Bill Sponsor
Senate Bill 1059
116th Congress(2019-2020)
FINISH Act
Introduced
Introduced
Introduced in Senate on Apr 8, 2019
Overview
Text
Sponsor
Introduced
Apr 8, 2019
Latest Action
Apr 8, 2019
Origin Chamber
Senate
Type
Bill
Bill
The primary form of legislative measure used to propose law. Depending on the chamber of origin, bills begin with a designation of either H.R. or S. Joint resolution is another form of legislative measure used to propose law.
Bill Number
1059
Congress
116
Policy Area
Education
Education
Primary focus of measure is elementary, secondary, or higher education including special education and matters of academic performance, school administration, teaching, educational costs, and student aid.
Sponsorship by Party
Republican
Indiana
Republican
South Carolina
Senate Votes (0)
House Votes (0)
No Senate votes have been held for this bill.
Summary

Fund for Innovation and Success in Higher Education Act or the FINISH Act

This bill establishes and revises programs to increase access to higher education for high-need students, increase their graduation rates, improve the efficiency of postsecondary education, and evaluate higher education programs.

Specifically, the bill authorizes the Department of Education to

  • award grants to institutions of higher education (IHEs) and other entities to develop and implement evidence-based innovations, including pay-for-success initiatives, in order to improve postsecondary access and increase graduation rates of high-need students;
  • approve up to five pay-for-success pilot initiatives each fiscal year to allow IHEs and private entities to use grants for improvement of student outcomes; and
  • independently evaluate the effectiveness and efficiency of all higher education grant programs.

The bill also encourages IHEs to make all forms of postsecondary instructional content, including open educational resources (e.g., textbooks), widely available. Open educational resources either reside in the public domain or have been released under a copyright license that permits their free use, reuse, modification, and sharing with others.

Text (1)
Actions (2)
04/08/2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
04/08/2019
Introduced in Senate
Public Record
Record Updated
Nov 1, 2022 7:17:14 PM