3.0.0 2859 2023-01-11T13:33:07Z 2023-01-11T13:33:07Z Senate S 2016-04-27 114 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2016-04-27T15:45:31Z 2016-04-27 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2016-04-27 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress F000457 Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN] Al Franken D MN N Education Academic performance and assessments Adult education and literacy Education of the disadvantaged Education programs funding Educational technology and distance education Elementary and secondary education Government information and archives Higher education Student aid and college costs Teaching, teachers, curricula Vocational and technical education Education 00 2016-04-27 Introduced in Senate 2017-01-25T21:47:36Z College Access Act of 2016

This bill establishes a competitive grant program for states to develop or implement comprehensive plans to improve post-secondary outcomes for students. 

A state's plan must include reforms to: (1) implement measures to maintain or increase fiscal support for post-secondary education; (2) increase the transparency of, and access to, information about the costs and outcomes of attaining post-secondary credentials at the state's institutions; and (3) improve post-secondary education remediation, remove barriers to innovation in postsecondary education, or improve the transition of students to and from post-secondary institutions.

]]> College Access Act of 2016 Display Title College Access Act of 2016 Official Title as Introduced A bill to establish a competitive grant program to incentivize States to implement comprehensive reforms and innovative strategies to significantly improve postsecondary outcomes for low-income and first generation college students, including increasing postsecondary enrollment and graduation rates, to reduce the need of postsecondary students for remedial education, to increase alignment of high school and postsecondary education, and to promote innovation in postsecondary education, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced College Access Act of 2016 Introduced in Senate 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s2859is/xml/BILLS-114s2859is.xml 2016-04-27 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.