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COLLEGE Act

USA118th CongressS-3355| Senate 
| Updated: 11/29/2023
Rick Scott

Rick Scott

Republican Senator

Florida

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Changing Our Learning, Loans, Endowments, and Graduation Expectations Act or the COLLEGE Act This bill requires institutions of higher education (IHEs) to provide cost-match awards to enrolled students based on the size of the IHE's endowment fund, makes IHEs responsible for a percentage of the student loan balance of students who are in default, and establishes related reporting requirements. Specifically, the bill requires an IHE that has an endowment fund that is greater than $1 billion to pay the covered percentage of the cost of attendance for each full-time student enrolled at the IHE. Additionally, the bill requires an IHE to remit to the Department of Education (ED) an annually increasing percentage of the loan balance of students who are in default. The bill also establishes certain reporting requirements, including by requiring IHEs and ED to report certain metrics related to student debt and academic programs.
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Bill from Previous Congress

S 117-4772
COLLEGE Act
Nov 29, 2023
Introduced in Senate
Nov 29, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 117-4772
    COLLEGE Act


  • November 29, 2023
    Introduced in Senate


  • November 29, 2023
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Education

Related Bills

  • S 117-4772: COLLEGE Act

COLLEGE Act

USA118th CongressS-3355| Senate 
| Updated: 11/29/2023
Changing Our Learning, Loans, Endowments, and Graduation Expectations Act or the COLLEGE Act This bill requires institutions of higher education (IHEs) to provide cost-match awards to enrolled students based on the size of the IHE's endowment fund, makes IHEs responsible for a percentage of the student loan balance of students who are in default, and establishes related reporting requirements. Specifically, the bill requires an IHE that has an endowment fund that is greater than $1 billion to pay the covered percentage of the cost of attendance for each full-time student enrolled at the IHE. Additionally, the bill requires an IHE to remit to the Department of Education (ED) an annually increasing percentage of the loan balance of students who are in default. The bill also establishes certain reporting requirements, including by requiring IHEs and ED to report certain metrics related to student debt and academic programs.
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Timeline

Bill from Previous Congress

S 117-4772
COLLEGE Act
Nov 29, 2023
Introduced in Senate
Nov 29, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 117-4772
    COLLEGE Act


  • November 29, 2023
    Introduced in Senate


  • November 29, 2023
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Rick Scott

Rick Scott

Republican Senator

Florida

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee

Education

Related Bills

  • S 117-4772: COLLEGE Act
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted