7 th Annual National Conference of ABHES Federal Potpourri Aria Resort & Casino February 12, 2010
7 th Annual National Conference of ABHES Federal Potpourri: The New Student Loan Paradigm, HEOA Regulatory Compliance, the Latest Round of Federal Negotiated Rulemaking, and Health Care Legislation Too Moderator: Larkin Hicks Arizona College 2
HEOA Regulatory Compliance and Neg Reg on Program Integrity Issues Sharon H. Bob, Ph. D 3
College Costs • Objective is transparency and a bit of shame and glory • Measurement starting point is the average tuition and fees for first-time, full-time undergraduate students enrolled at the institution 4
College Costs • Starting in July 2011, ED will make information available to the public – Information presented by category of school (4 yr public, 4 yr private NP, 4 yr private FP, 2 yr public, 2 yr private NP, 2 yr private FP, less than 2 yr public, etc. ) – List of 5% of institutions per category with highest tuition and fees for most recent academic year 5
College Costs • List of 5% of institutions per category with highest “net price” for most recent academic year (net price deducts average need-based and merit-based grant aid from tuition and fees via formula) • List of 5% of institutions per category with largest increase in tuition and fees over the three most recent academic years for which data are available (1 st year used as base year) (exempt if increase is $599 or less) 6
College Costs • List of 5% of institutions per category with largest increase in net price over the three most recent academic years for which data are available (1 st year used as base year) (exempt if increase is $599 or less) • List of 10% of institutions per category with lowest tuition and fees for most recent academic year • List of 10% of institutions per category with lowest “net price” for most recent academic year 7
College Costs • Schools in top 5% for largest increase over three year period must submit a report to ED addressing several issues including major areas of increase in school’s budget and an explanation of those increases, and a description of the schools’ efforts to reduce costs 8
Net Price Calculator • On October 29, 2009, U. S. Dept of Education made available a template for the Net Price Calculator that institutions may use or see: http: //www. ed. gov/policy/highered/leg/hea 08/index. html • Institutions have 2 years from the release of the template to post their calculator • An institution may use either the net price calculator developed by Department or it may develop its own – Institutionally developed calculators must include “at a minimum the same data elements” found in the 9 Department’s template
Net Price Calculator “to help current and prospective students, families, and other consumers estimate the individual net price of an institution of higher education for a student. The calculator shall be developed in a manner that enables current and prospective students, families, and consumers to determine an estimate of a current or prospective student’s individual net price at a particular institution. ” P. L. 110 -315, sec. 132 (h) (1). 10
Definition of Net Price Institutions’ price of attendance for FTFT students = Total need- and merit-based federal, state, and institutional grant aid awarded to FTFT students Number of FTFT students receiving such aid Price of attendance = average annual cost of tuition and fees, room and board, books, supplies, and transportation 11
Textbooks • Intent is to decrease costs to students and increase transparency • Secretary may not regulate in this area. • Effective July 1, 2010. 12
Textbooks • Publisher must disclose: – Cost of text at college bookstore – Cost of text to public – Copyright dates of 3 prior editions – Description of content revisions – Whether available in other formats (paperback, unbound) – Provision of ISBN (International Standard Book Number) 13
Textbooks • Institution must provide to its college bookstore: – The institution’s course schedule; and – For each course offered, the information must include recommended textbooks and supplemental material. • Institutions are encouraged to provide information on: – – Renting textbooks; Purchasing used textbooks; Textbook buy-back programs; and Alternative content delivery programs. 14
Institutional and Financial Assistance Information for Students (Section 485(a) of the HEA) • Previously, disclosure requirements ended at “O, ” now extend to “V. ” • Includes new disclosures and requirements: – Must disclose any plans the institution has for improving the academic programs; – Must disclose the terms and conditions for federal loan programs; 15
Institutional and Financial Assistance Information for Students – Requires institutions to develop plans to detect and prevent unauthorized distribution of copyrighted material on information technology systems, including offering alternatives to illegal-downloading or peer-to -peer distribution of intellectual property; – Must disclose placement in employment and types of employment obtained by graduates; 16
