3.0.0 1848 2025-12-05T08:15:38Z 2025-12-05T08:15:38Z Senate S S 2023-06-07 118 https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/1848 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred To 2023-06-07T18:40:56Z 118 3923 HR 2023-06-07 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. Identical bill CRS 2023-06-07 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2023-06-07 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S001194 Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI] Brian Schatz D HI N D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2023-06-07 True P000145 Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA] Alex Padilla D CA 2023-06-07 True W000800 Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT] Peter Welch D VT 2023-06-07 True M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2023-06-07 True B001230 Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] Tammy Baldwin D WI 2023-06-07 True B001288 Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] Cory Booker D NJ 2023-06-07 True W000817 Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] Elizabeth Warren D MA A. 2023-06-14 False Education Education 2023-07-06T15:30:26Z

00 2023-06-07 Introduced in Senate 2023-11-13T15:27:03Z <p><b>Debt-Free College Act</b> <b>of </b><strong></strong><b>2023</b></p> <p>This bill establishes measures to cover the unmet financial need of students who are enrolled at certain institutions of higher education (IHEs). <em>Unmet financial need</em> refers to the difference between a student's cost of attendance and the student's student aid index, 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.</p> <p>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. <em>Eligible student</em> refers to an individual who (1) is enrolled or is eligible to enroll in an in-state public IHE, and (2) completes a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) or demonstrates eligibility for a Federal Pell Grant through institutional financial-aid eligibility forms.</p> <p>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. </p> <p>ED must establish an office to administer grants and provide oversight.</p> <p>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.</p>

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