Gulf Coast College Revitalization Act

Bill: 109-hr-4016
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, George [D-CA-7]
Introduced: 2005-10-07 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Alabama
Building construction
College costs
Colleges
Commerce
Construction industries
Construction workers
Disaster relief
Displaced persons
Economics and Public Finance
Education of the disadvantaged
Educational statistics
Emergency Management
Emergency housing
Employee health benefits
Federal aid to education
Federal budgets
Finance and Financial Sector
Financial statements
Floods
Government Operations and Politics
Government contractors
Government paperwork
Health
Higher education
Housing and Community Development
Hurricane aftermath legislation
Hurricanes
Labor and Employment
Louisiana
Minimum wages
Minorities
Minority education
Mississippi
Off-budget expenditures
Recruiting of employees
Scholarships
School buildings
School personnel
Social Welfare
Student aid
Student employment
Student enrollment
Student housing
Student loan funds
Teacher salaries
Teacher supply and demand
Teachers
Texas
Wages
Water Resources Development

Summary:
action_date: 2005-10-07
text: 
Gulf Coast College Revitalization Act - Expresses the sense of Congress that the assistance provided under this Act to revitalize institutions of higher education (IHE) affected by Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Rita is a first step toward revitalizing and restoring the economic, social, and cultural prosperity of the entire Gulf Coast region. 

Directs the Secretary (of Education) to award grants to IHEs adversely affected by a Gulf hurricane disaster to assist the affected institutions in recruiting and retaining students and retaining faculty. 

Directs the Secretary to assume or cancel repayment obligations for qualified loan amounts under specified student loan programs under the Higher Education Act of 1965 for certain borrowers who return to or enroll in such affected IHEs in academic years 2005&#150;2006, 2006&#150;2007, or 2007&#150;2008, and obtain associate&#146;s or bachelor&#146;s degrees from such IHEs.

Designates such provisions for institutional grants and student loan forgiveness under this Act as emergency requirements pursuant to specified budget provisions of H. Con. Res. 95 of the 109th Congress.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-11-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
action_date: 2005-11-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2005-10-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2005-10-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2005-10-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2005-10-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-10-07
text: Introduced in House