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Higher Education Action Reauthorization 2018

 


The Higher Education Act (HEA) sets out the requirements that students, institutions, and others must meet in order to participate in federal student aid and related higher education programs.  The HEA is updated periodically through a process known as reauthorization, which last occurred in 2008. Reauthorization of the 2008 Act is behind schedule, although important groundwork has been laid.  Members of the House and Senate committees with HEA jurisdiction are primarily responsible for developing reauthorization legislation.
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U.S. House Committee on Education & the Workforce 
 

LEGISLATION

Committee Chair Virginia Foxx (R-NC) introduced the Promoting Real Opportunity, Success, and Prosperity Through Education Reform (PROSPER) Act (H.R. 4508) on December 1, 2017.  The bill was marked up and approved along party lines on Dec. 13, 2017 and awaits actions by the entire House of Representatives.   

 

U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions
 

LEGISLATION

NAICU Resources

 

Letters to Congress

 

NAICU has written or signed onto the following letters on HEA reauthorization:


 

Select Media Coverage:


Roundup: HEA Reauthorization (12/4/2017)


 
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