3.0.0 2557 2022-11-01T13:49:48Z 2022-11-01T14:32:42Z Senate S 2019-09-26 116 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-09-26T16:08:08Z Understanding the True Cost of College Act of 2019 116 2321 HR 2019-04-12 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. Related bill CRS Understanding the True Cost of College Act of 2019 116 888 S 2019-03-27 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Related bill CRS FAFSA Simplification Act of 2019 116 2667 S 2019-10-22 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S5970-5972) Related bill CRS 2019-09-26 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2019-09-26 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress A000360 Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN] Lamar Alexander R TN N Education Administrative law and regulatory procedures Adoption and foster care American Samoa Caribbean area Congressional oversight Consumer affairs Correctional facilities and imprisonment Department of Education Education programs funding Employment taxes Family relationships Financial literacy Government information and archives Government lending and loan guarantees Government studies and investigations Guam Higher education Homelessness and emergency shelter Human trafficking Inflation and prices Marriage and family status Marshall Islands Micronesia Military personnel and dependents Minority education Northern Mariana Islands Oceania Palau Puerto Rico Refugees, asylum, displaced persons State and local taxation Student aid and college costs Tax administration and collection, taxpayers Temporary and part-time employment U.S. territories and protectorates User charges and fees Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation Wages and earnings Education 00 2019-09-26 Introduced in Senate 2020-12-10T19:30:22Z Student Aid Improvement Act of 2019

This bill revises provisions related to federal financial student aid.

Specifically, the bill replaces the expected family contribution metric with a student aid index used to assess a family's financial need and approximate their financial resources to contribute to a student's higher education expenses.

The bill also revises the process for filing a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), and it removes certain eligibility requirements related to drug-related offenses and registration with the Selective Service System.

The bill reauthorizes the Pell Grant program through FY2021, establishes a new eligibility formula for Pell Grants, and increases the maximum Pell Grant award. The Department of Education (ED) must conduct certain activities to educate students and their families about Pell Grant eligibility at a younger age. In addition, the bill expands Pell Grant eligibility to (1) certain incarcerated individuals; and (2) students enrolled in short-term programs that provide training in high-skill, high-wage, or in-demand industry sectors or occupations.

ED must develop a standard terminology and format for financial aid offers, which shall provide certain information such as costs, grant and scholarship aid, annual net price, work-study, loans, and accepting or declining aid.

In addition, the bill provides that a borrower on a 10-year standard loan repayment plan shall not be subject to a maximum monthly payment or any other maximum monthly payment.

Further, the bill makes funding for historically black colleges and universities and other minority-serving institutions permanent.

]]> Student Aid Improvement Act of 2019 Display Title Student Aid Improvement Act of 2019 Short Title(s) as Introduced Student Aid Improvement Act of 2019 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to improve the financial aid process for students, to provide continued support for minority-serving institutions, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s2557is/xml/BILLS-116s2557is.xml 2019-09-26 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.