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<p><span class="fck_mw_template">{{Economic Policy (U.S.)|congress=110|bill=h4137}}</span> The <b>College Opportunity and Affordability Act of 2007</b> (H.R.4137) was a bill in the <a _fcknotitle="true" href="110th Congress">110th Congress</a> "to amend and extend the Higher Education Act of 1965, and for other purposes." (Official title)<ref name="OpenCongress info">OpenCongress’ info page on <a href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h4137/show">College Opportunity and Affordability Act of 2007 (H.R. 4137)</a>.</ref> </p><p>The legislation has been approved by both the House and Senate, and is awaiting President Bush's signature. <usbillinfo congress="110" bill="H.4137" /> </p><p><span class="fck_mw_template">{{Article summary| fckLRfckLR*Requires the government to make available online a list of the most expensive and least expensive colleges on a website, along with a list of the colleges that have had the largest increases in tuition and fee rates over a three year period (Sec. 109).&lt;ref name=&quot;ProjectVoteSmart info&quot;&gt;Project Vote Smart’s info page on [http://www.votesmart.org/issue_keyvote_detail.php?cs_id=17018 College Opportunity and Affordability Act of 2007 (H.R. 4137)].&lt;/ref&gt;fckLRfckLR*Requires the colleges with the largest increases in tuition and fee rates to submit a report describing the causes of these increases (Sec. 109).&lt;ref name=&quot;ProjectVoteSmart info&quot;&gt;Project Vote Smart’s info page on [http://www.votesmart.org/issue_keyvote_detail.php?cs_id=17018 College Opportunity and Affordability Act of 2007 (H.R. 4137)].&lt;/ref&gt; fckLR*Requires textbook publishers to disclose the retail cost of textbooks and supplemental materials before selling them to school officials (Sec. 110).&lt;ref name=&quot;ProjectVoteSmart info&quot;&gt;Project Vote Smart’s info page on [http://www.votesmart.org/issue_keyvote_detail.php?cs_id=17018 College Opportunity and Affordability Act of 2007 (H.R. 4137)].&lt;/ref&gt;fckLRfckLR*Requires textbook publishers that bundle textbooks and supplemental materials to also make the textbooks and supplemental materials available separately (Sec. 110).&lt;ref name=&quot;ProjectVoteSmart info&quot;&gt;Project Vote Smart’s info page on [http://www.votesmart.org/issue_keyvote_detail.php?cs_id=17018 College Opportunity and Affordability Act of 2007 (H.R. 4137)].&lt;/ref&gt;fckLRfckLR*Requires colleges and lending institutions to disclose to the government any preferred lender relationships (Sec. 115).&lt;ref name=&quot;ProjectVoteSmart info&quot;&gt;Project Vote Smart’s info page on [http://www.votesmart.org/issue_keyvote_detail.php?cs_id=17018 College Opportunity and Affordability Act of 2007 (H.R. 4137)].&lt;/ref&gt;fckLRfckLR*Prohibits colleges from entering into any kind of revenue sharing arrangement with lenders (Sec. 115).&lt;ref name=&quot;ProjectVoteSmart info&quot;&gt;Project Vote Smart’s info page on [http://www.votesmart.org/issue_keyvote_detail.php?cs_id=17018 College Opportunity and Affordability Act of 2007 (H.R. 4137)].&lt;/ref&gt;fckLRfckLR*Expands federal Pell Grants to allow awards of up to two grants for students taking more than two semesters or the equivalent each year (Sec. 401).&lt;ref name=&quot;ProjectVoteSmart info&quot;&gt;Project Vote Smart’s info page on [http://www.votesmart.org/issue_keyvote_detail.php?cs_id=17018 College Opportunity and Affordability Act of 2007 (H.R. 4137)].&lt;/ref&gt;fckLRfckLR*Raises the maximum Pell grand from $5,800 to $9,000 per academic year (Sec. 401).&lt;ref name=&quot;ProjectVoteSmart info&quot;&gt;Project Vote Smart’s info page on [http://www.votesmart.org/issue_keyvote_detail.php?cs_id=17018 College Opportunity and Affordability Act of 2007 (H.R. 4137)].&lt;/ref&gt; }}</span> </p> <h2> Key votes </h2> <ul><li>Vote to pass a bill that makes changes to regulations regarding student costs for attending colleges, relationships between colleges and lenders, and student aid.<ref name="ProjectVoteSmart info" /> </li></ul> <h3> House </h3> <p>The House first considered the bill on February 7, 2008. </p><p><usvoteinfo rollcall="40" chamber="house" year="2008" /> </p><p><br> The House approved the conference report on July 31, 2008. </p><p><usvoteinfo rollcall="544" chamber="house" year="2008" /> </p><p><br /> </p> <h3> Senate </h3> <p><usvoteinfo year="2008" chamber="senate" rollcall="194" /> <span class="fck_mw_template">{{Record vote display|U.S. Senate record vote 194, 110th Congress, Session 2}}</span> </p> <h2> Supporters </h2> <ul><li>American Federation of Teachers </li><li>Campaign for Environmental Literacy </li><li>Child Welfare League of America </li><li>Council for Exceptional Children </li><li>Council of Environmental Deans and Directors </li><li>Motion Picture Association of America </li><li>National Burglar and Fire Alarm Association </li><li>National School Boards Association </li><li>U.S. Public Interest Research Groups </li><li>United States Student Association </li></ul> <h2> Articles and resources </h2> <ul><li>National Conference of State Legislatures' article <a href="http://www.ncsl.org/programs/press/2008/pr013008HigherEd.htm">Federal Mandate on State Higher Education Spending Would Hurt Most-Needy Students</a> 4 Feb 2008. </li><li>The Daily Californian's article <a href="http://www.dailycal.org/article/100116/federal_bill_meant_to_lower_cost_of_textbooks">Federal Bill Meant to Lower Cost of Textbooks</a> 27 Jan 2008. </li></ul> <h3> References </h3> <p><references /> </p> <h3> External resources </h3> <h3> External articles </h3> <ul><li>Libby George, <a href="http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?docID=news-000002931423">"Higher Education Reauthorization and Overhaul Cleared for White House,"</a> <i>CQ Politics</i>, July 31, 2008 </li></ul>

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