SENATE 1338116th CongressRead twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Beyond the Box for Higher Education Act of 2019
- Last Action
- 5/7/2019
CRS Summary
As of 2019-05-07 (00)
Beyond the Box for Higher Education Act of 2019
This bill removes drug conviction questions from the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).
It also requires the Department of Education to issue guidance and recommendations for institutions of higher education to remove criminal and juvenile justice questions from their admission applications.
Cosponsors (18)
- Richard Durbin (D-IL)
- Cory Booker (D-NJ)
- Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)
- Edward Markey (D-MA)
- Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)
- Ben Cardin (D-MD)
- Jeff Merkley (D-OR)
- Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)
- Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV)
- Christopher Murphy (D-CT)
- Kamala Harris (D-CA)
- Chris Van Hollen (D-MD)
- Sherrod Brown (D-OH)
- Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)
- Tammy Baldwin (D-WI)
- Bernard Sanders (I-VT)
- Michael Bennet (D-CO)
- Jacklyn Rosen (D-NV)
Subjects
- Criminal justice information and records
- Government information and archives
- Juvenile crime and gang violence
- Right of privacy
- Student records
Sourced from Congress.gov (public domain).
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