3.0.0 2250 2022-11-01T13:50:25Z 2022-11-01T13:50:25Z Senate S 2019-07-24 116 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-07-24T17:55:37Z America’s College Promise Act of 2019 116 3933 HR 2019-07-24 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. Related bill CRS America’s College Promise Act of 2019 116 4212 HR 2019-08-27 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. Related bill CRS College Affordability Act 116 4674 HR 2020-12-28 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 583. Related bill CRS 2019-07-24 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2019-07-24 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001230 Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] Tammy Baldwin D WI N L000174 Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] Patrick Leahy D VT 2019-07-24 True M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ 2019-07-24 True G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2019-07-25 False C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD 2019-07-25 False H001042 Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] Mazie Hirono D HI K. 2019-07-31 False D000622 Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL] Tammy Duckworth D IL 2019-08-01 False K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2019-09-09 False V000128 Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD] Chris Van Hollen D MD 2019-11-07 False Education Academic performance and assessments Alaska Natives and Hawaiians Appropriations Congressional oversight Department of Education Education of the disadvantaged Education programs funding Educational guidance Elementary and secondary education Employment and training programs Executive agency funding and structure Higher education Indian social and development programs Intergovernmental relations Licensing and registrations Minority education Minority employment Performance measurement School administration State and local finance State and local government operations Student aid and college costs Teaching, teachers, curricula Education 00 2019-07-24 Introduced in Senate 2020-05-04T17:03:28Z America's College Promise Act of 2019

This bill provides funding and establishes grants for states, Native American tribes, historically black colleges and universities, tribal colleges and universities, and minority-serving institutions.

Specifically, the bill requires the Department of Education to award grants to eligible states and Native American tribes to pay the federal share (75% of the average resident community college tuition and fees per student) of a program that provides funds to community colleges for waiving resident tuition and fees.

The bill also requires each state to ensure that a participating institution offers academic credits that are fully transferable to a four-year institution.

In addition, the bill establishes a grant program to encourage certain minority group students to enroll in and complete baccalaureate programs by requiring a university that receives grant funding to waive or significantly reduce tuition and fees for such students.

]]> America's College Promise Act of 2019 Display Title America's College Promise Act of 2019 Short Title(s) as Introduced America's College Promise Act of 2019 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish State and Indian tribe grants for community colleges and grants for Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Tribal Colleges and Universities, and Minority-Serving Institutions, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-07-24T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s2250is/xml/BILLS-116s2250is.xml 2019-07-24 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.