3.0.0 2667 2022-11-01T04:17:47Z 2022-11-01T04:17:47Z Senate S 2019-10-22 116 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-10-22T22:38:30Z Student Aid Improvement Act of 2019 116 2557 S 2019-09-26 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Related bill CRS 2019-10-22 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 S5970-5972) IntroReferral 2019-10-22 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress A000360 Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN] Lamar Alexander R TN N J000300 Sen. Jones, Doug [D-AL] Doug Jones D AL 2019-10-22 True C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2020-09-17 False Education Adoption and foster care American Samoa Caribbean area Correctional facilities and imprisonment Drug trafficking and controlled substances Education programs funding Family relationships Financial literacy Government information and archives Government lending and loan guarantees Guam Higher education Homelessness and emergency shelter Human trafficking Inflation and prices Licensing and registrations Marriage and family status Marshall Islands Micronesia Military personnel and dependents Northern Mariana Islands Puerto Rico Refugees, asylum, displaced persons State and local taxation Student aid and college costs Tax administration and collection, taxpayers U.S. territories and protectorates User charges and fees Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation Virgin Islands Wages and earnings Education 00 2019-10-22 Introduced in Senate 2021-01-07T15:11:05Z FAFSA Simplification Act of 2019

This bill revises certain 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 having to do with drug-related offenses and registration with the Selective Service System.

In addition, the bill reauthorizes the Pell Grant program through FY2021 and establishes a new eligibility formula for Pell Grants. The Department of Education must conduct certain activities to educate students and their families about Pell Grant eligibility at a younger age.

]]> FAFSA Simplification Act of 2019 Display Title FAFSA Simplification Act of 2019 Short Title(s) as Introduced FAFSA Simplification Act of 2019 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to make it easier to apply for Federal student aid, to make that aid predictable, to amend the Federal Pell Grant program, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-10-22T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s2667is/xml/BILLS-116s2667is.xml 2019-10-22 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S5970-5972) 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.