3.0.0 1780 2023-01-11T13:50:05Z 2023-01-11T13:50:05Z Senate S 2021-05-20 117 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2021-05-20T20:28:56Z Diversify Act 117 3393 HR 2021-05-20 Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. Related bill CRS 2021-05-20 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2021-05-20 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001288 Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] Cory Booker D NJ N B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2021-05-20 True K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2021-05-20 True M000133 Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] Edward Markey D MA J. 2021-05-20 True W000817 Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] Elizabeth Warren D MA A. 2021-05-20 True M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2021-09-21 False B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2021-10-02 False P000145 Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA] Alex Padilla D CA 2021-10-06 False D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2021-10-07 False V000128 Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD] Chris Van Hollen D MD 2021-10-18 False M001169 Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT] Christopher Murphy D CT S. 2021-10-26 False H001042 Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] Mazie Hirono D HI K. 2021-11-18 False C001113 Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV] Catherine Cortez Masto D NV 2022-02-28 False Education Education of the disadvantaged Education programs funding Elementary and secondary education Higher education Preschool education Student aid and college costs Teaching, teachers, curricula Education 00 2021-05-20 Introduced in Senate 2022-02-28T13:01:02Z Diversifying by Investing in Educators and Students To Improve Outcomes For Youth Act or the Diversify Act

This bill revises the Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education (TEACH) grant program. The TEACH program awards grants to undergraduate and graduate students who commit to teaching in a high-need field and in an elementary or secondary school that serves low-income students.

First, the bill raises the maximum amount for TEACH grants.

Second, the bill allows TEACH grants to cover the full cost of attendance. Currently, these grants may be used only for tuition, fees, and on-campus housing.

The bill allows teaching in a high-need early childhood education program to count toward service requirements for the program.

Next, the bill eliminates the process for converting a TEACH grant to a loan if a recipient does not complete the requirements of the program. Further, the bill prohibits the Department of Education (ED) from instituting or creating a monetary penalty for failure or refusal to complete the service requirement.

In addition, the bill requires ED to send an electronic certificate to grant recipients who have completed their service requirement.

The bill also exempts the TEACH program from sequestration, which is a process of automatic, usually across-the-board spending reductions under which budgetary resources are permanently cancelled to enforce specific budget policy goals.

]]> Diversify Act Display Title Diversify Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to remove college cost as a barrier to every student having access to a well-prepared and diverse educator workforce, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Diversify Act Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Diversifying by Investing in Educators and Students To Improve Outcomes For Youth Act Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2021-05-20T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s1780is/xml/BILLS-117s1780is.xml 2021-05-20 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.