College Affordability and Accountability Act

To address rising college tuition by strengthening the compact between the States, the Federal Government, and institutions of higher education to make college more affordable.

6/12/2007--Introduced.
College Affordability and Accountability Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to require state maintenance of effort in providing funding to public institutions of higher education (IHEs). Requires all IHEs to plan, engage in, and report on cost containment strategies. Authorizes the Secretary of Education to conduct research on such strategies. Directs the Secretary to publish an annual report on college affordability and to disseminate certain data, including the net price tuition index (NTPI) for each IHE through a college price calculator on an enhanced college opportunities on line (COOL) website. Establishes a Pell Plus program to provide an increased award to each Pell Grant recipient at IHEs that maintain specified types of:
(1) low tuition;
(2) guaranteed tuition; or
(3) affordable tuition. Establishes a program of grants for cooperative education for IHEs that restrain tuition increases. Authorizes grants and contracts for cooperative education demonstration and innovation projects, training and resource centers, and research. Directs the Secretary to commission the National Research Council to study the viability of developing and implementing standards in environmental, health, and safety areas to provide for differential regulation of:
(1) industrial laboratories and facilities; and
(2) research and teaching laboratories. Authorizes the Secretary to select IHEs, IHE systems, or IHE consortia for voluntary participation in an articulation agreement demonstration program to specify the acceptability of courses in transfer toward meeting specific degree requirements, as a means to lower tuition prices for students. Directs the Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance to convene a task force of experts to:
(1) determine the best methods to finance higher education in the long-term;
(2) help public institutions utilize long-term budgeting;
(3) review the trends of financing of higher education; and
(4) define the role played by the states, the federal government, families, and outside entities in financing higher education, and determine the best methods to strengthen this partnership.


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Sponsor

• Rep. John Tierney [D, MA-6]
• and 36 Co-Sponsors
  • Rep. Timothy Bishop [D, NY-1]
  • Rep. Yvette Clarke [D, NY-11]
  • Rep. Emanuel Cleaver [D, MO-5]
  • Rep. Steve Cohen [D, TN-9]
  • Rep. John Conyers [D, MI-14]
  • Rep. Elijah Cummings [D, MD-7]
  • Rep. Danny Davis [D, IL-7]
  • Rep. Keith Ellison [D, MN-5]
  • Rep. Rahm Emanuel [D, IL-5]
  • Rep. Charles Gonzalez [D, TX-20]
  • Rep. Al Green [D, TX-9]
  • Rep. Raul Grijalva [D, AZ-7]
  • Rep. Luis Gutierrez [D, IL-4]
  • Rep. Rubén Hinojosa [D, TX-15]
  • Rep. Mazie Hirono [D, HI-2]
  • Rep. Rush Holt [D, NJ-12]
  • Rep. Jesse Jackson [D, IL-2]
  • Rep. William Jefferson [D, LA-2]
  • Rep. Dennis Kucinich [D, OH-10]
  • Rep. Barbara Lee [D, CA-9]
  • Rep. John Lewis [D, GA-5]
  • Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D, NY-14]
  • Rep. Carolyn McCarthy [D, NY-4]
  • Rep. Betty McCollum [D, MN-4]
  • Rep. James McGovern [D, MA-3]
  • Rep. George Miller [D, CA-7]
  • Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D, NY-8]
  • Rep. James Oberstar [D, MN-8]
  • Rep. Solomon Ortiz [D, TX-27]
  • Rep. Donald Payne [D, NJ-10]
  • Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D, IL-9]
  • Rep. Louise Slaughter [D, NY-28]
  • Rep. Fortney Stark [D, CA-13]
  • Rep. Diane Watson [D, CA-33]
  • Rep. Robert Wexler [D, FL-19]
  • Rep. Lynn Woolsey [D, CA-6]
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Committees

• House Education and Labor
• 1 more
  • House Education and Labor
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Amendments

This bill has no amendments.

Amendments to H.R.2690

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June 12, 2007

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• Jul 24, 2007: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness.
• Jun 12, 2007: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
• Introduced on Jun 12, 2007.

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