3.0.0 2442 2025-12-05T08:55:02Z 2025-12-05T08:55:02Z Senate S S 2023-07-20 118 https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/2442 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred To 2023-07-20T18:35:00Z 118 496 HR 2023-01-25 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. Related bill CRS 2023-07-20 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2023-07-20 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001305 Sen. Budd, Ted [R-NC] Ted Budd R NC N S001217 Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL] Rick Scott R FL 2023-07-20 True G000386 Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] Chuck Grassley R IA 2023-07-25 False L000575 Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK] James Lankford R OK 2023-11-08 False C001075 Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA] Bill Cassidy R LA 2023-12-06 False Education Education 2023-09-06T23:00:24Z

00 2023-07-20 Introduced in Senate 2023-12-22T18:44:46Z <p><b>Promoting Employment and Lifelong Learning Act or the PELL Act</b></p> <p>This bill expands student eligibility for Pell Grants by establishing the Workforce Pell Grants Program.</p> <p>Specifically, the bill requires the Department of Education (ED) to award Workforce Pell Grants to students enrolled in eligible short-term programs. Eligible programs are those that provide 150 to 600 clock hours of instructional time over a period of 8 to 15 weeks and meet other eligibility criteria.</p> <p>An accrediting agency or association recognized by ED must determine a program's eligibility based on several criteria, including that the program provides education aligned with the requirements of in-demand industry sectors and occupations and meets specified completion and job placement rates.</p> <p>ED must annually collect and publish information on the College Scorecard regarding each eligible program, including job outcomes. The College Scorecard is a comparison tool for information on school sizes, settings, graduation rates, average costs, and salary ranges per field of study.</p>

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