Accessing Higher Education Opportunities Act

Bill: 115-hr-2573
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Ruiz, Raul [D-CA-36]
Introduced: 2017-05-19
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education programs funding

Elementary and secondary education

Health personnel

Higher education

Medical education

Minority education

Minority employment
Latest action: action_date: 2017-05-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-05-19
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Accessing Higher Education Opportunities Act</b></p> <p>This bill amends title V (Developing Institutions) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to expand grant activities under the Hispanic Serving Institutions program to include: (1) support programs that facilitate student advancement to doctoral degree programs in health care occupations, and (2) the development of or expanded access to dual or concurrent enrollment programs and early college high school programs. </p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2573 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 19, 2017 Mr. Ruiz introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce A BILL To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to authorize additional grant activities for Hispanic-serving institutions.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Accessing Higher Education Opportunities Act . 2. Authorized grant activities Subsection (b) of section 503 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1101b(b) ) is amended— (1) by redesignating paragraphs (7) through (16) as paragraphs (9) through (18), respectively; and (2) by inserting after paragraph (6) the following: (7) Student support programs (which may include counseling, mentoring, and other support services) designed to facilitate the successful advancement of students from four-year institutions to postbaccalaureate doctoral degree granting programs that prepare students for health care occupations as such occupations are described in the most recent edition of the Occupational Outlook Handbook published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. (8) Developing or expanding access to dual or concurrent enrollment programs and early college high school programs. . 3. Funding (a) Authorizations of appropriations There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out part A of title V of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.), as amended by this Act, $107,795,000 for fiscal year 2018. (b) Additional extensions not permitted Section 422 of the General Education Provisions Act ( 20 U.S.C. 1226a ) shall not apply to further extend the duration of the authority under subsection (a).