Dive Brief:
- A House Republican says he hopes to insert language into spending bills to stop President Barack Obama's proposed federal college ratings system.
- Rep. Bob Goodlatte of Virginia emailed fellow lawmakers last week about his intent to add a provision to upcoming spending bills that would prohibit the U.S. Department of Education from moving ahead with the ratings, Inside Higher Ed reports.
- Goodlatte wrote that he was responding to the concerns of college presidents, which include a potential loss of choice, diversity, and innovation.
Dive Insight:
The Obama administration has said it wants a ratings system in place for the 2015-16 academic year, and for the ratings to be tied to federal student aid by 2018. A draft by the education department is supposed to be ready by this fall, though it hasn’t yet decided what the ratings would measure. The president is strongly committed to the ratings idea, despite the criticism, aides say.
