I 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2730 
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to ensure College for All. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 21, 2021 
Ms. JAYAPAL (for herself, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Ms. LEE of California, Mr. 
GARCI´A of Illinois, Mr. KHANNA, Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New 
York, Mr. MCNERNEY, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Ms. NORTON, Mr. WELCH, 
Mr. ESPAILLAT, Ms. OMAR, Mr. POCAN, Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ, Ms. 
TLAIB, Mr. TAKANO, Mr. JONES, Mr. BOWMAN, Ms. WILLIAMS of Geor-
gia, Ms. BUSH, Mr. SWALWELL, Ms. PINGREE, Mr. THOMPSON of Mis-
sissippi, Mr. TORRES of New York, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Mr. 
VARGAS, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. GOMEZ, Mr. 
RASKIN, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Ms. MENG, Ms. CHU, Mr. GRIJALVA, 
and Ms. PRESSLEY) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Commit-
tees on the Budget, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently 
determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provi-
sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to ensure 
College for All. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘College for All Act 
of 2021’’. 
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TITLE I—FEDERAL-STATE PART-
NERSHIP TO ELIMINATE TUI-
TION AND REQUIRED FEES 
SEC. 101. FEDERAL-STATE PARTNERSHIP TO ELIMINATE 
TUITION AND REQUIRED FEES. 
The Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001 
et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘TITLE 
IX—FEDERAL-STATE 
PARTNERSHIP TO ELIMINATE 
TUITION 
AND 
REQUIRED 
FEES 
‘‘SEC. 901. GRANT PROGRAM TO ELIMINATE TUITION AND 
REQUIRED FEES AT PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS 
OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND TRIBAL COL-
LEGES AND UNIVERSITIES. 
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) AWARD YEAR.—The term ‘award year’ has 
the meaning given the term in section 481(a). 
‘‘(2) COMMUNITY COLLEGE.—The term ‘com-
munity college’ means— 
‘‘(A) a public institution of higher edu-
cation at which the credential that is predomi-
nantly awarded to students is at the sub-bacca-
laureate level; or 
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‘‘(B) a public postsecondary vocational in-
stitution, as defined under section 102(c). 
‘‘(3) COST OF ATTENDANCE.—The term ‘cost of 
attendance’ has the meaning given the term in sec-
tion 472. 
‘‘(4) 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. 
‘‘(5) 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. 
‘‘(6) ELIGIBLE INDIAN ENTITY.—The term ‘eli-
gible Indian entity’ means the entity responsible for 
the governance, operation, or control of a Tribal Col-
lege or University. 
‘‘(7) ELIGIBLE STUDENT.—The term ‘eligible 
student’ means an individual, regardless of age, who 
has not obtained a baccalaureate degree or higher 
degree and— 
‘‘(A) is enrolled, or plans to enroll, in a 
community college in the State in which the in-
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dividual is a resident or in a 2-year Tribal Col-
lege or University; or 
‘‘(B) is a working class or middle class stu-
dent, as described in subsection (d)(3), who is 
enrolled or plans to enroll in a 4-year public in-
stitution of higher education in the State in 
which the individual is a resident or in a 4-year 
Tribal College or University. 
‘‘(8) FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT ELIGIBLE STU-
DENTS.—The term ‘full-time equivalent eligible stu-
dents’, when used with respect to an institution of 
higher education, has the meaning given the term 
‘full-time equivalent students’, except that the cal-
culation shall be made based on the number of eligi-
ble students enrolled at such institution. 
‘‘(9) FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT STUDENTS.—The 
term ‘full-time equivalent students’ means the sum 
of the number of students enrolled full time at an 
institution, plus the full-time equivalent of the num-
ber of students enrolled part time (determined on 
the basis of the quotient of the sum of the credit 
hours of all part-time students divided by 12) at 
such institution. 
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‘‘(10) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.— 
The term ‘institution of higher education’ has the 
meaning given the term in section 101. 
‘‘(11) PUBLIC 4-YEAR INSTITUTION OF HIGHER 
EDUCATION.—The term ‘public 4-year institution of 
higher education’ means a public institution of high-
er education that is not a community college. 
