To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to prohibit recognized accrediting agencies and associations from requiring, encouraging, or coercing institutions of higher education to meet any political litmus test or violate any right protected by the Constitution as a condition of accreditation.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to prohibit recognized accrediting agencies and associations from requiring, encouraging, or coercing institutions of higher education to meet any political litmus test or violate any right protected by the Constitution as a condition of accreditation., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting schools, students, and education providers. The main policy domain is Education, Labor, Government Operations.
Who Benefits and How
schools, students, and education providers may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies, schools, students, and education providers may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section HBA1EA074E06F430A960E88B0BDB7AA86: 1. Short title; table of contents This Act may be cited as the End Woke Higher Education Act. The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
- Section HC2D7FFA65CEC498DA799F5614781E5BC: 101. Short title This title may be cited as the Accreditation for College Excellence Act of 2024.
- Section H2099719153984CC58AF456AD52F62DFC: 102. Prohibition on political litmus tests in accreditation of institutions of higher education Section 496(c) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C....
- Section H4766A6E1C86F4274873C06E41D05BA97: 103. Rule of construction Nothing in this title prevents religious accreditors from holding and enforcing religious standards on institutions they choose to...
- Section H9D979C4C05F443DA8FFD8820BABFD237: 201. Short title This title may be cited as the Respecting the First Amendment on Campus Act.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to prohibit recognized accrediting agencies and associations from requiring, encouraging, or coercing institutions of higher education to meet any political litmus test or violate any right protected by the Constitution as a condition of accreditation., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting schools, students, and education providers.
Key Policy Areas
Education, Labor, Government Operations
Primary Purpose
This bill, To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to prohibit recognized accrediting agencies and associations from requiring, encouraging, or coercing institutions of higher education to meet any political litmus test or violate any right protected by the Constitution as a condition of accreditation., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting schools, students, and education providers.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- schools, students, and education providers
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
- schools, students, and education providers
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
ReportedReceived; read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, …
Additional sponsors: Mr. Williams of New York, Mr. Donalds, and …
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the …
Mr. Owens introduced the following bill; which was referred to …
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Accrediting agencies, Conservative-leaning institutions, DEI program administrators
Positive-direction: Conservative-leaning institutions, Institutions of higher education, Religious colleges and universities, Student organizations generally, Students affected by free speech violations, Students and organizations harmed by free speech violations, Students at public institutions
Negative-direction: Accrediting agencies, DEI program administrators, Public colleges and universities, University legal departments and insurers
Religious accrediting bodies, Religious student organizations
Civil rights and free speech attorneys, Civil rights attorneys
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_secretary"
- → The Secretary identified in the operative section
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
an institution of higher education that is— a public institution
an institution of higher education that is— a public institution
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