Internet Equity Act Clears House Committee.

Internet Equity Act Clears House Committee. On August 1, the House Education and the Workforce Committee passedthe Internet Equity and Education Act (H.R. 1992) by a vote of 31-10. Itamends AMENDS. A satisfaction, given by a wrong doer to the party injured for a wrong committed. 1 Lilly's Reg. 81. 2. By statute 24 Geo. II. c. 44, in England, and by similar statutes in some of the United States, justices of the peace, upon being notified of an the Higher Education Act The Higher Education Act may refer to an Act of either the Congress of the United States or of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The Higher Education Act of 1965, an Act of the Congress of the United States which was supposed to strengthen the resources of colleges and of 1965 to exempt courses offeredthrough telecommunications from certain limitations on student financialassistance with respect to correspondence courses. H.R. 1992 would allow institutions to offer more than 50 percent oftheir classes by telecommunications if the institution alreadyparticipates in the student loan programs and the institution'sstudent loan default rate is less than 10 percent for the three mostrecent years. The Internet Equity Act is sponsored by Rep. Johnny Isakson John Hardy "Johnny" Isakson (born December 28 1944), is an American politician, who has been the Republican junior United States Senator from Georgia since 2005. Previously, he represented Georgia's 6th Congressional district in the House from 1999 to 2005. (R-Ga.), who says, "From our examination of how the Internet wasbeing used to improve learning opportunities, it was clear that thelandscape of education is expanding with such speed and such enormouspotential that we, as legislators and community leaders, have theresponsibility to develop policies that will ensure that newtechnologies enhance, rather than frustrate, learning." According to according toprep.1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians.2. In keeping with: according to instructions.3. Rep. Howard P. "Buck" McKeon (R-Calif.), thechairman of the Subcommittee sub��com��mit��tee?n.A subordinate committee composed of members appointed from a main committee.subcommitteeNoun on 21st Century Competitiveness,"Enactment of [H.R. 1992] will send a strong message to collegesand universities that Congress truly is committed to relieving theirregulatory burden while improving and increasing Internet educationservices for their students."