SEC. 2. PROGRAM AUTHORIZED. 
Title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 1070 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘PART J—AMERICA’S COLLEGE PROMISE 
FEDERAL-STATE PARTNERSHIP 
‘‘Subpart 1—State and Indian Tribe Grants for 
Community Colleges 
‘‘SEC. 499A. IN GENERAL. 
‘‘From amounts appropriated under section 499G for 
any fiscal year, the Secretary shall award grants to eligible 
States and Indian tribes to pay the Federal share of ex-
penditures needed to carry out the activities and services 
described in section 499E. 
‘‘SEC. 499B. FEDERAL SHARE; NON-FEDERAL SHARE. 
‘‘(a) FEDERAL SHARE.— 
‘‘(1) FORMULA.—Subject to paragraph (2), the 
Federal share of a grant under this subpart shall be 
based on a formula, determined by the Secretary, 
that— 
‘‘(A) accounts for the State or Indian 
tribe’s share of eligible students; 
‘‘(B) accounts for the ratio between a 
State or Indian tribe’s funding per full-time 
equivalent (FTE) student at public colleges and 
universities and the average net price at State 
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public four-year colleges and universities, in 
such a way as to reward States that keep net 
prices for students low while maintaining their 
investment in higher education; and 
‘‘(C) provides, for each eligible student in 
the State or Indian tribe, a per-student amount 
that is at least 75 percent of— 
‘‘(i) for the 2020–2021 award year, 
the average resident community college tui-
tion and fees per student in all States for 
the most recent year for which data are 
available; and 
‘‘(ii) for each subsequent award year, 
the amount determined under this clause 
for the preceding award year, increased by 
the lesser of— 
‘‘(I) a percentage equal to the es-
timated percentage increase in the 
Consumer Price Index (as determined 
by the Secretary) since the date of 
such determination; or 
‘‘(II) 3 percent. 
‘‘(2) 
EXCEPTION
FOR
CERTAIN
INDIAN 
TRIBES.—In any case in which not less than 75 per-
cent of the students at the community colleges oper-
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ated or controlled by an Indian tribe are low-income 
students, the amount of the Federal share for such 
Indian tribe shall be not less than 95 percent of the 
total amount needed to waive tuition and fees for all 
eligible students enrolled in such community col-
leges. 
‘‘(b) STATE OR TRIBAL SHARE.— 
‘‘(1) FORMULA.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The State or tribal 
share of a grant under this subpart for each fis-
cal year shall be the amount needed to pay 25 
percent of the average community college resi-
dent tuition and fees per student in all States 
in the 2020–2021 award year for all eligible 
students in the State or Indian tribe, respec-
tively, for such fiscal year, except as provided in 
subparagraph (B). 
‘‘(B) EXCEPTION
FOR
CERTAIN
INDIAN 
TRIBES.—In the case of an Indian tribe de-
scribed in subsection (a)(2), the amount of such 
Indian tribe’s tribal share shall not exceed 5 
percent of the total amount needed to waive tui-
tion and fees for all eligible students enrolled in 
such community colleges. 
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‘‘(2) NEED-BASED
AID.—A State or Indian 
tribe may include, as part of the State or tribal 
share, any need-based financial aid that— 
‘‘(A) is provided from State or tribal funds 
to an eligible student; and 
‘‘(B) may be used by such student to pay 
costs of attendance other than tuition and fees. 
‘‘(3) NO IN-KIND CONTRIBUTIONS.—A State or 
Indian tribe shall not include in-kind contributions 
for purposes of the State or tribal share described 
in paragraph (1). 
‘‘(c) DETERMINING NUMBER
OF ELIGIBLE STU-
DENTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Education 
shall develop and implement a process for accurately 
estimating the number of eligible students in a State 
or Indian tribe for purposes of subsection (a) and 
(b). 
‘‘(2) INITIAL DETERMINATION.—For the first 
year for which grants are awarded under this sub-
part, the number of eligible students in a State or 
Indian tribe shall be considered to be equal to the 
number of eligible students that were in the State or 
tribe for the 2020–2021 school year. 
