US Congress House Bill 3950 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: Introduced on July 24 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-07-24 - Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Pending: House Education and Labor Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Requires the Department of Education (ED) to award grants to improve remedial education programs at institutions of higher education (IHEs). ED must contract with an independent evaluator, who shall (1) consult with ED regarding which eligible entities should receive such grants, and (2) evaluate the impact of remedial education programs funded with such grants. A recipient must use grant funds to develop or improve a remedial education program through specified models, such as (1) aligning coursework between high school coursework and postsecondary education, (2) accelerating course work (e.g., by allowing multiple sequential remedial course enrollments in a semester), or (3) specifically targeting skills that students need to move forward in courses at the postsecondary level. ED must give preference to recipients that primarily serve low-income students, and it must ensure that (1) at least 30 eligible entities are awarded grants in a 5-year period, (2) grants are geographically distributed in an equitable manner, and (3) grants are used to develop or improve remedial education programs under specified models and for a range of types and sizes of IHEs.

Remedial Education Improvement Act

Rep. Donald Norcross [D-NJ]	Rep. Seth Moulton [D-MA]	Rep. Andy Kim [D-NJ]	Rep. TJ Cox [D-CA]
Rep. Angela Craig [D-MN]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-07-24	House	Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
2019-07-24	House	Introduced in House

HB4674 (Related) 2020-12-28 - Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 583.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/3950/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr3950/BILLS-116hr3950ih.pdf