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‘‘(B) require revisions to such plan. 
‘‘(3) REVISIONS REQUIRED.—An eligible entity 
shall make such revisions as required by the Sec-
retary under paragraph (2)(B). 
‘‘(b) FAILURE TO MEET REQUIREMENTS.—If an eli-
gible entity does not meet the annual implementation 
benchmarks included in the application of such eligible en-
tity under section 499J(a)(1)(B), as required to be re-
ported under subsection (a)(1)(A), such eligible entity 
shall submit to the Secretary, at such time and in such 
manner as the Secretary may require— 
‘‘(1) a written explanation for the delay in 
meeting such requirements; and 
‘‘(2) a plan that will enable such eligible entity 
to meet such requirements not later than 1 year 
after the date on which the eligible entity submitted 
the written explanation under paragraph (1). 
‘‘(c) PUBLICATION.—The Secretary shall make each 
plan approved under subsection (a)(2)(A), each plan re-
vised under subsection (a)(3), and each plan submitted 
under subsection (b)(2) available to the public on the 
website of the Department. 
‘‘SEC. 499L. ALLOWABLE USES OF FUNDS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection 
(b), an eligible entity shall use a grant under this subpart 
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only to allocate funds in accordance with the plan sub-
mitted for such year under section 499J(a)(1). 
‘‘(b) USE OF FUNDS FOR ADMINISTRATIVE PUR-
POSES.—An eligible entity that receives a grant under this 
subpart may use not more than 10 percent of such grant 
for administrative purposes relating to the grant under 
this subpart. 
‘‘SEC. 499M. ELIGIBLE ENTITY DEFINED. 
‘‘In this subpart, the term ‘eligible entity’ means a 
State or Indian tribe that received a grant under subpart 
1 for the fiscal year in which such State or Indian tribe 
receives a grant under this subpart. 
‘‘SEC. 499N. APPROPRIATIONS. 
‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION AND APPROPRIATIONS.—For 
the purpose of making grants under this subpart there are 
authorized to be appropriated and there are appropriated 
$500,000,000 for fiscal year 2021 and each succeeding 
fiscal year. 
‘‘(b) AVAILABILITY.—Funds appropriated under sub-
section (a) shall remain available to the Secretary until 
expended.’’. 
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SEC. 4803. PATHWAYS TO STUDENT SUCCESS FOR HISTORI-
CALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES, 
TRIBAL COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES, AND 
MINORITY-SERVING INSTITUTIONS. 
Part I of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070 et seq.), as added by section 4801, 
is further amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘Subpart 3—Grants to Historically Black Colleges 
and Universities, Tribal Colleges and Univer-
sities, and Minority-Serving Institutions 
‘‘SEC. 499O. PATHWAYS TO STUDENT SUCCESS FOR HIS-
TORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVER-
SITIES. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—From amounts appropriated 
under section 499S(a) for any fiscal year, the Secretary 
shall award grants to participating 4-year historically 
black colleges or universities that meet the requirements 
of subsection (b) to— 
‘‘(1) encourage students to enroll and success-
fully complete a bachelor’s degree at participating 
institutions; 
‘‘(2) provide incentives to community college 
students to transfer to participating institutions 
through strong transfer pathways to complete a 
bachelor’s degree program; and 
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‘‘(3) support participating institutions to better 
serve new and existing students by engaging in re-
forms and innovations designed to improve comple-
tion rates and other student outcomes. 