Institutional and Financial Assistance Information for Students – Must report on fire safety if have on-campus housing facilities; – Must disclose the retention rate of certificate - or degree-granting, full-time undergraduate students entering the institution; – Must disclose policies on vaccinations; 17
Institutional and Financial Assistance Information for Students – Requires institutions to disaggregate data on completion/graduation rates based on student gender, race/ethnicity, and receipt of Pell Grants; receipt of specific federal loans but non -receipt of Pell Grants; and non-receipt of Pell Grants or specific federal loans; • Will not apply to 2 -year degree-granting institutions until 2011 -2012. – Expands Entrance/Exit Counseling disclosures; – Adds four crimes to the list of hate crime statistics to be reported in the Campus Security 18 Report;
Institutional and Financial Assistance Information for Students – Requires institutions to immediately notify the campus community in the event of a significant emergency and publish procedures to evacuate; – Requires institutions to disclose transfer credit policy, including any criteria used to evaluate transfer of credit earned at another institution; 19
Institutional and Financial Assistance Information for Students – Requires institutions to implement procedures for managing reports of missing persons who reside in on-campus facilities and have been missing for more than 24 hours; – Requires institutions to provide each student, upon enrollment, with a “separate, clear, and conspicuous written notice” of the penalties associated with drug-related offenses; and 20
Institutional and Financial Assistance Information for Students • After being notified by the Secretary that a student has lost eligibility for financial aid due to a drug-related offense, institutions must notify the student in a “reasonable and timely manner” in a “separate, clear, and conspicuous written notice” of the loss of aid eligibility and ways to regain eligibility. 21
ED Holds Negotiated Rulemaking Sessions on 14 Program Integrity Issues ED says Current Regulations Cause Fraud and Abuse In December 2009, ED introduced 14 issue papers. 22
ED Holds Negotiated Rulemaking Sessions on 14 Program Integrity Issues Validity of a High School Diploma Ability-to-Benefit Misrepresentation of Information Incentive Compensation
ED Holds Negotiated Rulemaking Sessions on 14 Program Integrity Issues State Authorization Employment in a Recognized Occupation Definition of a Credit Hour Agreements Between Institutions
ED Holds Negotiated Rulemaking Sessions on 14 Program Integrity Issues Verification of Information Satisfactory Academic Progress Retaking Coursework Return of Title IV Funds: Term-Based Programs 25
ED Holds Negotiated Rulemaking Sessions on 14 Program Integrity Issues Return of Title IV Funds: Taking Attendance Disbursements of Title IV Funds 26
Validity of a High School Diploma • Currently, a student can self-certify on the FAFSA that he/she has received a high school diploma or GED; • If the student does not have a high school diploma or GED, the student must pass an ATB test to qualify for financial aid; • The student is only required to provide documentation if required by institution for admission; 27
Validity of a High School Diploma • Confirming authenticity of high school graduation has become more difficult due to proliferation of high school diploma mills; and • Only some states have a means to recognize all of the legitimate high schools operating in state, particularly private high schools. • ED’s proposal: – Beginning 2011 -2012 award year, students completing FAFSA will be asked to provide name of secondary school or entity that awarded high school diploma; 28
Validity of a High School Diploma • If secondary school does not match the list of secondary schools maintained by ED or if the student does not name the secondary school, the student’s FAFSA may be selected for verification for further review by institution to determine if the student has a valid high school diploma. 29
Return of Title IV: Taking Attendance • Currently, for the Return of Title IV, the date of withdrawal is based on the attendance records if the school is required to take attendance by an outside entity. • ED’s Proposal: – A school is required to take attendance by an outside entity; – The institution has a requirement to take attendance; – The institution or outside entity has a requirement that can only be met by taking 30 attendance;
Return of Title IV: Taking Attendance – If attendance is required for only some students, the institution must use attendance to determine the withdrawal date for those students; and – If attendance is required for a limited period, the institution must use attendance to determine the withdrawal date for that limited period. 31
