3.0.0 2374 2023-01-11T13:26:20Z 2023-01-11T13:26:20Z Senate S S 2014-05-21 113 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2014-05-21T18:59:31Z Middle Class CHANCE Act 113 4902 HR 2014-11-17 Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. Identical bill CRS 2014-05-21 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2014-05-21 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress L000550 Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA] MARY LANDRIEU D LA N H001042 Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] Mazie Hirono D HI K. 2014-05-21 True R000361 Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV] JAY ROCKEFELLER D WV 2014-06-05 False G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2014-06-09 False Education Higher education Student aid and college costs Education 00 2014-05-21 Introduced in Senate 2014-07-14T20:17:50Z Creating Higher Education Affordability Necessary to Compete Economically Act or the Middle Class CHANCE Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to increase the maximum Federal Pell Grant for award year 2014-2015 and adjust it each subsequent award year to account for changes in the Consumer Price Index.

Directs the Secretary of Education to award an additional Pell Grant to an eligible student who: (1) has received a Pell Grant for an award year, and (2) is enrolled in a program of study for one or more additional payment periods during the same award year that are not otherwise covered by the Pell Grant.

Limits the total amount of the Pell Grants awarded to such student for the award year to 150% of the maximum Pell Grant for such award year.

Raises, from 12 semesters to 15 semesters, the period during which a student may receive Federal Pell Grants.

]]> Middle Class CHANCE Act Display Title Middle Class CHANCE Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to improve college affordability. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Middle Class CHANCE Act Short Titles as Introduced Creating Higher Education Affordability Necessary to Compete Economically Act Introduced in Senate 2014-05-21T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113s2374is/xml/BILLS-113s2374is.xml 2014-05-21 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.