US Congress House Bill 4579 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 33-0)
Status: Introduced on September 27 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-09-27 - Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Pending: House Education and Labor Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Revises the accreditation standards under which an accrediting agency or association must assess an institution of higher education (IHE), and it requires the Department of Education to establish procedures for an agency or association to follow when an IHE fails to meet these standards. An accrediting agency or association must measure an IHE's success in student achievement against at least one standard for completion, workforce participation, and progress toward meeting such completion and workforce participation standards. An agency or association must also make certain information such as student achievement standards and IHE performance benchmarks available on a publicly accessible website. Additionally, the National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity must evaluate the effectiveness of the revised standards and compare similar accrediting agencies or associations based on their assessments of IHEs.

Quality Higher Education Act of 2019

Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]
Rep. Eddie Johnson [D-TX]	Rep. Bonnie Coleman [D-NJ]	Rep. Marcia Fudge [D-OH]	Rep. Ayanna Pressley [D-MA]
Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]	Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]	Rep. James Clyburn [D-SC]	Rep. Danny Davis [D-IL]
Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ]	Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]	Rep. Bennie Thompson [D-MS]	Rep. Cedric Richmond [D-LA]
Rep. Sanford Bishop [D-GA]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. G. Butterfield [D-NC]	Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]
Rep. Karen Bass [D-CA]	Rep. Joyce Beatty [D-OH]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. Dwight Evans [D-PA]
Rep. Lisa Rochester [D-DE]	Rep. Robin Kelly [D-IL]	Rep. Marc Veasey [D-TX]	Rep. Donald McEachin [D-VA]
Rep. Donna Shalala [D-FL]	Rep. Jahana Hayes [D-CT]	Rep. Lori Trahan [D-MA]	Rep. Mark DeSaulnier [D-CA]
Rep. David Trone [D-MD]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-09-27	House	Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
2019-09-27	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/4579/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr4579/BILLS-116hr4579ih.pdf