US Congress House Bill 4897 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on June 18 2014 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2014-11-17 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Transparency in Education Act - Prohibits the Secretary of Education from issuing a final rule or implementing a proposed rule affecting the determination as to whether a postsecondary career education program provides training that leads to gainful employment in a recognized occupation, which is required if it is to participate in a program under title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA), until 90 days after: the Secretary publishes a complete data analysis on the impact of such proposed rule on all postsecondary education programs and students at all categories of institutions of higher education that participate in a program under title IV of the HEA, that analysis is published in a format similar to the Gainful Employment 2012 Informational Rate Calculations published by the Department of Education, and the Comptroller General (GAO) issues a report that reviews such data analysis for accuracy and completeness.

Transparency in Education Act

Rep. Matt Salmon [R-AZ]	Rep. Lou Barletta [R-PA]	Rep. Bradley Byrne [R-AL]	Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]
Rep. Henry Cuellar [D-TX]	Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]	Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]	Rep. Trent Franks [R-AZ]
Rep. Joe Garcia [D-FL]	Rep. Alan Grayson [D-FL]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. Richard Hudson [R-NC]
Rep. Duncan Hunter [R-CA]	Rep. Mike Kelly [R-PA]	Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick [D-AZ]	Rep. Tom Latham [R-IA]
Rep. Jim Matheson [D-UT]	Rep. Carolyn McCarthy [D-NY]	Rep. Howard McKeon [R-CA]	Rep. Patrick Murphy [D-FL]
Rep. David Roe [R-TN]	Rep. Todd Rokita [R-IN]	Rep. Loretta Sanchez [D-CA]	Sen. Kyrsten Sinema [I-AZ]
Rep. Albio Sires [D-NJ]	Rep. Glenn Thompson [R-PA]	Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]	Rep. Ann Wagner [R-MO]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-11-17	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
2014-06-18	House	Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

SB2863 (Same As) 2014-09-18 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/4897/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr4897/BILLS-113hr4897ih.pdf