3.0.0 2065 2023-01-11T13:29:45Z 2023-01-11T13:29:45Z Senate S 2015-09-22 114 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2015-09-22T15:46:18Z Working Student Act of 2015 114 4433 HR 2016-03-23 Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. Identical bill CRS 2015-09-22 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2015-09-22 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001230 Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] Tammy Baldwin D WI N C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA 2015-09-22 True R000122 Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] John Reed D RI F. 2015-09-22 True B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2015-09-22 True Education Higher education Student aid and college costs Education 00 2015-09-22 Introduced in Senate 2016-09-07T15:04:29Z Working Student Act of 2015

This bill amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to modify the income protection allowance levels used to calculate a student's expected family contribution and need for financial assistance. (An income protection allowance is an amount for basic living expenses that is protected from being considered income available for postsecondary educational expenses.)

Specifically, the bill increases, in academic year 2016-2017, income protection allowance levels for students who are dependent, independent without non-spouse dependents (e.g., children), and independent with non-spouse dependents to reduce such students' income available (and increase need for financial assistance) to cover postsecondary educational expenses.

The Department of Education must, in subsequent years, adjust the income protection allowance levels for inflation.

]]> Working Student Act of 2015 Display Title Working Student Act of 2015 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 2015 Introduced in Senate 2015-09-22T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s2065is/xml/BILLS-114s2065is.xml 2015-09-22 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.