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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish a community college capacity-building grant program.</p> <p>Directs the Secretary of Education to award such grants, on a competitive basis, to individual community colleges or consortia of community colleges to meet capacity challenges.</p>]]></text>
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