FLAT Act
Summary
Front-Loaded Aid Transparency Act or the FLAT Act This bill directs the Government Accountability Office to study and report on the front-loading of grant aid by institutions of higher education (IHEs) for FY2007-FY2020. Front-loading refers to the practice of providing first-year students with a higher amount or percentage of grant aid than the IHE provides to second-year, third-year, or fourth-year students.
Bill status
in committee
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Introduction
Sep 2021
Committee Review
Floor Vote
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Introduced Sep 27, 2021
Last action Sep 27, 2021
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Committee
1
Sep 27, 2021
Committee
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
lower
Sep 27, 2021
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
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