Pell Grant Preservation and Expansion Act of 2021
- Last Action
- 6/16/2021
Actions
- 2021-06-16Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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.
- 2021-06-16Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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.
- 2021-06-16Introduced in House
- 2021-06-16Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2021-06-16 (00)
Pell Grant Preservation and Expansion Act of 2021
This bill makes various changes to the Federal Pell Grant program, including by expanding student eligibility for Pell Grants. The bill also revises student eligibility for federal student-aid programs.
Specifically, the bill provides funding to increase the maximum Pell Grant award for each eligible student. Further, the bill requires the award amount to be adjusted for inflation.
Next, the bill allows students who receive means-tested federal benefits (e.g., Medicaid) to automatically qualify for the maximum Pell Grant award plus an additional award amount.
In addition, the bill moves the Iraq and Afghanistan Service Grant program into the Pell Grant program.
Next, the bill raises from 12 to 18 the total number of semesters during which a student may receive a Pell Grant.
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 18 and who meet certain educational criteria eligible for federal financial aid.
The bill also revises satisfactory academic progress requirements for federal student-aid programs, including by allowing a student who has not been enrolled in an institution of higher education for two years to regain eligibility for federal student aid.
Cosponsors (20)
- Robert Scott (D-VA)
- Derek Kilmer (D-WA)
- Thomas Suozzi (D-NY)
- ADAM SMITH (D-WA)
- MIKE DOYLE (D-PA)
- Paul Tonko (D-NY)
- ELEANOR NORTON (D-DC)
- Val Demings (D-FL)
- André Carson (D-IN)
- Cori Bush (D-MO)
- BARBARA LEE (D-CA)
- Joseph Morelle (D-NY)
- Peter Welch (D-VT)
- Al Lawson (D-FL)
- Ro Khanna (D-CA)
- Joyce Beatty (D-OH)
- Deborah Ross (D-NC)
- Jake Auchincloss (D-MA)
- Mark Takano (D-CA)
- Ilhan Omar (D-MN)
Subjects
- Academic performance and assessments
- Border security and unlawful immigration
- Education of the disadvantaged
- Education programs funding
- Higher education
- Immigration status and procedures
- Military personnel and dependents
- Poverty and welfare assistance
- Student aid and college costs
- Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Sourced from Congress.gov (public domain).
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