Definition of Credit Hour • Currently, the Department’s rules do not define a “credit hour” except for conversion of clock hours to credit hours for non-degree programs. • Accrediting agencies and states, to varying degrees, establish standards and criteria for degree levels. • The HEA and implementing regulations require accrediting agencies to have standards to evaluate an institution’s or program’s “measures of program length and the objectives of the degrees or credentials offered. ” 32
Definition of Credit Hour • The Department has relied on accrediting agencies to make a judgment about program length and the amount of credit an institution or program grants for course work. • ED is concerned that the lack of a definition of a credit hour may be the basis for abuse. 33
Definition of Credit Hour • OIG has been conducting reviews of accrediting agencies’ standards for program length and expressed concern about ED’s reliance on accrediting agencies’ assessment of a factor that is a component of Title IV. • ED’s proposal: – Defines a Credit Hour: • Unit of measurement that consists of 1 hour of classroom or direct faculty instruction and a minimum of 2 hours of outside student work 34
Definition of Credit Hour for about 15 weeks for 1 semester/trimester hour of credit or 10 -12 weeks for 1 quarter hour of credit, or the equivalent over a different amount of time; and • At least a comparable amount of work for other activities (i. e. , lab work, internships, practice, studio work); or • If above not appropriate, institution responsible for the credit hours awarded, as represented in intended learning outcomes and verified by evidence of achievement, and for ensuring the equivalencies are in accordance with accrediting agency requirements. 35
Definition of Credit Hour – Additional accrediting agency requirements: • Must conduct an effective review and evaluation of the reliability and accuracy of the institution’s assignment of credit hours to ensure compliance with ED’s credit hour definition; and • Expected to use sampling or other methods in the evaluation to ensure compliance. 36
Definition of Credit Hour – Modifies current formula where the institution does not provide the clock hours that serve as the basis for the credit hours awarded for each program, or the credit hours are not in compliance or the program must be offered in clock hours: • A semester or trimester must include 37. 5 clock hours instead of 30 clock hours of instruction; and • A quarter must include 25 clock hours instead of 20 clock hours of instruction. 37
Verification • Currently, an institution is required to verify the application information of no more than 30% of its total number of applicants and an applicant who is selected for verification must document certain items of information used in the need analysis. (34 C. F. R. 51 -61) • ED’s Proposal: – Simplifying the FAFSA and permitting data importation from the IRS make a comprehensive 38 review of the verification process advisable;
Verification – Makes verification regulations flexible to permit ongoing changes and to provide assurance that students receiving federal financial aid are eligible; – Requires schools to verify 100% of all CPSselected applicants; – Allows ED to select only targeted data elements on a student-specific basis; 39
Verification – An applicant that has not filed and is not required to file must provide a copy of his/her W-2 as acceptable documentation; – Removes data elements recently eliminated from need analysis (i. e. , untaxed Social Security income, foreign income exclusions, etc. ); 40
Verification – Changes updating rules to permit changes in a student’s marital status; – Requires that all verification data changes be sent to the CPS for processing; – Removes the $400 tolerance; and – Updates verification definitions to reflect current terminology. 41
Verification • Reaction from Non-Federal Negotiators: – Seemed to favor allowing ED to select new data elements and to specify which ones apply to any specific student; – Many noted that the current verification system represents a large administrative burden; and – Rather than making regulatory changes, ED would announce new data elements and related documentation requirements in the Federal Register for the applicable award year. 42
Satisfactory Academic Progress • Currently, to be eligible for Federal financial aid, a student must make SAP, and the school must have a published policy. • A SAP policy is considered reasonable if it contains both qualitative and quantitative standards along with other elements. 43