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‘‘(d) ADJUSTMENT OF GRANT AMOUNT.—Not later 
than 180 days after the date on which a State or Indian 
tribe receives a grant under this subpart, the Secretary 
shall— 
‘‘(1) in consultation with the State or tribe con-
cerned, determine whether the actual number of eli-
gible students in the State or Tribe for the year cov-
ered by the grant is greater than the estimated num-
ber of such students that was used to determine the 
amount of the grant; and 
‘‘(2) if it is determined under paragraph (1) 
that the actual number of eligible students in the 
State or Tribe is higher than such estimate, issue a 
supplementary grant payment to the State or tribe 
in an amount that ensures that the total amount of 
the grant funds received by the State or tribe under 
this subpart for the year covered by the grant accu-
rately reflects the higher number of eligible students. 
‘‘SEC. 499C. APPLICATIONS. 
‘‘(a) SUBMISSION.—In order to receive a grant under 
this subpart, a State or tribe shall submit an application 
to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and con-
taining such information as the Secretary may require. 
‘‘(b) CONTENTS.—Each application under subsection 
(a) shall include, at a minimum— 
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‘‘(1) an estimate of the number of eligible stu-
dents in the State or Indian tribe and the cost of 
waiving community college resident tuition and fees 
for all eligible students for each fiscal year covered 
by the grant; 
‘‘(2) an assurance that all community colleges 
in the State or under the jurisdiction of the Indian 
tribe, respectively, will waive resident tuition and 
fees for eligible students in accordance with section 
499D(a); 
‘‘(3) a description of the promising and evi-
dence-based institutional reforms and innovative 
practices to improve student outcomes, including 
completion or transfer rates, that have been or will 
be adopted by the participating community colleges, 
such as— 
‘‘(A) providing comprehensive academic 
and student support services, including men-
toring and advising, especially for low-income, 
first-generation, adult, and other underrep-
resented students; 
‘‘(B) the provision of direct support serv-
ices such as— 
‘‘(i) childcare, transportation, emer-
gency financial assistance, and mental 
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‘‘(1) ALIGNMENT OF K–12 AND HIGHER EDU-
CATION.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The State shall— 
‘‘(i) submit a plan to align the re-
quirements for receiving a regular high 
school diploma from a public high school 
with the requirements for entering credit- 
bearing coursework at a participating com-
munity college; and 
‘‘(ii) not later than three years after 
the date on which the State first receives 
a grant under this subpart, certify to the 
Secretary that such alignment has been 
achieved. 
‘‘(B) FAILURE TO CERTIFY.—If a State 
does not provide the certification required 
under subparagraph (A) by the date specified in 
such subparagraph, the State shall submit to 
the Secretary, at such time and in such manner 
as the Secretary may require— 
‘‘(i) a written explanation for the 
delay in making the certification; and 
‘‘(ii) a plan that will enable the State 
to make the certification by not later than 
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5 years after the date on which the State 
first received a grant under this subpart. 
‘‘(2) TRANSFER PATHWAYS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 3 years 
after the date on which a State first receives a 
grant under this subpart, such State shall cer-
tify to the Secretary that each public institution 
of higher education participating in any pro-
gram under this title has entered into an ar-
ticulation agreement (as defined in section 
486A(a)) held in common with the other public 
institutions of higher education located in such 
State that are participating in any such pro-
gram. Such articulation agreement shall, at a 
minimum, include— 
‘‘(i) a common general education core 
curriculum consisting of not less than 30 
credit hours or the equivalent coursework, 
which are fully transferrable to any such 
public institution of higher education in 
the State toward meeting specific degree or 
certificate requirements; 
‘‘(ii) common course numbering for 
substantially similar courses in such com-
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mon general education core curriculum; 
and 
‘‘(iii) a guarantee that an associate 
degree in an academic major in the arts or 
sciences that is awarded by such a public 
institution of higher education in the State 
on or after the date that is not later than 
3 years after the date on which the State 
first receives a grant under this subpart 
shall be fully transferrable to, and credited 
as, the first 2 years of a related bacca-
laureate program at a public institution of 
higher education in such State. 
