United States House Education Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness

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The House Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness is a standing subcommittee within the United States House Committee on Education and Labor. It was formerly known as the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.

[edit] Jurisdiction

From the Official Subcommittee website, the Subcommittee's jurisdiction includes:

• Education and training beyond the high school level including, but not limited to higher education generally, postsecondary student assistance and employment services, the Higher Education Act; postsecondary career and technical education, training and apprenticeship including the Workforce Investment Act, displaced homemakers, adult basic education (family literacy), rehabilitation, professional development, and training programs from immigration funding; pre-service and in-service teacher training, including Title II of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act and Title II of the Higher Education Act; science and technology programs; affirmative action in higher education; Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972; all welfare reform programs including, work incentive programs, welfare-to-work requirements; the Native American Programs Act, the Robert A. Taft Institute, and Institute for Peace.

[edit] Current members, 111th Congress

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• House Education and Labor Committee Members