3.0.0 1396 2023-01-11T13:49:08Z 2023-01-11T13:49:08Z Senate S 2021-04-27 117 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2021-04-27T23:06:56Z America’s College Promise Act of 2021 117 2861 HR 2021-04-28 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. Related bill CRS Solid Start Act of 2022 117 1198 S 2022-10-17 Became Public Law No: 117-205. Related bill House 2021-04-27 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2021-04-27 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001230 Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] Tammy Baldwin D WI N M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA 2021-04-27 True V000128 Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD] Chris Van Hollen D MD 2021-04-27 True K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2021-04-27 True L000174 Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] Patrick Leahy D VT 2021-04-27 True H001042 Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] Mazie Hirono D HI K. 2021-04-27 True C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD 2021-04-27 True D000622 Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL] Tammy Duckworth D IL 2021-04-27 True G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2021-04-27 True D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2021-04-27 True L000570 Sen. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM] Ben Lujan D NM R. 2021-06-23 False P000145 Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA] Alex Padilla D CA 2021-10-06 False Education Alaska Natives and Hawaiians Appropriations Education programs funding Elementary and secondary education Employment and training programs Higher education Indian social and development programs Minority education Student aid and college costs Unemployment Vocational and technical education Education 00 2021-04-27 Introduced in Senate 2021-10-23T21:19:18Z America's College Promise Act of 2021

This bill provides funding and establishes grant programs to expand access to higher education, including by providing free community college to students.

Specifically, the bill establishes a program to waive resident tuition and fees for community college students. The Department of Education (ED) must award grants to states and Indian tribes to pay the federal share (75% of the average resident community college tuition and fees per student) of the program.

As a condition of receiving such a grant, a state must (1) submit a plan to align the requirements for receiving a regular high school diploma with the requirements for entering credit-bearing coursework at community colleges; and (2) submit a plan to improve transfer pathways between institutions of higher education (IHEs), including by ensuring that associate degrees awarded by community colleges are fully transferable to four-year IHEs.

Next, the bill directs ED to award grants to states and Indian tribes for implementing evidence-based institutional reforms and innovative practices to improve student outcomes.

In addition, ED must award grants to participating historically Black colleges and universities, tribal colleges and universities, and minority-serving institutions to waive or significantly reduce the first 60 credits of tuition and fees for low-income students.

]]> America’s College Promise Act of 2021 Display Title America’s College Promise Act of 2021 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 Short Title(s) as Introduced America’s College Promise Act of 2021 Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2021-04-27T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s1396is/xml/BILLS-117s1396is.xml 2021-04-27 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.