Providing Distance Education for Foreign Institutions Act
Summary
What This Bill Does
Allows certain foreign higher-education programs that use limited distance education to qualify for federal student-aid eligibility under specified safeguards.
Who Benefits and How
Students attending eligible foreign institutions and the institutions themselves gain more flexibility to use limited distance education without losing Title IV eligibility.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Foreign institutions and federal overseers must satisfy oversight and student-location conditions to qualify.
Key Provisions
- Permits otherwise eligible foreign-institution programs to include limited distance education.
- Requires outside-oversight validation of the institution's ability to deliver distance education effectively.
- Requires Title IV recipients to be physically present in the country of the foreign institution during distance instruction.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Allows certain foreign higher-education programs that use limited distance education to qualify for federal student-aid eligibility under specified safeguards.
Key Policy Areas
Education, Technology, Government Operations
Primary Purpose
Allows certain foreign higher-education programs that use limited distance education to qualify for federal student-aid eligibility under specified safeguards.
Policy Domains
Main Provisions
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Eligible foreign higher education institutions
- Students using aid at those institutions
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Education Department and oversight bodies verifying compliance
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMr. Smucker (for himself and Mr. Schneider) introduced the following …
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Introduced in House
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Eligible foreign higher education institutions, Students using aid at eligible foreign institutions
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
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