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109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 511 

To provide enhanced Pell Grants for State Scholars. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 2, 2005 

Mr. KELLER (for himself, Mr. BOEHNER, Mr. MCKEON, Mr. NORWOOD, Mr. 

TIBERI, and Mr. WILSON of South Carolina) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce 

A BILL 

To provide enhanced Pell Grants for State Scholars. 

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 ‘‘Pell Grants Plus Act’’. 

5 SEC. 2. PELL GRANTS PLUS: ACHIEVEMENT GRANTS FOR 

6 STATE SCHOLARS PROGRAM. 

7 (a) AMENDMENT.—Subpart 1 of part A of title IV 

8 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 is amended by in9 serting after section 401 (20 U.S.C. 1070a) the following 

10 new section: 
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1 ‘‘SEC. 401A. PELL GRANTS PLUS: ACHIEVEMENT GRANTS 

2 FOR STATE SCHOLARS. 

3 ‘‘(a) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—From sums appro4 priated to carry out section 401, the Secretary shall estab5 lish a program to award Pell Grants Plus to students 

6 who— 

7 ‘‘(1) have successfully completed a rigorous 

8 high school program of study established by a State 

9 or local educational agency in consultation with a 

10 State coalition assisted with funds from the Center 

11 for State Scholars; 

12 ‘‘(2) are enrolled full-time in the first academic 

13 year of undergraduate education, and have not been 

14 previously enrolled in a program of undergraduate 

15 education; and 

16 ‘‘(3) are eligible to receive Federal Pell Grants 

17 for the year in which the grant is awarded. 

18 ‘‘(b) AMOUNT OF GRANTS.— 

19 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para20 graph (2), the amount of the grant awarded under 

21 this section shall be $1,000. 

22 ‘‘(2) ASSISTANCE NOT TO EXCEED COST OF AT23 TENDANCE.—A grant awarded under this section to 

24 any student, in combination with the Federal Pell 

25 Grant assistance and other student financial assist-
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1 ance available to such student, may not exceed the 

2 student’s cost of attendance. 

3 ‘‘(c) SELECTION OF RECIPIENTS.— 

4 ‘‘(1) PROCEDURES ESTABLISHED BY REGULA5 TION.—The Secretary shall establish by regulation 

6 procedures for the determination of eligibility of stu7 dents for the grants awarded under this section. 

8 Such procedures shall include measures to ensure 

9 that eligibility is determined in a timely and accu10 rate manner consistent with the requirements of sec11 tion 482 and the submission of the financial aid 

12 form required by section 483. 

13 ‘‘(2) APPLICATIONS.—Each eligible student de14 siring an award under this section shall submit at 

15 such time and in such manner such information as 

16 the Secretary may reasonably require. 

17 ‘‘(3) CONTINUATION OF GRANT REQUIRE18 MENTS.—In order for a student to continue to be el19 igible to receive an award under this section for the 

20 second year of undergraduate education, the eligible 

21 student must— 

22 ‘‘(A) maintain eligibility to receive a Fed23 eral Pell Grant for that year; 

24 ‘‘(B) obtain a grade point average of at 

25 least 3.0 (or the equivalent as determined under 
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1 regulations prescribed by the Secretary) for the 

2 first year of undergraduate education; and 

3 ‘‘(C) be enrolled full-time and fulfill the re4 quirements for satisfactory progress described 

5 in section 484(c). 

6 ‘‘(d) EVALUATION AND REPORTS.—The Secretary 

7 shall monitor the progress, retention, and completion rates 

8 of the students to whom awards are provided under this 

9 section. In doing so, the Secretary shall evaluate the im10 pact of the Pell Grants Plus Program and report, not less 

11 than biennially, to the authorizing committees of the 

12 House of Representatives and the Senate.’’. 

13 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Chapter 3 of sub14 part 2 of part A of title IV (20 U.S.C. 1070a–31 through 

15 1070a–35) is repealed.

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