Reverse Transfer Efficiency Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-2379
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA]
Introduced: 2021-07-19
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: 2021-07-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-07-19
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Reverse Transfer Efficiency Act of </b><strong>2021</strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">This bill allows 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.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">&nbsp;</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">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>

tv_txt: II 117th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 2379 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES July 19, 2021 Mr. Warner (for himself, Mr. Braun , Mr. Hickenlooper , and Ms. Warren ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 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 2021 . 2. Release of education records to facilitate the award of a recognized postsecondary credential Section 444(b)(1) of the General Education Provisions Act ( 20 U.S.C. 1232g(b)(1) ) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (K)(ii), by striking and after the semicolon; (2) in subparagraph (L), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and (3) 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. .