To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide students with disabilities and their families with access to critical information needed to select the right college and succeed once enrolled.

United States115th CongressHR-2782House of Representatives
Updated: Jun 6, 2017

Summary

Respond, Innovate, Succeed, and Empower Act of 2017 or the RISE Act of 2017 This bill amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to set forth requirements about data collection related to students with disabilities. Specifically, the bill requires institutions of higher education (IHEs) to outline which documents disabled students need to submit in order to ensure they are eligible for student disability support services. IHEs must submit key data related to their undergraduate students with disabilities for inclusion in federal postsecondary institution data collection efforts.

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Timeline

  1. Introduced in House

  2. Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

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