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119-hr-10689119th CongressWALLET

Remedial Education Improvement Act

Sponsored By: Representative Norcross, Donald [D-NJ-1]

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Summary

Creates a federal grant program to improve remedial education. It would fund proven remedial models, require rigorous evaluation and public reporting, and build strict privacy protections for student data.

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  • Students and families: Would support developmental and English language instruction and help students move through credit and non-credit coursework toward postsecondary completion. First-generation college students are explicitly included as eligible participants.
  • Colleges and local partners: Grants would go to institutions of higher education or partnerships with state and local education agencies to expand five remedial models that showed success at small scale and to develop replication strategies.
  • Data, evaluation, and privacy: The Department of Education plus an independent evaluator must produce evaluations and public reports. The program may collect personally identifiable information but bans selling data, limits use by other agencies, and creates criminal and administrative penalties up to $5,000 and 5 years imprisonment for unlawful disclosures.

*This bill would authorize $162.5 million for fiscal year 2027 and each of the next five years, increasing federal spending by that amount in those years.*

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

2 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.

Stronger privacy rules for student data

If enacted, the bill would ban willful disclosure of personally identifiable information collected under this program, except as authorized by law. It would prohibit selling the data and limit other federal agencies' use to purposes the bill allows. It would forbid using the information for law enforcement, debt collection, or immigration enforcement. A violator could face a fine up to $5,000, up to 5 years in prison, or both, and a convicted federal employee would be dismissed.

More funding for remedial college programs

If enacted, the bill would create competitive grants to improve remedial education at colleges and eligible partnerships. It would authorize $162.5 million for fiscal year 2027 and for each of the next five years. Grants would support five remedial models, program evaluations, replication planning, and public reporting. Eligible applicants would be institutions of higher education or partnerships with local or State educational agencies.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Norcross, Donald [D-NJ-1]

NJ • D

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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