College for All Act of 2021
- Last Action
- 4/21/2021
Actions
- 2021-04-21Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on the Budget, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- 2021-04-21Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on the Budget, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- 2021-04-21Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on the Budget, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- 2021-04-21Introduced in House
- 2021-04-21Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2021-04-21 (00)
College for All Act of 2021
This bill establishes measures to expand access to higher education, including by eliminating tuition and required fees for eligible students, revising the Federal Pell Grant program, and reauthorizing certain programs to assist students from disadvantaged backgrounds.
Specifically, the bill provides funding to eliminate tuition and required fees for (1) all students at community colleges and two-year tribal colleges and universities; (2) working- and middle-class students at four-year public institutions of higher education (IHEs) and tribal colleges and universities; and (3) eligible students at private, nonprofit historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) and minority-serving institutions.
The bill permanently reauthorizes and otherwise revises the Federal Pell Grant program by
- providing funding to increase the maximum award for each eligible student,
- increasing the duration limit for the use of Pell Grants, and
- allowing students to use their awards to cover living and non-tuition expenses.
Next, the bill makes Dreamer students (i.e., students who have been granted Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals status) who entered the United States before the age of 16 and who meet certain educational criteria eligible for federal financial aid.
Further, the bill requires the Department of Education to award grants to underfunded IHEs, HBCUs, and minority-serving institutions for investing in support programs to improve student outcomes (e.g., graduation rates).
The bill also reauthorizes through FY2031 the Federal TRIO Programs and reauthorizes through FY2025 the Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs.
Cosponsors (20)
- EARL BLUMENAUER (D-OR)
- BARBARA LEE (D-CA)
- Jesus Garcia (D-IL)
- Ro Khanna (D-CA)
- CAROLYN MALONEY (D-NY)
- Jerry McNerney (D-CA)
- GRACE NAPOLITANO (D-CA)
- ELEANOR NORTON (D-DC)
- Peter Welch (D-VT)
- Adriano Espaillat (D-NY)
- Ilhan Omar (D-MN)
- Mark Pocan (D-WI)
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY)
- Rashida Tlaib (D-MI)
- Mark Takano (D-CA)
- Mondaire Jones (D-NY)
- Jamaal Bowman (D-NY)
- Nikema Williams (D-GA)
- Cori Bush (D-MO)
- Eric Swalwell (D-CA)
Subjects
- Academic performance and assessments
- Appropriations
- Education of the disadvantaged
- Education programs funding
- Educational guidance
- Federal-Indian relations
- Government information and archives
- Higher education
- Immigration status and procedures
- Income tax exclusion
- Indian social and development programs
- Intergovernmental relations
- Mental health
- Minority education
- State and local government operations
- Student aid and college costs
Sourced from Congress.gov (public domain).
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