Satisfactory Academic Progress • ED’s Proposal: – Closes perceived loopholes including the effect of retaking coursework on meeting the qualitative component; the limited basis upon which some institutions measure SAP; the overuse of probation as a possible means to circumvent rules, appeal rights, and the application of SAP for graduate programs; – Moves standards to 34 C. F. R. 668. 34; 44 – Incorporates proposed definitions;
Satisfactory Academic Progress – Outlines provisions that monitor progress at the end of each payment period and for those that monitor progress more or less frequently; – Defines financial aid probation when a student fails to make SAP and has appealed and has had financial aid eligibility re-instated. A student may receive financial aid for one payment period. At the end, must meet SAP or meet requirements of the student’s academic 45 plan to qualify for further financial aid;
Satisfactory Academic Progress – Defines financial aid warning as a status when a student fails to make SAP and may continue to receive financial aid for one payment period. May be granted without an appeal. 46
Questions? ? Sharon H. Bob, Ph. D. – Sharon. Bob@ppsv. com Powers Pyles Sutter & Verville PC 1501 M Street NW, Seventh Floor | Washington, DC 20005 tel 202. 466. 6550 | fax 202. 785. 1756 47
Sharon H. Bob, Ph. D. Practice Areas: • Education • Title IV Eligibility & Compliance • Program Reviews and IG Audits • Accreditation • Mergers & Acquisitions • Public Policy & Government Relations • State Licensing • Education Policy Member: • NASFAA • CCA Education: • Ph. D. , University of Maryland, 1976 • BA, State University of Buffalo, 1971, summa cum laude Sharon H. Bob, Ph. D. , Higher Education Specialist on Policy and Regulation, is a member of the Education Group at the Washington, D. C. law firm of Powers Pyles Sutter & Verville, P. C. Dr. Bob advises all sectors of higher education regarding strategic issues pertaining to their participation in the federal student financial assistance programs, accreditation, licensure, education tax benefits, and related regulatory matters. Dr. Bob advises public and private colleges and universities, as well as private and publicly-traded companies. In this role, she provides clients with detailed technical guidance related to compliance with applicable statute and regulations. She regularly assists postsecondary educational institutions on issues relating to institutional eligibility, program eligibility, student eligibility, financial responsibility and administrative capability standards, changes of ownership, adding locations and programs, program reviews and compliance audits, and institutional responsibilities for the education tax benefits. Through training seminars and on-site reviews, she assists clients in complying with the federal requirements for administering federal student financial assistance. Dr. Bob has authored numerous articles on federal financial aid issues for The Greentree Gazette, NASFAA's Journal of Student Financial Aid, NASFAA's Student Aid Transcript, the Career College Link, and other higher education publications and frequently speaks at meetings of college officials and student aid administrators. Dr. Bob received her undergraduate degree summa cum laude from the State University of New York at Buffalo and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. She received her doctorate from the University of Maryland. 48 Powers Pyles Sutter & Verville is a Washington, D. C. -based law firm that focuses on health care, education, and the law of tax-exempt organizations.
Major Current Policy Developments Brian Moran Executive Vice President of Government Relations General Counsel Career College Association
Areas to be Covered • Negotiated Rulemaking: Major Program Integrity Issues • Student Loan Legislation (SAFRA) • 90/10 information • Consumer Financial Protection Agency • HELP Chairman • President's FY 2011 Budget Request (Higher Education Highlights) • Outlook for the 2010 Elections
Negotiated Rulemaking: Major Program Integrity Issues Gainful Employment • ED outlined two options in Round 2: one evaluated program costs to expected starting salaries; the other would have evaluated the ratio between student loan debt and program costs. • In Round 3, ED abandoned option one and fleshed out option 2. • Issue would be whether students can repay loans in 10 years using nor more than 8% of expected earnings. 51
Negotiated Rulemaking: Gainful Employment • Gainful employment in a recognized occupation (no agreement) – Programs prepare students for gainful employment if at the end of each three-year period the debt to earnings ratio associated with the program is 8% or less, using median loan debt for the calculation. – Institutions would be required to report for each student who completes or graduates the CIP code of the program, the date the student completed, and the amounts the student received from institutional and private education loans. – Loan debt includes all Federal, institutional and private loan debt the student has accumulated. 52
