3.0.0 1513 2023-01-11T16:47:38Z 2023-01-11T16:47:38Z Senate S S 2007-05-24 110 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-05-24T23:03:18Z Predominantly Black Institution Act of 2007 110 4216 HR 2008-02-05 Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness. Related bill CRS 2007-05-24 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2007-05-24 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6875) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-05-24 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress O000167 Sen. Obama, Barack [D-IL] Barack Obama D IL N Education Black colleges Blacks Building construction Community and school Construction costs Economics and Public Finance Education of the disadvantaged Educational facilities Elementary and secondary education Elementary education Federal aid to education Higher education Minorities Minority education Scholarships School buildings School libraries Secondary education Social Welfare Student aid Teacher education Education 00 2007-05-24 Introduced in Senate 2007-07-05T14:57:32Z Predominantly Black Institution Act of 2007 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide grants to Predominantly Black Institutions to: (1) enhance their capacity to serve more low and middle-income African-American students; (2) expand higher education opportunities for students eligible for student assistance under title IV of the Act by encouraging such students to prepare for college and persist in secondary and postsecondary education; and (3) strengthen their financial ability to serve the academic needs of such students.

Defines such institutions as accredited institutions serving at least 1,000 undergraduate students at least: (1) 50% of whom are pursuing a bachelor's or associate's degree; (2) 40% of whom are African-Americans; and (3) 50% of whom are low-income or first-generation college students. Requires the spending per full-time undergraduate student of such institutions to be low in comparison to that of institutions offering similar instruction.

Allows grant recipients to use up to 20% of their grant on an endowment fund, provided they raise nonfederal matching funds at least equal to the amount of the grant used for such endowment. Allots funding among institutions on the basis of their share of Pell Grant recipients, graduates, and graduates pursuing a higher degree.

Establishes a minimum allotment for each institution of $250,000, which is to be ratably reduced if appropriations are insufficient to pay such amount.

]]> Predominantly Black Institution Act of 2007 Display Title Predominantly Black Institution Act of 2007 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to authorize grant programs to enhance the access of low-income African-American students to higher education. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Predominantly Black Institution Act of 2007 Introduced in Senate 2007-05-24T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s1513is/xml/BILLS-110s1513is.xml 2007-05-24 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.