3.0.0 301 2023-01-11T20:05:35Z 2023-01-11T20:05:35Z Senate S S 2007-01-16 110 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-01-16T19:22:17Z 2007-01-16 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2007-01-16 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S599) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-01-16 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001041 Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] HILLARY CLINTON D NY R N D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2007-01-16 True M000702 Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD] BARBARA MIKULSKI D MD ANN 2007-01-16 True L000304 Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [ID-CT] JOSEPH LIEBERMAN ID CT I. 2007-01-16 True Education Agriculture and Food Authorization College administration College costs Compensatory education Congress Congressional reporting requirements Continuing education Day care Department of Education Earned income tax credit Economics and Public Finance Education of the disadvantaged Educational accountability Educational counseling Electronic government information Elementary and secondary education English language Equipment and supplies Families Federal aid to education Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Government publications Government publicity Higher education Hispanic Americans Housing and Community Development Income tax Internet Labor and Employment Mathematics Mentoring Migrant education Minorities Minority education Reading Scholarships Science, Technology, Communications Secondary education Social Welfare Student aid Student employment Student housing Tax administration Tax credits Tax penalties Tax refunds Tax returns Taxation Teacher education Textbooks Transportation and Public Works Web sites Education 00 2007-01-16 Introduced in Senate 2007-01-30T17:37:15Z Nontraditional Student Success Act - Authorizes and appropriates specified funds for Federal Pell grants under the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA). Increases yearly maximum grant amounts and revises requirements for the allowance of two Pell grants during a single award year.

Requires the Secretary to publish annually in the Federal Register a revised table of income protection allowances.

Excludes the earned income tax credit (EITC) from financial aid determinations.

Authorizes the Secretary to select institutions of higher education for a Nontraditional Students Demonstration Program to test the effectiveness of providing expanded financial assistance to less than half-time students and students in compressed, modular, or other alternative schedules.

Directs the Secretary to award competitive grants to eligible institutions to improve remedial education.

Increases minimum grant amounts for the Federal TRIO programs.

Permits student support services and educational opportunity centers to include career and academic (as well as personal) counseling.

Makes awards under the Early Intervention and College Awareness Program for six years. Revises requirements for and reauthorizes the Program.

Reauthorizes the Child Care Access Means Parents in School Program of campus-based child care services for low-income parents in postsecondary education.

Directs the Secretary to establish a website and brochures for providing outreach about financial aid and education tax credits that targets employers, one-stop centers, Head Start centers, and other appropriate locations.

Increases the activities for which grants to Hispanic-serving institutions, as well as grants from the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education, may be used.

Revises requirements for Special Programs for Students Whose Families Are Engaged in Migrant and Seasonal Farmwork. Reauthorizes the high school equivalency and the college assistance migrant programs.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the percentage Lifetime Learning income tax credit for qualified higher education expenses, but reduce the maximum annual dollar amount. Makes a portion of the credit refundable. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to establish a program for making advance payments of such credits to eligible institutions on behalf of certified individuals.

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