‘‘(B) FAILURE TO CERTIFY.—If a State 
does not provide the certification required 
under subparagraph (A) by the date specified in 
such subparagraph, the State shall submit to 
the Secretary, at such time and in such manner 
as the Secretary may require— 
‘‘(i) a written explanation for the 
delay in making the certification; and 
‘‘(ii) a plan that will enable the State 
to make the certification by not later than 
5 years after the date on which the State 
first received a grant under this subpart. 
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‘‘(3) APPLICABILITY.—The Secretary may not 
apply the requirements under this subsection to an 
Indian tribe. 
‘‘SEC. 499E. ALLOWABLE USES OF FUNDS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection 
(b), a State or Indian tribe shall use a grant under this 
subpart only to provide funds to participating community 
colleges to enable such community colleges to waive resi-
dent tuition and fees for eligible students as required 
under section 499D(a). 
‘‘(b) ADDITIONAL USES.—If a State or Indian tribe 
demonstrates to the Secretary that it has grant funds re-
maining after meeting the demand for activities described 
in subsection (a), the State or Indian tribe may use those 
funds to carry out one or more of the following: 
‘‘(1) Expanding the scope and capacity of high- 
quality academic and occupational skills training 
programs at community colleges. 
‘‘(2) Improving postsecondary education readi-
ness in the State or Indian tribe, through outreach 
and early intervention. 
‘‘(3) Expanding access to dual or concurrent 
enrollment programs, including early college high 
school programs. 
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‘‘(4) Improving affordability at 4-year public in-
stitutions of higher education. 
‘‘(c) USE OF FUNDS FOR ADMINISTRATIVE PUR-
POSES.—A State or Indian tribe that receives a grant 
under this subpart may not use any funds provided under 
this subpart for administrative purposes relating to the 
grant under this subpart. 
‘‘(d) MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT.—A State or Indian 
tribe receiving a grant under this subpart is entitled to 
receive its full allotment of funds under this subpart for 
a fiscal year only if, for each year of the grant, the State 
or Indian tribe provides— 
‘‘(1) financial support for public higher edu-
cation at a level equal to or exceeding the average 
amount provided per full-time equivalent student for 
public institutions of higher education for the three 
consecutive preceding fiscal years. In making the 
calculation under this subsection, the State or In-
dian tribe shall— 
‘‘(A) exclude capital expenses and research 
and development costs; and 
‘‘(B) include need-based financial aid for 
students who attend public institutions of high-
er education; and 
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‘‘(2) financial support for operational expenses 
for public, four-year colleges and universities at a 
level equal to or exceeding the average amount pro-
vided for the three consecutive proceeding State or 
Indian tribe fiscal years. 
‘‘(e) ANNUAL REPORT.—A State or Indian tribe re-
ceiving a grant under this subpart shall submit an annual 
report to the Secretary describing the uses of grant funds 
under this subpart, the progress made in fulfilling the re-
quirements of the grant, and rates of graduation, transfer 
and attainment of recognized postsecondary credentials at 
participating community colleges, and including any other 
information as the Secretary may require. 
‘‘(f) REPORTING BY SECRETARY.—The Secretary an-
nually shall— 
‘‘(1) compile and analyze the information de-
scribed in subsection (e); and 
‘‘(2) prepare and submit a report to the Com-
mittee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 
of the Senate and the Committee on Education and 
Labor of the House of Representatives containing 
the analysis described in paragraph (1) and an iden-
tification of State and Indian tribe best practices for 
achieving the purpose of this subpart. 
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‘‘(g) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary shall 
provide technical assistance to eligible States and Indian 
tribes concerning best practices regarding the promising 
and evidence-based institutional reforms and innovative 
practices to improve student outcomes and shall dissemi-
nate such best practices among the States and Indian 
tribes. 
‘‘(h) CONTINUATION OF FUNDING.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A State or Indian tribe re-
ceiving a grant under this subpart for a fiscal year 
may continue to receive funding under this subpart 
for future fiscal years conditioned on the availability 
of budget authority and on meeting the require-
ments of the grant, as determined by the Secretary. 
‘‘(2) DISCONTINUATION.—The Secretary may 
discontinue funding of the Federal share of a grant 
under this subpart if the State or Indian tribe has 
violated the terms of the grant or is not making ade-
quate progress in implementing the reforms de-
scribed in the application submitted under section 
499C. 
