All-Year ACCESS Act
- Last Action
- 2/1/2017
Actions
- 2017-02-01Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
- 2017-02-01Introduced in House
- 2017-02-01Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2017-02-01 (00)
Affordability for Constant and Continual Education to Enhance Student Success Act or the All-Year ACCESS Act
This bill amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to increase from one to two the number of Pell Grants an eligible student may receive in a single award year (i.e., it restores year-round Pell Grants).
A student's total amount of Pell Grants must not exceed 150% of the maximum Pell Grant for that award year. Also, any period during which a student receives an additional Pell Grant counts toward that student's lifetime Pell Grant eligibility period.
Cosponsors (20)
- LUCILLE ROYBAL-ALLARD (D-CA)
- EARL BLUMENAUER (D-OR)
- Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ)
- JERROLD NADLER (D-NY)
- Mark Takano (D-CA)
- RICK LARSEN (D-WA)
- RICHARD NOLAN (D-MN)
- Darren Soto (D-FL)
- Jared Polis (D-CO)
- David Cicilline (D-RI)
- Chellie Pingree (D-ME)
- Filemon Vela (D-TX)
- Kathy Castor (D-FL)
- Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX)
- Judy Chu (D-CA)
- John Garamendi (D-CA)
- Norma Torres (D-CA)
- Eric Swalwell (D-CA)
- Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA)
- Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ)
Subjects
- Higher education
- Student aid and college costs
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