3.0.0 1263 2023-01-11T13:49:15Z 2023-01-11T13:49:15Z Senate S 2021-04-21 117 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2021-04-21T18:47:34Z Debt-Free College Act of 2021 117 2804 HR 2021-04-22 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. Related bill CRS 2021-04-21 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2021-04-21 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S001194 Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI] Brian Schatz D HI N G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2021-04-21 True M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2021-04-21 True B001288 Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] Cory Booker D NJ 2021-04-21 True B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2021-04-21 True B001230 Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] Tammy Baldwin D WI 2021-04-21 True B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2021-04-21 True D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2021-04-21 True W000817 Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] Elizabeth Warren D MA A. 2021-04-21 True Education Administrative law and regulatory procedures Appropriations Congressional oversight Department of Education Education of the disadvantaged Education programs funding Educational facilities and institutions Educational guidance Elementary and secondary education Government information and archives Government lending and loan guarantees Higher education Immigration status and procedures Minority education Student aid and college costs Education 00 2021-04-21 Introduced in Senate 2021-08-25T22:09:22Z Debt-Free College Act of 2021

This bill establishes measures to cover the unmet financial need of students who are enrolled at certain institutions of higher education (IHEs). Unmet financial need refers to the difference between a student's cost of attendance and the student's expected family contribution, plus any federal, state, and local sources of grant aid. In addition, the bill makes certain Dreamer students (i.e., students who have been granted Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals status) eligible for federal financial aid.

First, the bill requires the Department of Education (ED) to award grants for state-federal partnerships with a goal of providing debt-free college for all eligible students at in-state public IHEs. Eligible student refers to an individual who (1) is enrolled or is eligible to enroll in an in-state public IHE, (2) completes a Free Application for Federal Student Aid or demonstrates eligibility for a Federal Pell Grant through institutional financial-aid eligibility forms, and (3) demonstrates satisfactory academic progress.

Next, the bill requires ED to award grants to historically Black colleges and universities and minority-serving institutions to cover the unmet financial need of enrolled students.

ED must establish an office to administer grants and provide oversight.

In addition, the bill makes Dreamer students who entered the United States before the age of 16 and who meet certain educational criteria eligible for federal student aid.

]]> Debt-Free College Act of 2021 Display Title Debt-Free College Act of 2021 Official Title as Introduced A bill to establish State-Federal partnerships to provide students the opportunity to attain higher education at in-State public institutions of higher education without debt, to provide Federal Pell Grant eligibility to DREAMer students, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Debt-Free College Act of 2021 Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2021-04-21T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s1263is/xml/BILLS-117s1263is.xml 2021-04-21 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.