Negotiated Rulemaking: Gainful Employment – The ratio is calculated by the Secretary using the median loan debt of all graduates based on a 10 -year repayment schedule and the current annual interest rate on Unsubsidized Federal Stafford Loans or Direct Unsubsidized Loans, and income information is obtained by using the most current Bureau of Labor Statistics data available to determine the 25 th percentile annual earnings of persons employed in occupations related to the training provided by the programs. The Secretary may use national or regional BLS data. The amount of the annual loan payment is divided by the annual earnings and rounded down to the nearest one tenth. 53
Negotiated Rulemaking: Gainful Employment – If an institution has a debt to earnings ratio of more than 8%, they may remain eligible under one of two alternative measures: students who completed the program have a 90% loan repayment rate; or by the institution providing acceptable information to the Secretary showing graduates from the three-year period had earnings from occupations related to the training higher than the BLS earnings used to calculate the ratio. 54
Negotiated Rulemaking: Incentive Compensation • Incentive compensation (no agreement) – The safe harbors are removed – Institutions may not provide any commission, bonus, or other incentive payment based directly or indirectly on success in securing enrollments or the award of financial aid to any person or entity engaged in any student recruitment or admission activity, or in making decisions regarding the award of student financial aid. – Institutions, contractors to institutions and other entities may make merit based adjustments to employee compensation provided that such adjustments are not based on success in securing student enrollments or the award of financial aid. 55
Negotiated Rulemaking: Incentive Compensation • Incentive compensation (no agreement) – A commission, bonus, or other incentive payment is a sum of money or something of value paid to or given to a person or entity – Securing student enrollments means direct or indirect activities for the purpose of the admission or matriculation of a student, including preadmission activities 56
Negotiated Rulemaking: Next Steps • Because there was no consensus on the team dealing with program integrity issues, ED is free to draft language as it wishes. • ED will issue draft regulations in the Federal Register and solicit public comment. • CCA will carefully review the draft regs and submit comments on behalf of the sector. • ED will assess input and issue final regs by Nov. 1, 2010 so they can be effective July 1, 2011. 57
Student Loan Legislation (SAFRA) • H. R. 3221 included a switch from FFELP to 100% direct lending. The bill ends the origination of new FFELP loans on July 1, 2010 and all new federal education loans would be made through the Direct Loan program. • H. R. 3221 changes the Perkins loan program beginning October 1, 2010. The new Federal Direct Perkins Loan will be similar to unsubsidized Stafford loans and serviced by the direct loan program. • The total funding is increased to $6 billion in new Perkins loans per year. 58
Student Loan Legislation (SAFRA) • The interest rate will remain at 5% but will no longer be subsidized. • Sec. 101 – Federal Pell Grants – Investing $40 billion to increase the maximum annual Pell Grant scholarship to $5, 550 in 2010 and to $6, 900 by 2019. Starting in 2010, the scholarship will be linked to match rising costs-of -living by indexing it to the Consumer Price Index plus 1 percent. 59
90/10 Information Current law as enacted in 2008 HEOA: • Title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA), as amended, authorizes programs that provide students with federal financial aid. • Proprietary institutions must meet requirements specified in Section 102 of HEA. • Proprietary institutions must derive at least 10% of school revenue from non-Title IV funds. This latter requirement forms the basis for the “ 90/10 rule. ” 60
90/10 Information – Temporary Relief • Extends by one year the period that career colleges can count the unsubsidized Stafford loan limit increases established by the Ensuring Continued Access to Student Loans Act of 2008 (ECASLA) as part of the 10 percent in the 90 -10 Rule, through July 1, 2012; • Provides that funds received through the new Federal Direct Perkins Loan program are excluded from the 90 -10 rule through July 1, 2012; and • Increases the number of consecutive years of failure to comply with the 90 -10 rule before Title IV eligibility suspension from two years to three years and the automatic invocation of provision status from after one year of failure to after two years of failure. 61 • See H. R. 3221, Title II, Subtitle B, § 229.
