Jared Polis: “Mr. Byrne's amendment would increase the number of institutions or consortiums allowed to participate in the…”

“Mr. Byrne's amendment would increase the number of institutions or consortiums allowed to participate in the demonstration project. Including more high-quality institutions in the demonstration project will yield more information and more innovation on the benefits and risks of competency-based education. Including more institutions will accelerate the amount of experimentation and, therefore, the amount of learning that we as policymakers have, and also help increase the likelihood of identifying successful best practices to reduce college costs more quickly. I strongly urge my colleagues to vote ``yes'' on this amendment so that more institutions can experiment with innovative, new, cost- effective education models. Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.”