3.0.0 3086 2025-12-05T08:49:16Z 2025-12-05T08:49:16Z Senate S S 2023-10-19 118 https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/3086 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred To 2023-10-19T16:20:03Z 118 5998 HR 2023-10-25 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. Identical bill CRS 2023-10-19 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2023-10-19 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001230 Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] Tammy Baldwin D WI N H001042 Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] Mazie Hirono D HI K. 2023-10-19 True P000145 Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA] Alex Padilla D CA 2023-10-19 True K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2023-10-19 True D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2023-10-19 True V000128 Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD] Chris Van Hollen D MD 2023-10-19 True C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD 2023-10-19 True M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA 2023-10-19 True D000622 Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL] Tammy Duckworth D IL 2023-10-19 True L000570 Sen. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM] Ben Luján D NM R. 2023-10-19 True W000790 Sen. Warnock, Raphael G. [D-GA] Raphael Warnock D GA 2023-11-02 False Education Education 2023-11-01T22:00:40Z

00 2023-10-19 Introduced in Senate 2024-10-09T18:45:22Z <p><strong>America's College Promise Act of 2023</strong></p><p>This bill provides funding and establishes grant programs to expand access to higher education, including by providing free community college to students.</p><p>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 tribal colleges and universities to pay the federal share of the program.</p><p>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.</p><p>Next, the bill directs ED to award grants to states and tribal colleges and universities for implementing evidence-based institutional reforms and innovative practices to improve student outcomes.</p><p>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.</p>

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