A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to clarify the treatment of technical errors in applications for Federal TRIO programs, and for other purposes.
USA115th CongressS-3535| Senate
| Updated: 10/1/2018
Jon Tester
Democratic Senator
Montana
Cosponsors (2)
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
Common Sense Opportunities Act This bill amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to modify provisions concerning the federal TRIO programs (programs designed to identify and provide services for students from disadvantaged backgrounds), including to prohibit the Department of Education (ED) from rejecting an application for student assistance solely because it contains a technical error, unless ED notifies the applicant of the error and the applicant does not correct it by the resubmission deadline.
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Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Education
Administrative remediesCongressional oversightDepartment of EducationGovernment studies and investigationsStudent aid and college costs
A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to clarify the treatment of technical errors in applications for Federal TRIO programs, and for other purposes.
USA115th CongressS-3535| Senate
| Updated: 10/1/2018
Common Sense Opportunities Act This bill amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to modify provisions concerning the federal TRIO programs (programs designed to identify and provide services for students from disadvantaged backgrounds), including to prohibit the Department of Education (ED) from rejecting an application for student assistance solely because it contains a technical error, unless ED notifies the applicant of the error and the applicant does not correct it by the resubmission deadline.
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Timeline
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Jon Tester
Democratic Senator
Montana
Cosponsors (2)
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee
Education
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
Administrative remediesCongressional oversightDepartment of EducationGovernment studies and investigationsStudent aid and college costs