3.0.0 2796 2023-01-11T13:25:28Z 2023-01-11T13:25:28Z Senate S S 2014-09-11 113 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2014-09-11T18:38:58Z 2014-09-11 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2014-09-11 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001230 Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] Tammy Baldwin D WI N K000384 Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA] Timothy Kaine D VA M. 2014-09-11 True S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2014-09-16 False R000122 Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] John Reed D RI F. 2014-09-18 False B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2014-11-18 False Education Higher education Student aid and college costs Education 00 2014-09-11 Introduced in Senate 2014-10-15T14:43:04Z Working Student Act of 2014 - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to increase the income protection allowance for academic year 2015-2016 to:

  • $8,451 for dependent students;
  • $13,135 for independent students without dependents other than a spouse who are single, separated, or married when both spouses are enrolled; and
  • $21,060 for independent students without dependents other than a spouse if only one of the spouses is enrolled.

Increases for academic year 2015-2016 the income protection allowances for independent students with dependents other than a spouse. (These allowances vary depending on the number of such dependents.)

Provides for cost-of-living adjustments to such income protection allowances after academic year 2015-2016. (An income protection allowance is the amount excluded from a student's income in determining the student's need for assistance under title IV.)

]]> Working Student Act of 2014 Display Title Working Student Act of 2014 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to increase the income protection allowances. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Working Student Act of 2014 Introduced in Senate 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113s2796is/xml/BILLS-113s2796is.xml 2014-09-11 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.