,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #aibh  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #i1 #bjac ,ms4  
,de,lauro 7for herself1 ,mr4 ,grijalva1 
,ms4 ,schwartz1 and ,mr4 ,takano7       
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on          
,education and the ,workforce  ,a ,,bill
  ,to clarify the calculation of cohort 
default rates for proprietary           
institutions of higher education under  
the ,higher ,education ,act of #aife4   
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,proprietary ,institution of    
,higher ,education ,accountability ,act 
4  #b4 ,clarification of cohort default 
rate ,section #dce7m77#a7 of the ,higher
 ,education ,act of #aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4
 #ajhe7m77#a77 is amended--  7#a7 in    
subparagraph 7,b71 by inserting after   
the first sentence the following3 ,in   
calculating the cohort default rate for 
a proprietary institution of higher     
education1 the ,secretary shall treat   
current and former students at the      

institution who have been granted1 on   
loans made under part ,d and received   
for attendance at the institution1 a    
forbearance or deferment described in   
subparagraph 7,d7 for any period        
exceeding #f-months after entering      
repayment on such loans and before the  
end of the second fiscal year following 
the fiscal year in which such students  
entered such repayment1 as students who 
have defaulted on such loans before the 
end of such second fiscal year42 and    
7#b7 by adding at the end the following 
new subparagraph3  7,d7 ,for purposes of
 subparagraph 7,b7--  7i7 the term      
forbearance means a forbearance granted 
for a reason described in subparagraph  
7,a77i77,,ii7 or subparagraph 7,b7 of   
section #dbh7;c77#c72 and  7ii7 the term
 deferment means a deferment granted for
 a reason described in subparagraph 7,b7
 or 7,d7 of section #dee7;f77#b74  4