Additional 90/10 Information i. The 90/10 rule has not proven to be a meaningful metric for the quality of propriety school education. ii. The 90/10 rule is far more likely to be an indicator of a student body’s socio-economic status than a reflection of institutional quality. 62
Additional 90/10 Information iii. Third-party oversight and quality control over proprietary institutions has been exerted in other more meaningful ways, including annual: § § § Department of Education financial and compliance audits Re-accreditation State licensing Program reviews Cohort default rate ceilings 63
Additional 90/10 Information • Two-year Rule • An effective gatekeeper for preventing new institutions from cropping up simply to receive Title IV funds. • Title IV • Participation requires schools to be either regionally or nationally accredited by an accrediting agency recognized by the U. S. Department of Education. • Annual Audits • Annual submission to the Federal government of audited financial statements and financial aid compliance audits. 64
Additional 90/10 Information • Retention and Placement Rates • Nationally accredited schools must report retention and career placement rates. • Detailed disclosure requirements for federal and private student loans offer additional protection to students. • Institutions will not lightly enter into the loan programs. • Word-of-Mouth • Students are savvy consumers • Word-of-mouth is the best advertising • State regulatory bodies are robust partners in ensuring schools are legitimate and effective 65
Sources of 90/10 Problem • Rapid and substantial increases in Federal student aid the past 2. 5 years. • The collapse of the private credit markets and the concomitant drastic decrease in private student lending. • The deteriorating economy and job losses creating substantially more Pell eligible students. 66
Consumer Financial Protection Agency (CFPA) • CFPA part of omnibus financial regulatory reform in House. • Amendment offered in the Financial Services Committee by Rep. Maxine Waters to make sector schools that officer institutional loans subject to CFPA. • E&L Chairman George Miller urged Waters to expand amendment to cover all schools, not just sector schools. 67
CFPA • Waters declined to expand coverage; amendment defeated in committee 33 -35. • CFPA was folded into massive financial services reform package, which included a Miller provision to negate an exemption for postsecondary institutions in underlying bill, the effect of which is to include all private education loans under jurisdiction of CFPA. • NO EXCLUSION FOR CERTAIN PRIVATE EDUCATION LOANS. —Paragraph (1) shall not apply to any private education loan (as defined in section 140(a) of the Truth in Lending Act) provided by a private educational lender (as defined in such section), including a covered educational 68 institution (as defined in such section).
CFPA • The bill passed 223 -202 along party lines. • Outlook in the Senate remains murky. • Senate Banking Committee Chairman Chris Dodd is not running for reelection. • Dodd says he is committed to moving his own financial services reform legislation. • CFPA’s outlook is uncertain and, if included, not known whether provision would mirror that in House bill. 69
HELP Chairman • HELP Committee Chairman Edward M. Kennedy passed away on August 25, 2009. • Senator Tom Harkin took over as Chairman in September. • In 1974, Senator Harkin was elected to Congress from Iowa's Fifth Congressional District. In 1984, after serving 10 years in the U. S. House of Representatives, he was elected to the Senate and is currently serving his fifth term. 70
President's FY 2011 Budget Request (Higher Education Highlights) • The President is seeking a 6% increase overall in the Department of Education (ED)’s budget, with $2. 1 billion directed at higher education programs. • Supports reforms contained in SAFRA which shift student lending from the FFEL program to the Direct Loan program and utilizes savings from that transfer for an expanded Pell Grants program for low income students and a newly structured Perkins loan program. 71
President's FY 2011 Budget Request (Higher Education Highlights) • Proposes to convert Pell Grants into a mandatory program and increase the maximum award annually by the consumer price index plus 1 percentage point; • The budget anticipates $34. 9 billion for Pell Grants in 2011, supporting a projected maximum award of $5, 710 in FY 2011 and up to an estimated maximum of $6, 900 by 2019; • Proposes $10. 6 billion over 10 years for the American Graduation Initiative, which would support the President’s commitment to a competitive workforce by investing in reforms to raise graduation rates, tie courses to business needs and improve remedial education at community 72 colleges.
President's FY 2011 Budget Request (Higher Education Highlights) • Proposes $3. 5 billion over 5 years for a College Access and Completion Fund which would make grants to states, institutions of higher education, and other organizations to support new approaches to improving college success and completion, particularly for students with disadvantage backgrounds; • Includes $7. 5 billion over 10 years to expand income-based repayment options to help borrowers with large loan balances and low incomes reduce monthly payments and shorten the repayment period so that borrowers will pay only 10% of their discretionary income in loan repayments and can have the rest of their remaining debt forgiven after 20 years; 73
President's FY 2011 Budget Request (Higher Education Highlights) • Proposes $1. 1 billion to expand modernize the Perkins Loan program so that it would provide $6 billion a year in new loan volume – six times the current Perkins volume – for up to 2. 4 million students at roughly 2, 700 additional postsecondary institutions. The Department would service Perkins Loans along with other federal loans, with estimated overall savings totaling $5. 5 billion over 10 years; • Extends the American Opportunity Tax Credit for ten years for a tax credit benefit of up to $10, 000 total for tuition and fees for the first four years of postsecondary education; 74
President's FY 2011 Budget Request (Higher Education Highlights) • Proposes reform of the Workforce Investment Act to include establishment of a Workforce Innovation Partnership between Department of Labor (DOL) and Education to simplify and consolidate job training programs; • Sets aside $261 million in DOL funding and $60 million in ED funding to support competitive grants for the most promising, research-based strategies, including regional approaches and sectoral partnerships for adults and the combination of summer or year-round employment with education for youth. • The Department of Labor FY 2011 Budget Request targets job training funding for high-growth sectors of economy and workers through $85 million for green job training and $40 million for 75 transitional job programs.