‘‘(12) TRIBAL COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY.—The 
term ‘Tribal College or University’ has the meaning 
given the term in section 316(b)(3). 
‘‘(13) 2-YEAR
TRIBAL
COLLEGE
OR
UNIVER-
SITY.—The term ‘2-year Tribal College or Univer-
sity’ means a Tribal College or University at which 
the credential that is predominantly awarded to stu-
dents is at the sub-baccalaureate level. 
‘‘(14) 4-YEAR
TRIBAL
COLLEGE
OR
UNIVER-
SITY.—The term ‘4-year Tribal College or Univer-
sity’ means a Tribal College or University that is not 
a 2-year Tribal College or University. 
‘‘(b) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.— 
‘‘(1) GRANTS
AUTHORIZED.—From amounts 
appropriated under subsection (g), the Secretary 
shall award grants, from allotments under sub-
section (c), to States and eligible Indian entities hav-
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ing applications approved under subsection (e), to 
enable the States and eligible Indian entities— 
‘‘(A) to eliminate tuition and required fees 
for all eligible students at community colleges 
in the State or at 2-year Tribal Colleges and 
Universities of the eligible Indian entity; and 
‘‘(B) to eliminate tuition and required fees 
for working class and middle class eligible stu-
dents, as described in subsection (d)(3), at pub-
lic 4-year institutions of higher education in the 
State or 4-year Tribal Colleges and Universities 
of the eligible Indian entity. 
‘‘(2) NON-FEDERAL SHARE REQUIREMENT.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 
subparagraphs (B) and (C), each State or eligi-
ble Indian entity that receives a grant under 
this section shall provide a non-Federal share of 
funds for an award year from non-Federal 
sources in an amount that is equal to 25 per-
cent of the amount required to eliminate tuition 
and required fees— 
‘‘(i) in the case of a State, at commu-
nity colleges in the State for all eligible 
students and at public 4-year institutions 
of higher education in the State for work-
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nate tuition and required fees at 2-year 
Tribal Colleges and Universities of the eli-
gible Indian entity for all eligible students 
and at 4-year Tribal Colleges and Univer-
sities of the eligible Indian entity for work-
ing class and middle class eligible students, 
as described in subsection (d)(3), for the 
award year. 
‘‘(ii) LOW-INCOME STUDENT.—In this 
subparagraph, the term ‘low-income stu-
dent’ has the meaning given such term by 
the Secretary, except that such term shall 
not exclude any student eligible for a Fed-
eral Pell Grant under section 401. 
‘‘(iii) DATA.—In calculating the num-
ber of enrolled students and low-income 
students for purposes of clause (i), the 
Secretary shall use— 
‘‘(I) for the first award year of 
the program under this section, the 
number of students enrolled in award 
year 2019–2020; and 
‘‘(II) for each subsequent award 
year, the projected student enrollment 
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numbers for the award year for which 
the allotment is made. 
‘‘(C) AUTOMATIC STABILIZER.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding 
subparagraph (A) and subsection (c)(1), in 
the case in which a trigger is turned on— 
‘‘(I) under clause (ii) with re-
spect to a State, the Secretary shall— 
‘‘(aa) apply subparagraph 
(A), by substituting ‘10 percent’ 
for ‘25 percent’; and 
‘‘(bb) 
apply 
subsection 
(c)(1), by substituting ‘90 per-
cent’ for ‘75 percent’; and 
‘‘(II) under clause (iii) with re-
spect to an eligible Indian entity, the 
Secretary shall— 
‘‘(aa) in the case in which 
subparagraph (B) is not applica-
ble— 
‘‘(AA) apply subpara-
graph (A), by substituting 
‘10 percent’ for ‘25 percent’; 
and 
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‘‘(BB) apply subsection 
(c)(1), by substituting ‘90 
percent’ for ‘75 percent’; or 
‘‘(bb) in the case in which 
subparagraph (B) is applicable— 
‘‘(AA) apply subpara-
graph (B)(i), by substituting 
‘3 percent’ for ‘5 percent’; 
and 
‘‘(BB) apply subsection 
(c)(1), by substituting ‘97 
percent’ for ‘95 percent’. 
