To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to extend Federal Pell Grant eligibility to certain short-term workforce programs.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to extend Federal Pell Grant eligibility to certain short-term workforce programs., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting schools, students, and education providers. The main policy domain is Education, Labor, Finance.
Who Benefits and How
schools, students, and education providers may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies, schools, students, and education providers may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section H01A74981322D4C0980DC49795717A039: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Bipartisan Workforce Pell Act.
- Section H112ECF97FBFF453C9EAA0657550C8EDB: 2. Workforce Pell Grants Section 401 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070a), as amended by section 703 of the FAFSA Simplification Act (title...
- Section HADA623468B754DDBB01FA900D5F16FD4: 3. Program eligibility for Workforce Pell grants Section 481(b) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1088(b)) is amended— by redesignating paragraphs...
- Section H41A6F570EE604FE88D57E610B3829051: 4. Data collection and dissemination related to Workforce Pell Section 131 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1015) is amended by adding at the end...
- Section HD39B761021B445E28A339DCD8C9B144D: 5. Accrediting agency determination of eligibility requirements for the Workforce Pell Grants program Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in this...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to extend Federal Pell Grant eligibility to certain short-term workforce programs., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting schools, students, and education providers.
Key Policy Areas
Education, Labor, Finance
Primary Purpose
This bill, To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to extend Federal Pell Grant eligibility to certain short-term workforce programs., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting schools, students, and education providers.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- schools, students, and education providers
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
- schools, students, and education providers
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
ReportedAdditional sponsors: Mr. Miller of Ohio, Mr. Owens, Ms. Tenney, …
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the …
Ms. Stefanik (for herself, Ms. Foxx, Mr. Scott of Virginia, …
Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "secretary_of_education"
- → Secretary of Education
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
an institution of higher education (as defined in section 102) that— is approved by an accrediting agency or association that meets the requirements of section 496(a)(4)(C)
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