US Congress Senate Bill 2250 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-0)
Status: Introduced on July 24 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-07-24 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Pending: Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Provides funding and establishes grants for states, Native American tribes, historically black colleges and universities, tribal colleges and universities, and minority-serving institutions. Specifically, the bill requires the Department of Education to award grants to eligible states and Native American tribes to pay the federal share (75% of the average resident community college tuition and fees per student) of a program that provides funds to community colleges for waiving resident tuition and fees. The bill also requires each state to ensure that a participating institution offers academic credits that are fully transferable to a four-year institution. In addition, the bill establishes a grant program to encourage certain minority group students to enroll in and complete baccalaureate programs by requiring a university that receives grant funding to waive or significantly reduce tuition and fees for such students.

America's College Promise Act of 2019

Sen. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI]	Sen. Patrick Leahy [D-VT]	Sen. Robert Menendez [D-NJ]	Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY]
Sen. Benjamin Cardin [D-MD]	Sen. Mazie Hirono [D-HI]	Sen. Tammy Duckworth [D-IL]	Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN]
Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-07-24	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

HB3933 (Related) 2019-07-24 - Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
HB4212 (Related) 2019-08-27 - Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
HB4674 (Related) 2020-12-28 - Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 583.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/2250/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s2250/BILLS-116s2250is.pdf