Renewing the Higher Education Act

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Here are some of the proposals offered by members of Congress for the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act, a federal law that is set to expire next year. Federal lawmakers are rewriting the act for the first time since 1998.

Republicans	Democrats
Propose the Ready to Teach Act, a bill that would increase requirements on teacher colleges and states, aimed at ensuring they produce qualified instructors.	Propose raising the maximum yearly Pell Grant award to $11,600 by 2011, from current level of $4,050.
Would increase federal student-loan forgiveness for teachers in mathematics, science, and special education in certain Title I schools.	Would eliminate “origination fees,” a 3 percent surcharge on federal student loans. Lawmakers say such fees cost many borrowers hundreds of dollars over the life of their loans.
Call under one lawmaker’s plan for setting federal guidelines that would impose penalties on colleges and universities that fail to adequately control tuition hikes.	Propose creation of Centers of Excellence at Minority Serving Institutions, a competitive-grant program to foster better teacher quality and preparation at predominantly minority colleges and universities.

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