Keep College Students Learning Act

Bill: 117-hr-1912
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Davis, Rodney [R-IL-13]
Introduced: 2021-03-16
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health

Emergency medical services and trauma care

Higher education

Infectious and parasitic diseases

Student aid and college costs
Latest action: action_date: 2021-03-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-03-16
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Keep College Students Learning Act</strong></p> <p>This bill requires covered institutions of higher education to ensure that prospective and enrolled students may use their financial aid for enrollment purposes, regardless of whether the student delays enrollment or takes a leave of absence for up to one academic year during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic. <em>Covered institution of higher education</em> refers to an institution that receives federal funds and offers in-person instruction at levels less than the first semester (or the equivalent) of the 2019-2020 academic year.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1912 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 16, 2021 Mr. Rodney Davis of Illinois introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor A BILL To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to clarify the treatment of certain institutional financial assistance.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Keep College Students Learning Act . 2. Treatment of certain institutional financial assistance Part C of title I of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1015 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: 138. Treatment of certain institutional financial assistance (a) In general A covered institution of higher education shall ensure that a student who has received institutional financial assistance from such institution may use such assistance for enrollment at such institution without regard to whether, during the COVID-19 pandemic, the student delays such enrollment or takes a leave of absence from such institution for up to one academic year. (b) Definitions In this section: (1) Covered institution of higher education The term covered institution of higher education means an institution of higher education (as defined in section 102) that— (A) receives funds under this Act; and (B) offers in-person instruction at levels less than the first semester (or the equivalent) of academic year 2019–2020. (2) Student The term student includes a prospective student. .