US SB1059 | 2019-2020 | 116th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: Introduced on April 8 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-04-08 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Pending: Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on April 8 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-04-08 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Pending: Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Establishes and revises programs to increase access to higher education for high-need students, increase their graduation rates, improve the efficiency of postsecondary education, and evaluate higher education programs. Specifically, the bill authorizes the Department of Education to award grants to institutions of higher education (IHEs) and other entities to develop and implement evidence-based innovations, including pay-for-success initiatives, in order to improve postsecondary access and increase graduation rates of high-need students; approve up to five pay-for-success pilot initiatives each fiscal year to allow IHEs and private entities to use grants for improvement of student outcomes; and independently evaluate the effectiveness and efficiency of all higher education grant programs. The bill also encourages IHEs to make all forms of postsecondary instructional content, including open educational resources (e.g., textbooks), widely available. Open educational resources either reside in the public domain or have been released under a copyright license that permits their free use, reuse, modification, and sharing with others.
Title
FINISH Act Fund for Innovation and Success in Higher Education Act
Sponsors
Sen. Todd Young [R-IN] | Sen. Michael Bennet [D-CO] | Sen. Tim Scott [R-SC] |
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2019-04-08 | Senate | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. |
Same As/Similar To
HB4083 (Related) 2019-07-26 - Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Subjects
Education
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Government lending and loan guarantees
Government studies and investigations
Higher education
Performance measurement
Public-private cooperation
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Government lending and loan guarantees
Government studies and investigations
Higher education
Performance measurement
Public-private cooperation
US Congress State Sources
Type | Source |
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Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/1059/all-info |
Text | https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s1059/BILLS-116s1059is.pdf |