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Reauthorization: Finally, a Done Deal
On August 14, President Bush signed HR 4137, the Higher Education
Opportunity Act, into law as PL 110-315. The measure, like most
reauthorizations, was approved overwhelmingly: a 380 to 49 vote in the
House and an 83 to 8 tally in the Senate. This finally concludes the
reauthorization of the Higher Education Act. The process started in 2003
and, because it finished four years late, necessitated 14 separate
extensions of the underlying Act. The actual bill was more than 1,100
pages long and authorizes, according to best estimates, 69 new programs.
Indeed, it is an indication of the complexity of the measure that,
several weeks after it was passed, nobody is exactly sure how many new
programs Congress has approved. . . .
Excerpted from the fall 2008 issue of The
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| Excerpt The Presidency fall 2008 issue Eye on Washington column Terry Hartle |
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