‘‘SEC. 499F. DEFINITIONS. 
‘‘In this subpart: 
‘‘(1) CAREER
PATHWAY.—The term ‘career 
pathway’ has the meaning given the term in section 
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3 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act 
(29 U.S.C. 3102). 
‘‘(2) COMMUNITY COLLEGE.—The term ‘com-
munity college’ means a public institution of higher 
education at which the highest degree that is pre-
dominantly awarded to students is an associate’s de-
gree, including 2-year tribally controlled colleges 
under section 316 and public 2-year State institu-
tions of higher education. 
‘‘(3) DUAL
OR
CONCURRENT
ENROLLMENT 
PROGRAM.—The term ‘dual or concurrent enrollment 
program’ has the meaning given the term in section 
8101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 
‘‘(4) EARLY
COLLEGE
HIGH
SCHOOL.—The 
term ‘early college high school’ has the meaning 
given the term in section 8101 of the Elementary 
and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
7801). 
‘‘(5) ELIGIBLE STUDENT.— 
‘‘(A) DEFINITION.—The term ‘eligible stu-
dent’ means a student who— 
‘‘(i) attends the community college on 
not less than a half-time basis; 
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‘‘(ii) 
is 
maintaining 
satisfactory 
progress (as defined in section 484(c)) in 
the student’s course of study; 
‘‘(iii) is enrolled in an eligible pro-
gram (as defined in section 481(b)); and 
‘‘(iv) either— 
‘‘(I) qualifies for in-State resi-
dent community college tuition, as de-
termined by the State or Indian tribe; 
or 
‘‘(II) would qualify for such in- 
State resident community college tui-
tion, but for the immigration status of 
such student. 
‘‘(B) SPECIAL RULE.—An otherwise eligi-
ble student shall lose eligibility 3 calendar years 
after first receiving benefits under this subpart. 
‘‘(6) INDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘Indian tribe’ 
has the meaning given the term in section 102 of the 
Federally Recognized Indian Tribe List Act of 1994 
(25 U.S.C. 479a). 
‘‘(7) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.— 
The term ‘institution of higher education’ has the 
meaning given the term in section 101. 
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‘‘(8) RECOGNIZED
POSTSECONDARY
CREDEN-
TIAL.—The term ‘recognized postsecondary creden-
tial’ has the meaning as described in section 3 of the 
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 
U.S.C. 3102). 
‘‘(9) STATE.—The term ‘State’ has the mean-
ing given the term in section 103. 
‘‘SEC. 499G. APPROPRIATIONS. 
‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION AND APPROPRIATIONS.—For 
the purpose of making grants under this subpart there are 
authorized to be appropriated, and there are appro-
priated— 
‘‘(1) $1,569,700,000 for fiscal year 2020; 
‘‘(2) $3,472,880,000 for fiscal year 2021; 
‘‘(3) $4,431,950,000 for fiscal year 2022; 
‘‘(4) $6,204,030,000 for fiscal year 2023; 
‘‘(5) $8,119,870,000 for fiscal year 2024; 
‘‘(6) $9,297,430,000 for fiscal year 2025; 
‘‘(7) $11,708,890,000 for fiscal year 2026; 
‘‘(8) $14,971,330,000 for fiscal year 2027; 
‘‘(9) $15,619,910,000 for fiscal year 2028; and 
‘‘(10) $16,296,080,000 for fiscal year 2029 and 
each succeeding fiscal year. 
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‘‘(b) AVAILABILITY.—Funds appropriated under sub-
section (a) shall remain available to the Secretary until 
expended. 
‘‘(c) INSUFFICIENT FUNDS.—If the amount appro-
priated under subsection (a) for a fiscal year is not suffi-
cient to award each participating State and Indian tribe 
a grant under this subpart that is equal to the minimum 
amount of the Federal share described in section 499A, 
the Secretary may ratably reduce the amount of each such 
grant or take other actions necessary to ensure an equi-
table distribution of such amount.’’. 
