News articles for H.R.4137
H.R.4137: To amend and extend the Higher Education Act of 1965, and for other purposes.
February 12, 2008 Senate passes resolution to help cut textbook costs
In addition, HR 4137 would make it easier for students to buy and sell used textbooks by discouraging new editions that don't add anything substantive. ...
February 12, 2008 US House Approves Aid For Colleges With Large Pacific Populations
The College Opportunity and Affordability Act (HR 4137) would establish federal grants for colleges and universities that are designated as Asian American ...
February 12, 2008 House OKs grants to assist Pacific Islanders
The College Opportunity and Affordability Act, HR 4137, would establish grants to eligible institutions of higher education, designated as Asian American ...
February 12, 2008 Rep. Shuler Votes for College Opportunity and Affordability Act
By an overwhelming bipartisan vote of 354 to 58, the House approved the College Opportunity and Affordability Act, HR 4137, which will reform and strengthen ...
February 11, 2008 Welch backs higher education amendment
Welch originally introduced an amendment to HR 4137 which reauthorizes higher education programs that would have been a more direct challenge. ...
February 11, 2008 Workshop set on home foreclosures
The College Opportunity and Affordability Act, HR 4137, passed 354-58. "Recent reports show that college tuitions and fees have skyrocketed by 31 percent in ...
February 10, 2008 How your US lawmakers voted
By a vote of 354-58, the House on Thursday passed a bill (HR 4137) renewing the Higher Education Act through 2012 at a cost of $97.4 billion. ...
February 10, 2008 Thomas Voting Reports
Dischargeable loans: Members defeated, 179-236, an amendment to HR 4137 (above) that sought to make privately funded student loans dischargeable in ...
February 09, 2008 Welch seeks details on ever-rising college fees
Welch originally introduced an amendment to HR 4137 which reauthorizes higher education programs that would have been a more direct challenge. ...
February 08, 2008 House, Focusing on Cost, Approves Higher Education Act
The House bill (HR 4137), known as the College Opportunity and Affordability Act, represents Congress’s most aggressive efforts yet to pressure colleges to ...
February 08, 2008 MPAA overestimates college downloading
US Representatives are currently debating HR 4137, the College Opportunity and Affordability Act of 2007. The bill, sponsored by Rep. ...
February 08, 2008 Kucinich Provision to Reauthorize the Underground Railroad ...
... language reauthorizing the Underground Railroad Educational and Cultural Program was included in HR 4137, The College Opportunity and Affordability Act, ...
February 08, 2008 Souder Votes for Higher Education Bill
Mark Souder voted Thursday for House passage of HR 4137, the College Opportunity and Affordability Act, which would extend higher education programs ...
February 08, 2008 House Passes Comprehensive Higher Education Bill
The College Opportunity and Affordability Act, HR 4137, was approved by a 354-48 vote, sending it to a conference committee with the Senate, which passed a ...
February 08, 2008 US House Approves Controversial Anti-Piracy Legislation
Despite the fact that yesterday’s House approval of HR 4137 shows that the cards have been stacked against the Association of American Universities, ...
February 08, 2008 Boustany votes to rein in college costs
The College Opportunity and Affordability Act, HR 4137, reauthorizes the Higher Education Act of 1965. This timely update for higher education aims to shine ...
February 08, 2008 FAP732: Higher Education Act Reauthorization, Free Stuff Friday
+ The bill (HR 4137), which would reauthorize, or renew, the Higher Education Act for five years, would also require colleges to tackle illegal downloading ...
February 08, 2008 Congress Moves to Remove Barriers to College Enrollment
By an overwhelming bipartisan vote of 354 to 58, the House approved the College Opportunity and Affordability Act (HR 4137), which would reform and ...
February 08, 2008 US House passes bill to require colleges to release more safety ...
The several hundred-page bill, HR 4137, contains a number of sections that address campus safety, including amendments to the federal Jeanne Clery Act. That ...
February 08, 2008 NCRA Lauds House Passage of Bill Providing Better Closed ...
The NCRA initiative was included in the College Opportunity and Affordability Act of 2007 (HR 4137), better known as the Higher Education Reauthorization ...
February 08, 2008 NCRA Lauds House Passage of Bill Providing Better Closed ...
The NCRA initiative was included in the College Opportunity and Affordability Act of 2007 (HR 4137), better known as the Higher Education Reauthorization ...
February 08, 2008 House Rebuffs College Groups on Digital Piracy
Members the House and Senate are expected to reconcile the House bill (HR 4137) with a similar Senate bill. The Senate version has a provision about digital ...
February 07, 2008 House votes for more family education benefits
The bill, HR 4137, now goes to the Senate, where changes are possible. But its passage by a 354-58 vote on Thursday is just the start of what could be a ...
February 07, 2008 Federal aid threatened by new bill
The bill, HR 4137, has been introduced to the House of Representatives and is up for debate in the coming weeks. While HR 4137 is a massive education bill, ...
February 07, 2008 White House Releases Statement of Administration Policy on College ...
However, the Administration strongly opposes House passage of HR 4137, the "College Opportunity and Affordability Act of 2007," as reported by the Committee ...
February 07, 2008 House Passes Bill to Make College More Affordable and Accessible
The College Opportunity and Affordability Act (HR 4137), which the House approved by a vote of 354 to 58, reforms and strengthens the nation’s higher ...
February 07, 2008 Bush Opposes Amendments to Higher Education Act
HR 4137, on the other hand, is a massive document of 792 pages, and contains special earmarks for everything from specific grants to a college for the deaf, ...
February 07, 2008 Pelosi Statement on House Passage of College Opportunity and ...
... Pelosi issued the following statement today after the House overwhelmingly passed HR 4137, the College Opportunity and Affordability Act. The bill, ...
February 07, 2008 House approves MPAA-backed college antipiracy rules
"Hopefully, HR 4137 will become law and will help educate young Americans about the value and importance of copyright to the artists whose work they love. ...
February 07, 2008 Educause Lobbies Against Piracy Measure in House Bill
The measure is part of legislation to reauthorize the Higher Education Act (HR 4137), which is scheduled for a vote today by the US House of Representatives ...
