[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3269 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3269

  To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish a program to 
   increase Pell grant awards to students who graduate in the top 10 
                  percent of their high school class.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 25, 1998

 Mr. McGovern introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                Committee on Education and the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish a program to 
   increase Pell grant awards to students who graduate in the top 10 
                  percent of their high school class.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Incentive for Achievement Through 
Pell Grants Act''.

SEC. 2. PELL GRANT INCENTIVES.

    Section 401(b) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1070a(b)) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
    ``(9)(A) Notwithstanding the preceding provisions of this 
subsection, the amount of the basic grant under this section awarded to 
a student during the first two academic years of undergraduate 
education who graduated in the top 10 percent of his or her high school 
graduating class shall be an amount equal to twice the amount for which 
the student is eligible under this section as determined without regard 
to the provisions of this paragraph.
    ``(B) The Secretary shall establish by regulation procedures for 
the determination of eligibility of students under subparagraph (A). 
Such procedures shall include measures to prevent any secondary school 
from certifying more than 10 percent of it's students for eligibility 
under this paragraph.
    ``(C) In prescribing procedures under subparagraph (B), the 
Secretary shall ensure that the determination of eligibility and the 
amount of the award is determined in a timely manner consistent with 
the requirements of section 482 and the submission of the financial aid 
form required by section 483. For such purposes, the Secretary may 
provide that, for the first of a student's two academic years of 
eligibility under this section, class rank may be determined prior to 
graduation, at such time and in such manner as the Secretary may 
specify in the regulations prescribed under this subsection.''.
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