Reverse Transfer Efficiency Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2027
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA]
Introduced: 2023-06-15
Policy area: Education
Latest action: action_date: 2023-06-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-06-15
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Reverse Transfer Efficiency Act of </b><strong></strong><b>2023</b></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 118th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 2027 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES June 15, 2023 Mr. Warner (for himself, Mr. Braun , Ms. Hirono , 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 2023 . 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. .