Exposing Discrimination in Higher Education Act

Bill: 116-hr-3555
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Clark, Katherine M. [D-MA-5]
Introduced: 2019-06-27
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education programs funding

Elementary and secondary education

Government information and archives

Higher education

Religion

Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Latest action: action_date: 2019-06-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-06-27
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Exposing Discrimination in Higher Education Act</b></p> <p>This bill requires the Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights to publish prominently on its website the names of the institutions of higher education (IHEs) that request, and the names of the IHEs that receive, religious exemptions from the prohibition on sex discrimination in federally funded education programs and activities.</p> <p>It also requires an IHE that requests, receives, exercises, or intends to exercise such a religious exemption to publish prominently on its website certain information with respect to such exemption. </p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3555 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 27, 2019 Ms. Clark of Massachusetts (for herself, Mr. Pappas , Ms. Davids of Kansas , Miss Rice of New York , Mr. Lowenthal , Ms. Norton , and Mr. Blumenauer ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor A BILL To amend the Department of Education Organization Act and the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require publication of information relating to religious exemptions to the requirements of title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Exposing Discrimination in Higher Education Act . 2. Publication on website of the Department of Education Section 203 of the Department of Education Organization Act ( 20 U.S.C. 3413 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (d) The Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights shall publish, on the Department’s website, in a prominent location, information regarding religious exemptions to the requirements of title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 ( 20 U.S.C. 1681 et seq.) in accord with this paragraph. Such information shall include a list naming each institution of higher education that requests such an exemption, the name of each such institution that has received an exemption, and the nature and scope of that exemption (including each program or activity covered by the exemption and the personal characteristics or behaviors to which the exemption applies). . 3. Publication on website of each institution of higher education Section 485 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1092 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (n) Disclosure of religious exemptions to title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 Each institution of higher education participating in any program under this title that requests, receives, or exercises or intends to exercise a religious exemption to the requirements of title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 ( 20 U.S.C. 1681 et seq.) shall submit in writing to the Assistant Secretary a statement by the highest ranking official of the institution, identifying the provisions of part 106 of title 34 of the Code of Federal Regulations that conflict with a specific tenet of the religious organization and shall publish on its website, in a prominent location, the following: (1) Request letter Each letter submitted by the educational institution to the Department to request such an exemption. (2) Exemption letter Each letter from the Department to the educational institution that grants or denies such an exemption. (3) Notice of request Notice that the educational institution has requested an exemption under section 901(a)(3) of the Education Amendments of 1972 ( 20 U.S.C. 1681(a)(3) ). (4) Notice of exemption If applicable, notice that the educational institution has received an exemption under section 901(a)(3) of the Education Amendments of 1972 ( 20 U.S.C. 1681(a)(3) ). (5) Covered personal characteristics or behaviors A list of the personal characteristics or behaviors to which each requested or granted exemption applies. (6) Covered activities or programs A list of the activities or programs to which each exemption applies. (7) Statement of rights The statement Students continue to have rights under title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. Any student who experiences discrimination may contact the Office for Civil Rights at the United States Department of Education at _____ or _____. , with the first blank space being filled with a link to the website of the Office for Civil Rights and the second blank space being filled with the telephone number of the Office for Civil Rights. .