‘‘(b) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to receive a grant 
under the program under this section, an institution shall 
be a historically black college or university that— 
‘‘(1) has a student body of which not less than 
35 percent are low-income students; 
‘‘(2) commits to maintaining or adopting and 
implementing promising and evidence-based institu-
tional reforms and innovative practices to improve 
the completion rates and other student outcomes, 
such as— 
‘‘(A) providing comprehensive academic 
and student support services, including men-
toring and advising, especially for low-income, 
first-generation, and adult students, and other 
students belonging to racial and other groups 
that are underrepresented in higher education; 
‘‘(B) providing direct support services such 
as— 
‘‘(i) childcare, transportation, emer-
gency financial assistance, and mental 
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health and substance use disorder treat-
ment; 
‘‘(ii) assistance in obtaining health in-
surance coverage; 
‘‘(iii) assistance securing affordable 
housing; 
‘‘(iv) efforts to address food insecurity 
and campus hunger; and 
‘‘(v) efforts to facilitate student par-
ticipation in means-tested Federal benefit 
programs (as defined in section 479(d)); 
‘‘(C) providing accelerated learning oppor-
tunities and degree pathways, such as dual en-
rollment and pathways to graduate and profes-
sional degree programs; 
‘‘(D) partnering with employers, industry, 
not-for-profit associations, and other groups to 
provide opportunities to advance learning out-
side the classroom, including work-based learn-
ing opportunities such as internships or appren-
ticeships or programs designed to improve 
inter-cultural development and personal growth, 
such as foreign exchange and study abroad pro-
grams; or 
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‘‘(E) strengthening remedial education, es-
pecially for low-income, first-generation, and 
adult students, and other students belonging to 
racial and other groups that are underrep-
resented in higher education, including through 
the use of multiple measures (such as a stu-
dent’s college entrance examination score, grade 
point average, high school course list, or a 
placement examination) to identify students in 
need of remedial education; 
‘‘(3) sets performance goals for improving stu-
dent outcomes for the duration of the grant; and 
‘‘(4) if receiving a grant for transfer students, 
has articulation agreements with community colleges 
at the national, State, or local level to ensure that 
community college credits can fully transfer to the 
participating institution. 
‘‘(c) GRANT AMOUNT.— 
‘‘(1) INITIAL AMOUNT.—For the first year that 
an eligible institution participates in the grant pro-
gram under this section and subject to paragraph 
(3), such eligible institution shall receive a grant in 
an amount based on the product of— 
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‘‘(A) the actual cost of tuition and fees at 
the eligible institution in such year (referred to 
in this section as the per-student rebate); and 
‘‘(B) the number of eligible students en-
rolled in the eligible institution for the pre-
ceding year. 
‘‘(2) SUBSEQUENT INCREASES.—For each suc-
ceeding year after the first year of the grant pro-
gram under this section, each participating eligible 
institution shall receive a grant in the amount deter-
mined under paragraph (1) for such year, except 
that in no case shall the amount of the per-student 
rebate for an eligible institution increase by more 
than 3 percent as compared to the amount of such 
rebate for the preceding year. 
‘‘(3) LIMITATIONS.— 
‘‘(A) MAXIMUM PER-STUDENT REBATE.— 
No eligible institution participating in the grant 
program under this section shall receive a per- 
student rebate amount for any year that is 
greater than the national average of annual tui-
tion and fees at public 4-year institutions of 
higher education for such year, as determined 
by the Secretary. 
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‘‘(B) FIRST-YEAR
TUITION
AND
FEES.— 
During the first year of participation in the 
grant program under this section, no eligible in-
stitution may increase tuition and fees at a rate 
greater than any annual increase at the eligible 
institution in the previous 5 years. 
‘‘(d) APPLICATION.—An eligible institution that de-
sires a grant under this section shall submit an application 
to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and con-
taining such information as the Secretary may require. 
‘‘(e) USE OF FUNDS.—Funds awarded under this 
section to a participating eligible institution shall be used 
to waive or significantly reduce tuition and fees for eligible 
students in an amount of not more than up to the annual 
per-student rebate amount for each student, for not more 
than the first 60 credits an eligible student enrolls in the 
participating eligible institution. 
‘‘(f) SUPPLEMENT, NOT SUPPLANT.—Funds made 
available under section 499S to carry out this section shall 
be used to supplement, and not supplant, other Federal, 
State, and local funds that would otherwise be expended 
to carry out activities under this section. 
