Providing Distance Education for Foreign Institutions Act

This bill changes the Higher Education Act of 1965 so that some programs at foreign colleges and universities that are partly taught online can qualify for U.S. federal student aid. To qualify, no more than 12.5 percent of the program can be courses taught mainly through distance education. The foreign school must be reviewed by an outside body, such as an accrediting agency or government, and found able to deliver distance education. Students getting aid must be physically in the country where the school is located during the online instruction, and courses requiring in-person attendance for more than half of instruction do not count as mainly online.

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Sponsors

• Lloyd Smucker Republican sponsor
• 2 cosponsors