SEC. 3. PATHWAYS TO STUDENT SUCCESS FOR HISTORI-
CALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES, 
TRIBAL COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES, AND 
MINORITY-SERVING INSTITUTIONS. 
Part J of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070 et seq.), as added by section 2, 
is further amended by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘Subpart 2—Grants to Historically Black Colleges 
and Universities, Tribal Colleges and Univer-
sities, and Minority-Serving Institutions 
‘‘SEC. 499H. PATHWAYS TO STUDENT SUCCESS FOR HIS-
TORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVER-
SITIES. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—From amounts appropriated 
under section 499L(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 
‘‘(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— 
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‘‘(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, adult, and other underrep-
resented students; 
‘‘(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 
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‘‘(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; 
‘‘(E) strengthening remedial education, es-
pecially for low-income students, first genera-
tion college students, adult students, and other 
underrepresented students; or 
‘‘(F) implementing course redesigns of 
high-enrollment courses to improve student out-
comes and reduce cost; 
‘‘(3) sets performance goals for improving stu-
dent outcomes for the duration of the grant; and 
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‘‘(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— 
‘‘(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 
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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. 
‘‘(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 
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per-student rebate amount for each student, for not more 
than the first 60 credits an eligible student enrolls in the 
participating eligible institution. 
‘‘SEC. 499I. PATHWAYS TO STUDENT SUCCESS FOR TRIBAL 
COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—From amounts appropriated 
under section 499L(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— 
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‘‘(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, adult, and other underrep-
resented students; 
‘‘(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 
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‘‘(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; 
‘‘(E) strengthening remedial education, es-
pecially for low-income students, first genera-
tion college students, adult students, and other 
underrepresented students; or 
‘‘(F) implementing course redesigns of 
high-enrollment courses to improve student out-
comes and reduce cost; 
‘‘(3) sets performance goals for improving stu-
dent outcomes for the duration of the grant; and 
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‘‘(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— 
‘‘(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 
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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. 
‘‘(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 
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per-student rebate amount for each student, for not more 
than the first 60 credits an eligible student enrolls in the 
participating eligible institution. 
‘‘SEC. 499J. PATHWAYS TO STUDENT SUCCESS FOR HIS-
PANIC-SERVING INSTITUTIONS, ASIAN AMER-
ICAN AND NATIVE AMERICAN PACIFIC IS-
LANDER-SERVING INSTITUTIONS, ALASKA NA-
TIVE-SERVING INSTITUTIONS, NATIVE HAWAI-
IAN-SERVING 
INSTITUTIONS, 
PREDOMI-
NANTLY BLACK INSTITUTIONS, AND NATIVE 
AMERICAN-SERVING 
NONTRIBAL 
INSTITU-
TIONS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—From amounts appropriated 
under section 499L(a) for any fiscal year, the Secretary 
shall award grants to participating 4-year minority-serving 
institutions 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-
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forms and innovations designed to improve comple-
tion rates and other student outcomes. 
‘‘(b) INSTITUTIONAL ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to 
participate and receive a grant under this section, an insti-
tution shall be a minority-serving institution 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, adult, and other underrep-
resented students; 
‘‘(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; 
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‘‘(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; 
‘‘(E) strengthening remedial education, es-
pecially for low-income students, first genera-
tion college students, adult students, and other 
underrepresented students; and 
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‘‘(F) implementing course redesigns of 
high-enrollment courses to improve student out-
comes and reduce cost; 
‘‘(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 levels 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 participating eligible institution shall re-
ceive 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-
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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 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 a grant year greater 
than the national average of public four-year in-
stitutional tuition and fees, as determined by 
the Secretary. 
‘‘(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 made by the 
institution in the previous 5 years. 
‘‘(d) APPLICATION.—An eligible institution shall sub-
mit an application to the Secretary at such time, in such 
a manner, and containing such information as determined 
by the Secretary. 
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‘‘(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. 
‘‘SEC. 499K. DEFINITIONS. 
