HR 468 · in committee · niche
Mel’s Law
- education
What this bill does
- Colleges must create policies to award degrees to students who died before completing their programs.
- Affects colleges participating in federal student aid and their accrediting agencies.
- No federal funding mechanism specified; accreditors cannot penalize schools for awarding posthumous degrees.
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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
- 01
How should colleges balance honoring deceased students with maintaining degree standards and institutional credibility?
- 02
What financial or administrative burden might posthumous degree policies place on colleges without federal funding support?
- 03
Should accrediting agencies have authority to enforce posthumous degree policies, or should each institution decide independently?
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Sponsor · D-NY-7
Nydia M. Velázquez
Citizen cosponsors
0
In Congress
6/ 435
House Reps cosponsoring
Introduced 2025-01-15
Joining the bill
Legislative timeline
2025-01-15 · house · IntroReferral
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
2025-01-15 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
2025-01-15 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
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