Innovation Zone Act This bill replaces the Experimental Sites Initiative of the Department of Education (ED) with an innovation zone initiative consisting of voluntary experiments by participating institutions of higher education. Under the experiments, ED and the institutions may test the effectiveness of statutory and regulatory flexibility that aims for: (1) an increase in student success (e.g., reductions in student loan debt and increases in student retention and employment outcomes); and (2) a reduction of regulations on institutions or ED, without harm to students.
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Timeline
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Education
Academic performance and assessmentsAdministrative law and regulatory proceduresCongressional oversightDepartment of EducationEducation of the disadvantagedGovernment studies and investigationsHigher educationStudent aid and college costs
A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to create an innovation zone initiative, and for other purposes.
USA115th CongressS-3596| Senate
| Updated: 10/11/2018
Innovation Zone Act This bill replaces the Experimental Sites Initiative of the Department of Education (ED) with an innovation zone initiative consisting of voluntary experiments by participating institutions of higher education. Under the experiments, ED and the institutions may test the effectiveness of statutory and regulatory flexibility that aims for: (1) an increase in student success (e.g., reductions in student loan debt and increases in student retention and employment outcomes); and (2) a reduction of regulations on institutions or ED, without harm to students.
Academic performance and assessmentsAdministrative law and regulatory proceduresCongressional oversightDepartment of EducationEducation of the disadvantagedGovernment studies and investigationsHigher educationStudent aid and college costs