[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3233 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3233

To remove college cost as a barrier to every student having access to a 
 well-prepared and diverse educator workforce, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 11, 2023

   Mr. Garcia of Illinois (for himself, Mrs. Hayes, Mr. Thompson of 
Mississippi, Mr. Bowman, Mr. Bishop of Georgia, Ms. Brown, Mrs. McBath, 
Mr. Auchincloss, Mr. Moulton, Ms. Chu, Ms. Titus, Ms. Tlaib, Mr. Pocan, 
   Mr. Trone, Ms. Bush, Mr. Torres of New York, Ms. Strickland, Ms. 
    DelBene, Mr. Grijalva, Ms. Tokuda, and Mr. Soto) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and 
 the Workforce, 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

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                                 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.

    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 ``Diversifying by Investing in 
Educators and Students to Improve Outcomes For Youth Act'' or the 
``Diversify Act''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO THE TEACH GRANTS PROGRAM UNDER THE HIGHER 
              EDUCATION ACT OF 1965.

    Subpart 9 of part A of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 1070g et seq.) is amended--
            (1) in section 420L(1), by inserting ``(except that such 
        term does not include an institution described in subsection 
        (a)(1)(A) of section 102)'' after ``102'';
            (2) in section 420M--
                    (A) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ``$4,000'' 
                and inserting ``$8,000'';
                    (B) in subsection (b)(3), by striking the second 
                and third sentences and inserting the following: ``Any 
                disbursement allowed to be made by crediting the 
                teacher candidate's account shall be used for the full 
                cost of attendance (as defined in section 472).''; and
                    (C) in subsection (d)--
                            (i) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking 
                        ``$16,000'' and inserting ``$32,000''; and
                            (ii) in paragraph (2), by striking 
                        ``$8,000'' and inserting ``$16,000''; and
            (3) in section 420N--
                    (A) in subsection (b)--
                            (i) by striking paragraphs (2) and (3);
                            (ii) by striking ``an agreement'' and all 
                        that follows through ``the applicant will'' and 
                        inserting ``an agreement by the applicant that 
                        the applicant will'';
                            (iii) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) 
                        through (E) as paragraphs (1) through (5), 
                        respectively, and moving the margins of such 
                        paragraphs (as so redesignated) 2 ems to the 
                        left;
                            (iv) in paragraph (3), as so redesignated, 
                        by redesignating clauses (i) through (vii) as 
                        subparagraphs (A) through (G), respectively, 
                        and moving the margins of such subparagraphs 
                        (as so redesignated) 2 ems to the left;
                            (v) in paragraph (2), as redesignated by 
                        clause (iii), by striking ``teach in a school 
                        described in section 465(a)(2)(A)'' and 
                        inserting ``teach in a school described in 
                        section 465(a)(2)(A) or teach in a high-need 
                        early childhood education program (defined in 
                        section 200(9))''; and
                            (vi) in paragraph (3), as redesignated by 
                        clause (iii)--
                                    (I) in subparagraph (F), as 
                                redesignated by clause (iv), by 
                                striking ``or'' after the semicolon;
                                    (II) in subparagraph (G), as 
                                redesignated by clause (iv), by 
                                inserting ``or'' after the semicolon; 
                                and
                                    (III) by adding at the end the 
                                following:
                    ``(H) early childhood education;''; and
                    (B) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the 
                following:
    ``(c) Certificate.--Upon the completion of the service requirement 
in subsection (b), the Secretary shall send to the recipient of a grant 
under this subpart an electronic certificate documenting the completion 
of such service.'';
                    (C) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection 
                (e);
                    (D) by inserting after subsection (c) the 
                following:
    ``(d) Prohibition.--The Secretary may not institute or create a 
monetary penalty for failure or refusal to complete the service 
requirement under subsection (b).''; and
                    (E) in subsection (e), as redesignated by 
                subparagraph (C)--
                            (i) by striking ``subsection 
                        (b)(1)(C)(vii)'' and inserting ``subsection 
                        (b)(3)(G)''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``subsection (b)(1)'' and 
                        inserting ``subsection (b)''.

SEC. 3. AMENDMENT TO THE BALANCED BUDGET AND DEFICIT CONTROL ACT.

    (a) Exemption of Program From Sequestration.--Section 255(h) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 
905(h)) is amended by inserting after the item relating to 
``Supplemental Security Income Program (28-0406-0-1-609).'' the 
following new item:
            ``TEACH Grants under subpart 9 of part A of title IV of the 
        Higher Education Act of 1965.''.
    (b) Applicability.--The amendment made by this section shall apply 
to any sequestration order issued under the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 900 et seq.) on or 
after the date of enactment of this Act.
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