‘‘In this subpart: 
‘‘(1) ELIGIBLE STUDENT.— 
‘‘(A) DEFINITION.—The term ‘eligible stu-
dent’ means a student, regardless of age, who— 
‘‘(i)(I) enrolls in a historically black 
college or university, Tribal College or Uni-
versity, or minority-serving institution; or 
‘‘(II) transfers from a community col-
lege into a historically black college or uni-
versity, Tribal College or University, or mi-
nority-serving institution; 
‘‘(ii) attends the historically black col-
lege or university, Tribal College or Uni-
versity, or minority-serving institution, on 
at least a half-time basis; 
‘‘(iii) maintains satisfactory academic 
progress; and 
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‘‘(iv) is a low-income student. 
‘‘(B) SPECIAL RULES.— 
‘‘(i) FIRST 3 YEARS.—An otherwise el-
igible student shall lose eligibility 3 cal-
endar years after first receiving benefits 
under this title. 
‘‘(ii) SPECIAL
RULE
FOR
CERTAIN 
STUDENTS.—Notwithstanding 
subpara-
graph (A)(i), an otherwise eligible student 
whose parent or guardian was denied a 
Federal Direct PLUS loan under part D 
after November 1, 2011, and before March 
29, 2015, and who subsequently withdrew 
from a historically black college or univer-
sity, Tribal College or University, or mi-
nority-serving institution, and has not yet 
completed a program of study at such his-
torically black college or university or mi-
nority-serving institution, shall be eligible 
to participate under sections 499H, 499I, 
or 499J in order to complete such program 
of study, subject to all other requirements 
of sections 499H, 499I, or 499J (as the 
case may be). 
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‘‘(2) HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE OR UNI-
VERSITY.—The term ‘historically black college or 
university’ means a part B institution described in 
section 322(2). 
‘‘(3) LOW-INCOME STUDENT.—The term ‘low- 
income student’— 
‘‘(A) shall include any student eligible for 
a Federal Pell Grant under section 401; and 
‘‘(B) may include a student ineligible for a 
Federal Pell Grant under section 401 who is 
determined by the institution to be a low-in-
come student based on an analysis of the stu-
dent’s ability to afford the cost of attendance at 
the institution. 
‘‘(4) MINORITY-SERVING
INSTITUTION.—The 
term ‘minority-serving institution’ means any public 
or not-for-profit institution of higher education— 
‘‘(A) described in paragraph (2) and para-
graphs (4) through (7) of section 371(a); and 
‘‘(B) designated as a minority-serving in-
stitution by the Secretary. 
‘‘(5) TRIBAL COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY.—The 
term ‘Tribal College or University’ has the meaning 
given the term in section 316. 
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‘‘SEC. 499L. APPROPRIATIONS. 
‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION
AND APPROPRIATIONS
FOR 
HBCU, TCU, AND MSI GRANTS.—For the purpose of 
carrying out sections 499H, 499I, and 499J there are au-
thorized to be appropriated, and there are appropriated— 
‘‘(1) $63,250,000 for fiscal year 2020; 
‘‘(2) $206,990,000 for fiscal year 2021; 
‘‘(3) $1,232,760,000 for fiscal year 2022; 
‘‘(4) $1,282,210,000 for fiscal year 2023; 
‘‘(5) $1,333,950,000 for fiscal year 2024; 
‘‘(6) $1,386,850,000 for fiscal year 2025; 
‘‘(7) $1,408,700,000 for fiscal year 2026; 
‘‘(8) $1,501,850,000 for fiscal year 2027; 
‘‘(9) $1,562,800,000 for fiscal year 2028; and 
‘‘(10) $1,626,040,000 for fiscal year 2029 and 
each succeeding fiscal year. 
‘‘(b) AVAILABILITY.—Funds appropriated under sub-
section (a) are to remain available to the Secretary until 
expended. 
‘‘(c) INSUFFICIENT FUNDS.—If the amount appro-
priated under subsection (a) for a fiscal year is not suffi-
cient to award each participating institution in the grant 
programs under sections 499H, 499I, and 499J a grant 
under this part equal to 100 percent of the grant amount 
determined under section 499H(c), 499I(c), or 499J(c), 
as appropriate, the Secretary may ratably reduce the 
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amount of each such grant or take other actions necessary 
to ensure an equitable distribution of such amount.’’. 
Æ 
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