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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 4435 

To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to allow the Secretary of 

Education to award Early College Federal Pell Grants. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

NOVEMBER 16, 2017 

Mr. FASO (for himself, Ms. FUDGE, Mr. KATKO, Mr. DONOVAN, Mr. KING

of New York, Ms. STEFANIK, Mr. RYAN of Ohio, Miss RICE of New York, 

Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI, Mr. STIVERS, and Mr. KILDEE) introduced the 

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the 

Workforce 

A BILL 

To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to allow the 

Secretary of Education to award Early College Federal 

Pell Grants. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Go to High School, 

5 Go to College Act of 2017’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. EARLY COLLEGE FEDERAL PELL GRANT. 

2 Section 401 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 

3 U.S.C. 1070a) is amended by adding at the end the fol4 lowing: 

5 ‘‘(k) EARLY COLLEGE FEDERAL PELL GRANTS.— 

6 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding the re7 quirement under section 484(a)(1) that a student 

8 not been enrolled in an elementary or secondary 

9 school to be eligible to receive a Federal Pell Grant 

10 under this section, for the award years beginning on 

11 July 1, 2017, and ending on June 30, 2023, the 

12 Secretary shall carry out a program to award Early 

13 College Federal Pell Grants to eligible students to 

14 support enrollment in, and completion of, postsec15 ondary courses offered through an early college high 

16 school. 

17 ‘‘(2) MAXIMUM PERIOD FOR EARLY COLLEGE

18 FEDERAL PELL GRANTS.—An eligible student may 

19 receive an Early College Federal Pell Grant under 

20 this subsection in an amount equal to the cost of not 

21 more than 4 full-time postsecondary semesters, or 

22 the equivalent of 4 full-time postsecondary semes23 ters, as determined by the Secretary by regulation, 

24 while enrolled in postsecondary courses offered by an 

25 early college high school. 


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1 ‘‘(3) COUNTING OF AWARDS FOR PURPOSES OF

2 FEDERAL PELL GRANTS.— 

3 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—An Early College Fed4 eral Pell Grant received under this subsection 

5 shall be counted toward the maximum period 

6 for which a student may receive Federal Pell 

7 Grants under this section, as provided under 

8 subsection (c)(5). 

9 ‘‘(B) WAIVER.—The Secretary may waive 

10 the requirement under subparagraph (A) on a 

11 case-by-case basis for any student dem12 onstrating evidence of a credible disruption or 

13 redirection in course of study necessitating ad14 ditional time to complete a postsecondary de15 gree or credential. 

16 ‘‘(4) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.— 

17 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 

18 this subsection, an Early College Federal Pell 

19 Grant received under this subsection shall have 

20 the same terms and conditions, and be awarded 

21 in the same manner, as Federal Pell Grants 

22 awarded under this section. 

23 ‘‘(B) MINIMUM COMPLETION.—An eligible 

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1 pletion of a full-time postsecondary semester, or 

2 the equivalent of a full-time postsecondary se3 mester, as determined by the Secretary by regu4 lation. 

5 ‘‘(C) AMOUNT.—The Secretary shall pay 

6 an eligible institution that is engaged in a part7 nership as part of an early college high school 

8 an amount equal to the cost of tuition, fees, 

9 and books for each postsecondary course (in10 cluding with respect to the postsecondary 

11 courses completed to satisfy the requirement 

12 under subparagraph (B)) an eligible student 

13 completes through such early college high 

14 school, provided such eligible student satisfies 

15 the requirement under subparagraph (B). 

16 ‘‘(5) REPORTING.—Each early college high 

17 school shall annually submit to the Secretary a re18 port on the program of postsecondary courses pro19 vided to eligible students that includes the following 

20 information that is reported for all eligible students 

21 and disaggregated by each student subgroup of eligi22 ble students: 

23 ‘‘(A) Total number and percentage of eligi24 ble students who enroll in and subsequently 


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1 complete the program at the early college high 

2 school. 

3 ‘‘(B) The number of postsecondary credits 

4 earned by eligible students while enrolled in the 

5 early college high school that may be applied to6 ward a postsecondary degree or credential pro7 gram. 

8 ‘‘(C) The percentage of eligible students 

9 enrolled in the early college high school who 

10 concurrently earn a secondary school diploma 

11 and an associate degree or equivalent. 

12 ‘‘(D) The percentage of early college high 

13 school graduates completing the program who 

14 enroll in a postsecondary institution. 

15 ‘‘(E) The total amount of Early College 

16 Federal Pell Grants awarded to eligible stu17 dents served by the early college high school. 

18 ‘‘(6) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 

19 ‘‘(A) EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL.— 

20 The term ‘early college high school’ has the 

21 meaning given the term in section 8101 of the 

22 Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 

23 1965. 

24 ‘‘(B) ELIGIBLE INSTITUTION.—The term 

25 ‘eligible institution’ means an institution that— 


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1 ‘‘(i) complies with the existing re2 quirements of being an eligible institution 

3 under this title; and 

4 ‘‘(ii) demonstrates that it— 

5 ‘‘(I) is participating in a state6 wide articulation agreement; 

7 ‘‘(II) has an articulation agree8 ment in place with at least one public 

9 institution of higher education; or 

10 ‘‘(III) has a track record of stu11 dents successfully transferring credits 

12 earned at the institution to public in13 stitutions of higher education. 

14 ‘‘(C) ELIGIBLE STUDENT.—The term ‘eli15 gible student’ means a student enrolled at an 

16 early college high school who, if such student 

17 met the requirements of section 484 for eligi18 bility for a Federal Pell Grant, would be award19 ed a Federal Pell Grant after the determination 

20 of the expected family contribution for such stu21 dent. 

22 ‘‘(D) STUDENT SUBGROUP.—The term 

23 ‘student subgroup’ means— 

24 ‘‘(i) economically disadvantaged stu25 dents; 


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1 ‘‘(ii) students from major racial and 

2 ethnic groups; 

3 ‘‘(iii) children with disabilities; and 

4 ‘‘(iv) English learners.’’. 

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