary military department concerned permit member armed_forces currently members critical military skills entitled basic educational assistance elect transfer portion assistance dependents removes month limitation number months entitlement authorized transferred provides similar eligibility transfer educational assistance members selected_reserve completed years service enter agreement remain member reserve years |
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