3.0.0 806 2023-01-11T13:37:00Z 2023-01-11T13:37:00Z Senate S 2017-04-03 115 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-04-03T22:10:16Z College for All Act of 2017 115 1880 HR 2017-04-04 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. Identical bill CRS Student Loan Refinancing Act 115 1614 HR 2017-03-17 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. Related bill CRS 2017-04-03 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2017-04-03 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT N H001075 Sen. Harris, Kamala D. [D-CA] Kamala Harris D CA D. 2017-04-03 True W000817 Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] Elizabeth Warren D MA A. 2017-04-03 True B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2017-04-03 True M001169 Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT] Christopher Murphy D CT S. 2017-04-03 True G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2017-04-03 True L000174 Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] Patrick Leahy D VT 2017-04-24 False M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2017-06-07 False Education Academic performance and assessments Education of the disadvantaged Education programs funding Educational guidance Government lending and loan guarantees Higher education Indian social and development programs Interest, dividends, interest rates Minority education Student aid and college costs Teaching, teachers, curricula Vocational and technical education Education 00 2017-04-03 Introduced in Senate 2018-06-28T16:22:35Z College for All Act of 2017

This bill amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to establish a grant program to eliminate tuition and required fees: (1) for all students at community colleges and two-year tribal colleges and universities, and (2) for working- and middle-class students at four-year public institutions of higher education (IHEs).

Additionally, the bill amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the HEA to:

  • reauthorize the Federal TRIO Programs, the Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (i.e., GEAR UP), and the Federal Work Study Program for FY2018-FY2027;
  • eliminate existing base guarantees of Federal Work Study funds to IHEs and require funds to be allocated based solely on the aggregate need of the institution's students;
  • modify the interest rate formulas for federal student loans to revise applicable rates on new loans disbursed on or after July 1, 2017; and
  • allow student loan borrowers to modify interest rates on outstanding federal student loans to current rates.

Finally, it directs the Department of Education to use any excess revenue generated by the Federal Direct Loan program to carry out the Federal Pell Grant program.


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