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House Committee Clears HEA Reauthorization Bill

In a marathon markup session that lasted well into the evening, the House Education and the Workforce Committee cleared yesterday the PROSPER Act (H.R. 4508), its version of the bill to reauthorize the Higher Education Act (HEA), by a vote 23 to 17.  A copy of the bill is available here.

During the session, approximately 60 amendments were considered.  A write-up of the markup session is available here.

The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee has not yet moved its version of the HEA reauthorization bill.