3.0.0 2984 2023-01-11T13:42:26Z 2023-01-11T13:42:26Z Senate S 2018-05-24 115 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2018-05-24T21:14:55Z Strengthening Loan Forgiveness for Public Servants Act 115 3026 HR 2017-06-22 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. Related bill CRS America's College Promise Act of 2017 115 3709 HR 2017-09-07 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. Related bill CRS Strengthening Loan Forgiveness for Public Servants Act 115 1412 S 2017-06-22 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Related bill CRS America's College Promise Act of 2018 115 2483 S 2018-03-01 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Related bill CRS 2018-05-24 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2936-2937) IntroReferral 2018-05-24 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD N Education Appropriations Congressional oversight Education of the disadvantaged Education programs funding Elementary and secondary education Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Government information and archives Government lending and loan guarantees Health personnel Higher education Interest, dividends, interest rates Law enforcement officers Military personnel and dependents Minority education Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations Student aid and college costs Vocational and technical education Education 00 2018-05-24 Introduced in Senate 2019-08-30T21:25:32Z
Strengthening American Communities Act of 2018

America's College Promise Act of 2018

This bill amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require the Department of Education (ED) to establish programs that assist students in paying for the costs of higher education.

Specifically, ED must establish grants to assist students in paying for the costs of attending community colleges, historically black colleges and universities, minority serving institutions of higher education (IHEs), or nonprofit IHEs. This bill appropriates funds for such grants.

In addition, ED must establish grant programs to pay the costs of an undergraduate education for students who commit to working for at least three years in public service jobs upon graduation.

Finally, ED must cancel a certain percentage of the amount a borrower owes, based on the number of years of public service employment, on federal student loans made after this bill's enactment.

]]> Strengthening American Communities Act of 2018 Display Title Strengthening American Communities Act of 2018 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide greater access to higher education for America's students, to eliminate educational barriers for participation in a public service career, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced for portions of this bill America's College Promise Act of 2018 Short Titles as Introduced Strengthening American Communities Act of 2018 Introduced in Senate 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s2984is/xml/BILLS-115s2984is.xml 2018-05-24 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2936-2937) 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.