3.0.0 938 2023-01-11T19:45:38Z 2023-01-11T19:45:38Z Senate S S 2007-03-20 110 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-03-20T22:03:40Z Accessing College through Comprehensive Early Outreach and State Partnerships Act 110 4075 HR 2008-01-22 Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness. Related bill CRS 2007-03-20 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3384-3386) IntroReferral 2007-03-20 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3383-3384) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-03-20 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress R000122 Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] John Reed D RI F. N C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2007-03-20 True K000105 Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] EDWARD KENNEDY D MA MOORE 2007-03-20 True M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA 2007-03-20 True D000388 Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] CHRISTOPHER DODD D CT JOHN 2007-03-20 True S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2007-03-20 True Education Charities Colleges Congress Congressional reporting requirements Economics and Public Finance Education of the disadvantaged Educational accountability Federal aid to education Government Operations and Politics Government publicity Higher education Mentoring Scholarships Social Welfare Student aid Education 00 2007-03-20 Introduced in Senate 2008-01-31T20:05:00Z Accessing College through Comprehensive Early Outreach and State Partnerships Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to replace the current special leveraging educational assistance partnership program with a program of allotments to enable states to: (1) expand and enhance partnerships with institutions of higher education, early information and intervention, mentoring, or outreach programs, private corporations, philanthropic organizations, and other interested parties to carry out specified activities and provide coordination and cohesion among federal, state, and local governmental and private efforts providing financial assistance to help low-income students attend college; (2) provide need-based grants for college access and increased college persistence to eligible low-income students; (3) provide early notification to low-income students of their eligibility for financial aid; and (4) encourage increased participation in early information and intervention, mentoring, or outreach programs.

Requires partnerships for the award of grants between a state agency and: (1) at least one public and one private degree granting institution of higher education located in the state; (2) new or existing early information and intervention, mentoring, or outreach programs also located in the state; and (3) at least one philanthropic organization located in, or providing funding in, the state, or one private corporation located in, or doing business in, the state.

Requires different federal shares of program costs and different amounts of grants awarded in partnerships with institutions of higher learning: (1) serving less than a majority of students in the state; and (2) serving the majority of students in the state.

Requires annual early notification of low-income students of their potential eligibility for student financial assistance. Prescribes minimum eligibility requirements for such students.

]]> Accessing College through Comprehensive Early Outreach and State Partnerships Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to expand college access and increase college persistence, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Display Title Accessing College through Comprehensive Early Outreach and State Partnerships Act Short Titles as Introduced Accessing College through Comprehensive Early Outreach and State Partnerships Act Introduced in Senate 2007-03-20T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s938is/xml/BILLS-110s938is.xml 2007-03-20 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3384-3386) 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.