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‘‘SEC. 499P. PATHWAYS TO STUDENT SUCCESS FOR TRIBAL 
COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—From amounts appropriated 
under section 499S(a) for any fiscal year, the Secretary 
shall award grants to participating 4-year Tribal Colleges 
or Universities that meet the requirements of subsection 
(b) to— 
‘‘(1) encourage students to enroll and success-
fully complete a bachelor’s degree at participating 
institutions; 
‘‘(2) provide incentives to community college 
students to transfer to participating institutions 
through strong transfer pathways to complete a 
bachelor’s degree program; and 
‘‘(3) support participating institutions to better 
serve new and existing students by engaging in re-
forms and innovations designed to improve comple-
tion rates and other student outcomes. 
‘‘(b) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to receive a grant 
under the program under this section, an institution shall 
be a Tribal College or University that— 
‘‘(1) has a student body of which not less than 
35 percent are low-income students; 
‘‘(2) commits to maintaining or adopting and 
implementing promising and evidence-based institu-
tional reforms and innovative practices to improve 
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the completion rates and other student outcomes, 
such as— 
‘‘(A) providing comprehensive academic 
and student support services, including men-
toring and advising, especially for low-income, 
first-generation, and adult students, and other 
students belonging to racial and other groups 
that are underrepresented in higher education; 
‘‘(B) providing direct support services such 
as— 
‘‘(i) childcare, transportation, emer-
gency financial assistance, and mental 
health and substance use disorder treat-
ment; 
‘‘(ii) assistance in obtaining health in-
surance coverage; 
‘‘(iii) assistance securing affordable 
housing; 
‘‘(iv) efforts to address food insecurity 
and campus hunger; and 
‘‘(v) efforts to facilitate student par-
ticipation in means-tested Federal benefit 
programs (as defined in section 479(d)); 
‘‘(C) providing accelerated learning oppor-
tunities and degree pathways, such as dual en-
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rollment and pathways to graduate and profes-
sional degree programs; 
‘‘(D) partnering with employers, industry, 
not-for-profit associations, and other groups to 
provide opportunities to advance learning out-
side the classroom, including work-based learn-
ing opportunities such as internships or appren-
ticeships or programs designed to improve 
inter-cultural development and personal growth, 
such as foreign exchange and study abroad pro-
grams; or 
‘‘(E) strengthening remedial education, es-
pecially for low-income, first-generation, and 
adult students, and other students belonging to 
racial and other groups that are underrep-
resented in higher education, including through 
the use of multiple measures (such as a stu-
dent’s college entrance examination score, grade 
point average, high school course list, or a 
placement examination) to identify students in 
need of remedial education; 
‘‘(3) sets performance goals for improving stu-
dent outcomes for the duration of the grant; and 
‘‘(4) if receiving a grant for transfer students, 
has articulation agreements with community colleges 
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at the national, State, or local level to ensure that 
community college credits can fully transfer to the 
participating institution. 
‘‘(c) GRANT AMOUNT.— 
‘‘(1) INITIAL AMOUNT.—For the first year that 
an eligible institution participates in the grant pro-
gram under this section and subject to paragraph 
(3), such eligible institution shall receive a grant in 
an amount based on the product of— 
‘‘(A) the actual cost of tuition and fees at 
the eligible institution in such year (referred to 
in this section as the per-student rebate); and 
‘‘(B) the number of eligible students en-
rolled in the eligible institution for the pre-
ceding year. 
‘‘(2) SUBSEQUENT INCREASES.—For each suc-
ceeding year after the first year of the grant pro-
gram under this section, each participating eligible 
institution shall receive a grant in the amount deter-
mined under paragraph (1) for such year, except 
that in no case shall the amount of the per-student 
rebate for an eligible institution increase by more 
than 3 percent as compared to the amount of such 
rebate for the preceding year. 
‘‘(3) LIMITATIONS.— 
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