3.0.0 718 2023-01-11T13:36:13Z 2023-01-11T13:36:13Z Senate S 2017-03-23 115 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-03-23T20:09:31Z Making Education Affordable and Accessible Act of 2017 115 1710 HR 2017-03-23 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. Related bill CRS 2017-03-23 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2017-03-23 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress P000595 Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI] Gary Peters D MI N C001075 Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA] Bill Cassidy R LA 2017-03-23 True B001236 Sen. Boozman, John [R-AR] John Boozman R AR 2017-03-23 True F000457 Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN] Al Franken D MN 2017-03-23 True K000384 Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA] Timothy Kaine D VA M. 2017-09-26 False Education Education of the disadvantaged Education programs funding Elementary and secondary education Higher education Rural conditions and development Student aid and college costs Teaching, teachers, curricula Education 00 2017-03-23 Introduced in Senate 2017-05-03T14:53:36Z Making Education Affordable Act

This bill amends title VII (Graduate and Postsecondary Improvement Programs) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to reauthorize through FY2018 the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) program.

The bill also authorizes new grants under the FIPSE program. Specifically, the Department of Education may award grants to institutions of higher education for dual or concurrent enrollment programs or early college high school programs that allow high school students to earn college credits.

]]> Making Education Affordable Act Display Title Making Education Affordable Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to make college affordable and accessible. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Making Education Affordable Act Introduced in Senate 2017-03-23T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s718is/xml/BILLS-115s718is.xml 2017-03-23 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.