Reverse Transfer Efficiency Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3774
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Messer, Luke [R-IN-6]
Introduced: 2017-09-14
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education programs funding

Employment and training programs

Higher education

Licensing and registrations

Right of privacy

Student records
Latest action: action_date: 2017-09-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-09-14
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Reverse Transfer Efficiency Act of 2017</b></p> <p>This bill amends the General Education Provisions Act to allow the release of a transfer student's educational records from an institution of postsecondary education where a student earned credit for coursework to an institution of postsecondary education where the student was previously enrolled in order to apply the student's coursework and credits toward completion of a recognized postsecondary credential, such as an associate's degree. (In the case of a student who does not complete a bachelor's degree after transferring to a four-year institution from a two-year institution, the credits earned at the four-year institution may be applied towards a recognized postsecondary credential at the two-year institution.) Specifically, the bill allows the Department of Education to provide funding to an institution of postsecondary education that releases a student's records of postsecondary coursework and credits without the consent of the student or the student's parents if the student provides written consent prior to receiving the credential.</p> <h3>&nbsp;</h3>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3774 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 14, 2017 Mr. Messer (for himself, Mr. Polis , Mr. Ferguson , Mr. Garrett , and Mr. Perlmutter ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce A BILL To amend the General Education Provisions Act to allow the release of education records to facilitate the award of a recognized postsecondary credential.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Reverse Transfer Efficiency Act of 2017 . 2. Release of education records to facilitate the award of a recognized postsecondary credential Section 444(b) of the General Education Provisions Act ( 20 U.S.C. 1232g(b) ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (1)— (A) in subparagraph (K)(ii), by striking ; and and inserting a semicolon; and (B) in subparagraph (L), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and (2) by inserting after subparagraph (L) the following: (M) an institution of postsecondary education in which the student was previously enrolled, to which records of postsecondary coursework and credits are sent for the purpose of applying such coursework and credits toward completion of a recognized postsecondary credential (as that term is defined in section 3 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act ( 29 U.S.C. 3102 )), upon condition that the student provides written consent prior to receiving such credential. .