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To amend the General Education Provisions Act to allow the release of education records to facilitate the award of a recognized postsecondary credential.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
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Mr. W
ARNER
(for himself and Mr. I
SAKSON
) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on
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A BILL
To amend the General Education Provisions Act to allow the release of education records to facilitate the award of a recognized postsecondary credential.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Reverse Transfer Effi-
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ciency Act of 2019’’.
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SEC. 2. RELEASE OF EDUCATION RECORDS TO FACILITATE
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THE AWARD OF A RECOGNIZED POSTSEC-
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ONDARY CREDENTIAL.
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Section 444(b)(1) of the General Education Provi-
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sions Act (20 U.S.C. 1232g(b)(1)) is amended—
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(1) in subparagraph (K)(ii), by striking ‘‘and’’
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after the semicolon;
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(2) in subparagraph (L), by striking the period
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at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
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(3) by inserting after subparagraph (L) the fol-
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lowing:
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‘‘(M) an institution of postsecondary education
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in which the student was previously enrolled, to
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which records of postsecondary coursework and cred-
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its are sent for the purpose of applying such
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coursework and credits toward completion of a rec-
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ognized postsecondary credential (as that term is de-
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fined in section 3 of the Workforce Innovation and
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Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3102)), upon condition
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that the student provides written consent prior to re-
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ceiving such credential.’’.
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