CREATE Graduates Act
The source supplies the latest action, but no lifecycle stage.
Latest action (19 Jun 2014): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
What this bill does
This bill, S. 2506, called the "Correctly Recognizing Educational Achievements To Empower Graduates Act" or CREATE Graduates Act, aims to increase degree attainment for students in higher education. It would direct the Secretary of Education to award grants to states. These states would then use the funds to identify current or former students who have completed at least 60 credit hours but haven't received a degree.
The grants would enable states to have institutions perform degree audits on these students. Those found eligible for an associate's degree would be offered it, unless they decline. Students within 12 credit hours of an associate's degree would receive outreach and guidance on how to complete their studies. States could use a portion of the grant funds for administrative costs, including technology, and for creating agreements between two-year and four-year institutions to help students transfer.
S. 2506 was introduced in the Senate in June 2014 during the 113th Congress. Its latest action was simply being introduced. The bill was referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, and no further action is indicated in the provided information.
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Official summary
Correctly Recognizing Educational Achievements To Empower Graduates Act or the CREATE Graduates Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to award competitive grants to states and, through them, subgrants to institutions of higher education (IHEs) or systems of higher education to:
• identify current or former students who have earned at least 60 postsecondary credit hours (or the state-required minimum for earning an associate's degree) at the IHE or at an IHE within the system but have not been issued a postsecondary degree by such IHE or an associate's or bachelor's degree elsewhere;
• perform a degree audit on each of those students to identify those who are eligible to obtain an associate's degree and those who are eligible to obtain such a degree upon the completion of 12 or fewer postsecondary credit hours (or the equivalent);
• provide outreach and award an associate's degree to each of those students identified as eligible to obtain an associate's degree unless the student declines the degree; and
• provide outreach to those students identified as eligible to obtain such a degree upon the completion of 12 or fewer postsecondary credit hours, including guidance on the steps they can take to attain such a degree.
Allows states to use up to: (1) 15% of their grant for administrative purposes, including the purchase of the technology to carry out grant requirements; and (2) 5% of their grant to create articulation agreements between 2-year and 4-year IHEs to facilitate the transfer of students between such schools.
Timeline
19 Jun 2014
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Common questions
- What does S. 2506 do?
- This bill, S. 2506, called the "Correctly Recognizing Educational Achievements To Empower Graduates Act" or CREATE Graduates Act, aims to increase degree attainment for students in higher education. It would direct the Secretary of Education to award grants to states. These states would then use the funds to identify current or former students who have completed at least 60 credit hours but haven't received a degree. The grants would enable states to have institutions perform degree audits on these students. Those found eligible for an associate's degree would be offered it, unless they decline. Students within 12 credit hours of an associate's degree would receive outreach and guidance on how to complete their studies. States could use a portion of the grant funds for administrative costs, including technology, and for creating agreements between two-year and four-year institutions to help students transfer. S. 2506 was introduced in the Senate in June 2014 during the 113th Congress. Its latest action was simply being introduced. The bill was referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, and no further action is indicated in the provided information.
- Has S. 2506 become law?
- The source does not supply a confirmed lifecycle stage for S. 2506. Check the latest action and official source below.
- Who sponsored S. 2506?
- S. 2506 was sponsored by Sen. Hagan, Kay R. [D-NC] (D-NC), with 1 cosponsor.
- What's the latest action on S. 2506?
- Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (19 Jun 2014).
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