Fair College Admissions for Students Act
Summary
Fair College Admissions for Students Act This bill prohibits an institution of higher education (IHE) that participates in federal student-aid programs from giving preferential treatment in the admissions process to applicants based on their relationships to donors or alumni of the IHE. The Department of Education may waive the prohibition against preferential treatment based on relationships to alumni for certain IHEs (e.g., historically Black colleges and universities or other minority-serving institutions) that demonstrate that the use of such preferential treatment is in the best interest of students who have been historically underrepresented in higher education.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2022
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Feb 2, 2022
Last action Feb 2, 2022
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Committee
1
Feb 2, 2022
Committee
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
lower
Feb 2, 2022
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 11 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Jamaal Bowman
DDemocratic
Co
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
DDemocratic
Co
André Carson
DDemocratic
Co
Ayanna Pressley
DDemocratic
Co
Cori Bush
DDemocratic
Co
Emanuel Cleaver
DDemocratic
Co
Frederica S. Wilson
DDemocratic
Co
Janice D. Schakowsky
DDemocratic
Co
Jesús G. "Chuy" García
DDemocratic
Co
Pramila Jayapal
DDemocratic
Co
Sheila Jackson Lee
DDemocratic
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