,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cici  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #ab1 #bjbe,ms4 
,bonamici 7for herself1 ,mrs4 ,houchin1 
,mr4 ,courtney1 ,mr4 ,lawler1 and ,ms4  
,schrier7 introduced the following bill2
 which was referred to the ,committee on
 ,education and ,workforce  ,a ,,bill   
,to amend the ,higher ,education ,act of
 #aife to provide students with         
disabilities and their families with    
access to critical information needed to
 select the right college and succeed   
once enrolled4  #a4 ,short title ,this  
,act may be cited as the ,respond1      
,innovate1 ,succeed1 and ,empower ,act  
or the ,,rise ,act 4  #b4 ,perfecting   
amendment to the definition of          
disability ,section #ajc7f7 of the      
,higher ,education ,act of #aife 7#bj   
,u4,s4,c4 #ajjc7f77 is amended by       
striking section #c7b7 and inserting    
section #c4  #c4 ,supporting students   
with disabilities to succeed once       
enrolled in college ,section #dhg7;a7 of

 the ,higher ,education ,act of #aife   
7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 #ajid7;a77 is amended by 
adding at the end the following3  7#cj7 
7,a7 ,the institution will carry out the
 following3  7i7 ,adopt policies that   
make any of the following documentation 
submitted by an individual sufficient to
 establish that such individual is an   
individual with a disability3 7,i7      
,documentation that the individual has  
had an individualized education program 
7,,iep7 in accordance with section      
#fad7;d7 of the ,individuals with       
,disabilities ,education ,act1 including
 an ,,iep that may not be current on the
 date of the determination that the     
individual has a disability4 ,the       
institution may ask for additional      
documentation from an individual who had
 an ,,iep but who was subsequently      
evaluated and determined to be          
ineligible for services under the       
,individuals with ,disabilities         
,education ,act1 including an individual
 determined to be ineligible during     

elementary school4  7,,ii7              
,documentation describing services or   
accommodations provided to the          
individual pursuant to section #ejd of  
the ,rehabilitation ,act of #aigc 7#bi  
,u4,s4,c4 #gid7 7commonly referred to as
 a ,section #ejd plan74  7,,iii7 ,a plan
 or record of service for the individual
 from a private school1 a local         
educational agency1 a ,state educational
 agency1 or an institution of higher    
education provided in accordance with   
the ,americans with ,disabilities ,act  
of #aiij 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #abaja et seq474
  7,,iv7 ,a record or evaluation from a 
relevant licensed professional finding  
that the individual has a disability4   
7,v7 ,a plan or record of disability    
from another institution of higher      
education4  7,,vi7 ,documentation of a  
disability due to service in the        
uniformed services1 as defined in       
section #dhd;,c7a74  7ii7 ,adopt        
policies that are transparent and       
explicit regarding information about the

 process by which the institution       
determines eligibility for              
accommodations4  7iii7 ,disseminate such
 information to students1 parents1 and  
faculty in an accessible format1        
including during any student orientation
 and making such information readily    
available on a public website of the    
institution4  7,b7 ,nothing in this     
paragraph shall be construed to preclude
 an institution from establishing less  
burdensome criteria than that described 
in subparagraph 7,a7 to establish an    
individual as an individual with a      
disability and therefore eligible for   
accommodations4  4  #d4 ,authorization  
of funds for the national center for    
information and technical support for   
postsecondary students with disabilities
 ,section #ggg7;a7 of the ,higher       
,education ,act of #aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 
#aadjq7a77 is amended-- 7#a7 in         
paragraph 7#a71 by striking ,from       
amounts appropriated under section #ggh1
 and inserting ,from amounts            

appropriated under paragraph 7#e712 and 
7#b7 by adding at the end the following3
  7#e7 ,authorization of appropriations 
,there is authorized to be appropriated 
to carry out this subsection            
#aj1jjj1jjj4  4  #e4 ,inclusion of      
information on students with            
disabilities ,section #dhg7;a7 of the   
,higher ,education ,act of #aife 7#bj   
,u4,s4,c4 #ajid7;a771 as amended by     
section #c1 is further amended by adding
 at the end the following3  7#ca7 ,the  
institution will submit1 for inclusion  
in the ,integrated ,postsecondary       
,education ,data ,system 7,,ipeds7 or   
any other ,federal postsecondary        
institution data collection effort1 key 
data related to undergraduate students  
enrolled at the institution who are     
formally registered as students with    
disabilities with the institution's     
office of disability services 7or the   
equivalent office71 including the total 
number of students with disabilities    
enrolled1 the number of students        

accessing or receiving accommodations1  
the percentage of students with         
disabilities of all undergraduate       
students1 and the total number of       
undergraduate certificates or degrees   
awarded to students with disabilities4  
,an institution shall not be required to
 submit the information described in the
 preceding sentence if the number of    
such students would reveal personally   
identifiable information about an       
individual student4  4  #f4 ,rule of    
construction ,none of the amendments    
made by this ,act shall be construed to 
affect the meaning of the terms         
reasonable accommodation or record of   
impairment under the ,americans with    
,disabilities ,act of #aiij 7#db        
,u4,s4,c4 #abaja et seq47 or the rights 
or remedies provided under such ,act4