‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For the award year begin-
ning on July 1, 2024, and each subsequent award 
year, the Secretary shall award grants (referred to 
as a ‘Workforce Pell Grants’) to eligible students 
under paragraph (2) in accordance with this sub-
section. 
‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE
STUDENTS.—For award year 
2024–2025 and each succeeding award year, to be 
eligible to receive a Workforce Pell Grant under this 
subsection for any period of enrollment, a student 
shall meet the eligibility requirements for a Federal 
Pell Grant under this section, except that the stu-
dent— 
‘‘(A) shall be enrolled, or accepted for en-
rollment, in an eligible program described in 
section 481(b)(3); and 
‘‘(B) 
may 
not 
have 
received 
a 
postbaccalaureate degree. 
‘‘(3) TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF AWARDS.— 
The Secretary shall award Workforce Pell Grants 
under this subsection in the same manner and with 
the same terms and conditions as the Secretary 
awards Federal Pell Grants under subsection (b), ex-
cept that a student who is eligible for a grant equal 
to less than the amount of the minimum Federal 
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Pell Grant because the eligible workforce develop-
ment program in which the student is enrolled or ac-
cepted for enrollment is less than an academic year 
(in hours of instruction or weeks of duration) may 
still be eligible for a Workforce Pell Grant. 
‘‘(4) PREVENTION OF DOUBLE BENEFITS.—No 
eligible student described in paragraph (2) may, for 
the same period of enrollment, receive both a grant 
under this subsection and a Federal Pell Grant 
under subsection (b).’’. 
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made 
by paragraph (1) shall take effect as if included in 
section 703 of the FAFSA Simplification Act (title 
VII of division FF of Public Law 116–260; 134 
Stat. 3191) and in accordance with section 701(b) 
of such Act. 
SEC. 304. ACCREDITING AGENCY DETERMINATION OF ELI-
GIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR THE WORK-
FORCE PELL GRANTS PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 496(a)(4) (20 U.S.C. 
1099b(a)(4)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(2) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by inserting ‘‘and’’ 
at the end; and 
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(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(C) if such agency or association has or seeks 
to include within its scope of recognition the evalua-
tion of the quality of institutions offering an eligible 
program for purposes of the Workforce Pell Grants 
program (in accordance with section 481(b)(3)), 
such agency or association shall, in addition to meet-
ing the other requirements of this subpart, dem-
onstrate to the Secretary that, with respect to such 
eligible programs— 
‘‘(i) the agency’s or association’s standards 
include a process for determining if the institu-
tion has the capability to effectively offer such 
an eligible program; and 
‘‘(ii) the agency or association requires a 
demonstration that the program— 
‘‘(I) satisfies the requirements of sub-
paragraph (B) of section 481(b)(3); and 
‘‘(II) provides academic content, an 
amount of instructional time, and com-
petencies to satisfy any applicable edu-
cational requirement so that a student who 
completes the program and seeks employ-
ment is qualified to practice or find em-
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ployment in the sectors or occupations that 
the program prepares students to enter.’’. 
(b) ADDITIONAL NACIQI REVIEW MEETINGS.—For 
the purpose of preparing for the implementation of the 
Workforce Pell Grant program under section 401(k) of the 
Higher Education Act of 1965 (as added by section 304), 
in addition to the meetings required under section 
114(d)(1) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 1011c(d)(1)), the National Advisory Committee on 
Institutional Quality and Integrity (as established by such 
section 114) shall, through 2025, hold meetings to evalu-
ate the additions to the scope of recognition of accrediting 
agencies and associations with respect to an eligible pro-
gram for purposes of the Workforce Pell Grants program 
(in accordance with section 481(b)(3) of the Higher Edu-
cation Act of 1965, as added by section 302). 
Æ 
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