U. S. Senate 2010 Outlook Democrats Republicans 57 41 Seats up in 2010 18 18 TOSS UP 9 9 TOSS UP LEAN D 2 0 LEAN R LIKELY D 1 3 LIKELY R SOLID D 8 13 SOLID R Seats up in 2012 20 10 Up in 2014 19 13 76
U. S. House 2010 Outlook Democrats Republicans Total 257 178 435 Solid Dem. 170 0 170 Likely Dem. 37 0 37 Lean Dem. 26 1 27 Toss Up 20 2 22 Lean Rep. 3 7 10 Likely Rep. 1 16 17 Solid Rep. 0 152 77
Governors' Races 2010 Outlook Democrats Republicans 26 24 Seats up in 2010 19 20 TOSS UP 15 15 TOSS UP LEAN D 4 6 LEAN R LIKELY D 3 4 LIKELY R SOLID D 4 3 SOLID R 78
Allied Health Specific Legislation Tom E. Netting Executive Director Higher Education Allied Health Leaders Coalition
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act - Labor $1. 25 Billion $200 Million $750 Million - States for dislocated worker employment and training - National reserve for dislocated workers - Competitive grants for worker training and placement in high growth and emerging industries Funds Available Through June 30, 2010
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act - Health & Human Services $500 Million - Health professions workforce shortages ($75 million to NHSC through 9/30/11) $2 Billion - National Coordinator for Health Information Technology - Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH)
National Health Information Technology Infrastructure National Coordinator, HIT Policy Committee, and HIT Standards Committee HITECH Electronic Health Records for every U. S. Citizen 2014
HITECH Demonstration Program to Integrate Information Technology into Clinical Education Information Technology Professionals in Healthcare
ARRA - Trade Adjustment Act • Community College and Career Training Grant Program (Labor) PROPRIETARY INSTITUTIONS ELIGIBLE
House and Senate Health Care Bills House Bill: H. R. 3962 Senate Bill: H. R. 3590 The Affordable Health Care for America Act The Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care Act • Title V – Health Care Workforce
Sec. 5204 Health Workforce Loan Repayment Program H. R. 3590: Title V Health Care Workforce Sec. 5206 Training for Mid-Career Public and Allied Health Professionals Sec. 5205 Allied Health Recruitment and Retention Program
Sec. 5302 Training Opportunities For Direct Care Workers H. R. 3590: Title V Health Care Workforce Sec. 5305 Geriatric Education and Training, Career Awards, Comprehensive Geriatrics Education Sec. 5309 Nurse Education, Practice, and Retention Grants
H. R. 3590: Title V – Health Care Workforce • Sec. 5507: Demonstration Projects to Address Health Professions Workforce Needs* – Low-Income Individuals With Opportunities for Education, Training, and Career Advancement To Address Health Professions Workforce Needs; and – Develop Training and Certification Programs for Personal or Home Care Aides
H. R. 3590: Title V – Health Care Workforce Definition of an Institution of Higher Education PROPRIETARY ELIGIBLE*
Other Major Legislation Tracked By HEAL Nursing Bills – 100+ Health IT Bills – 40+ Allied Health Bills – 30+ Post 9/11 GI Bill – 15+
Questions, Summaries, and Information Contact: Tom E. Netting, Executive Director Higher Education Allied Health Leaders Coalition 750 9 th Street, NW Washington, DC 20004 (202) 824 -1724 Tom. Netting@Akerman. com
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