‘‘(ii) TRIGGER FOR STATES.—A trig-
ger shall be turned on under this clause 
with respect to a State if— 
‘‘(I) the 3-month moving average 
of the national prime-age employment- 
to-population ratio (PAEPOP) is less 
than 98 percent of the maximum in 
the previous 12 months, and such 
trigger shall stay on until the 3-month 
moving 
average 
of 
the 
national 
PAEPOP has improved for three con-
secutive months and is above 95 per-
cent of the maximum in the 12 
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months before the trigger was turned 
on; 
‘‘(II) the 3-month moving aver-
age of the total unemployment rate 
(TUR) of the State is at or above 7.5 
percent, and such trigger shall stay on 
until the 3-month moving average of 
the TUR of the State falls below 7.5 
percent.; or 
‘‘(III) the 3-month moving aver-
age of the total unemployment rate 
(TUR) of the State is at or above 108 
percent of the maximum in the pre-
vious 12 months, and such trigger 
shall stay on until the 3-month mov-
ing average of the TUR of the State 
falls below 115 percent of the max-
imum in the 12 months before the 
trigger was turned on. 
‘‘(iii) TRIGGER FOR ELIGIBLE INDIAN 
ENTITY.—A trigger shall be turned on 
under this clause with respect to an eligible 
Indian entity if any Tribal College or Uni-
versity governed, operated, or controlled by 
the eligible Indian entity is located in a 
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State for which a trigger is turned on 
under clause (ii). 
‘‘(iv) INCLUSION OF DETERMINATION 
IN EMPLOYMENT STATISTICS REPORTS.— 
Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the Commissioner of the Bureau of 
Labor Statistics shall include in each 
monthly employment situation report and 
each State unemployment and employment 
report published by the Commissioner a 
specific determination of whether any 
State or national trigger is turned on 
under this subparagraph. 
‘‘(3) NO IN-KIND CONTRIBUTIONS.—No in-kind 
contribution shall count toward the non-Federal 
share requirement under paragraph (2). 
‘‘(4) SUSTAIN
AND
EXPAND
EXISTING
PRO-
GRAMS.—The Secretary shall encourage States to 
sustain and expand tuition-free ‘College Promise’ 
programs that are in existence on the date of enact-
ment of the College for All Act of 2021, especially 
for programs that cover the ‘last dollar’ of tuition 
and fees after exhausting Federal and State aid . 
‘‘(c) DETERMINATION OF ALLOTMENT.— 
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‘‘(1) FIRST AWARD YEAR OF PROGRAM.—The 
Secretary shall allot, to each eligible State or eligible 
Indian entity that submits an application under this 
section for a grant under subsection (b)(1) for the 
first award year of the program under this section, 
an amount that is equal to 75 percent (or not less 
than 95 percent in the case of an eligible Indian en-
tity described in subsection (b)(2)(B)) of the total 
revenue received— 
‘‘(A) in the case of a State, from all eligi-
ble students at community colleges in the State 
and from working class and middle class eligible 
students, as described in subsection (d)(3), at 
public 4-year institutions of higher education in 
the State in the form of tuition and required 
fees for— 
‘‘(i) with respect to a State that did 
not eliminate tuition and required fees as 
described in paragraphs (2) and (3) of 
subsection (d) for the preceding award 
year, award year 2019–2020; or 
‘‘(ii) with respect to a State that has 
eliminated tuition and required fees as de-
scribed in such paragraphs, the last award 
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year that the State charged tuition and re-
quired fees; and 
‘‘(B) in the case of an eligible Indian enti-
ty, from all eligible students at 2-year Tribal 
Colleges and Universities of the eligible Indian 
entity and from working class and middle class 
eligible students, as described in subsection 
(d)(3), at 4-year Tribal Colleges and Univer-
sities of the eligible Indian entity, in the form 
of tuition and required fees for— 
‘‘(i) with respect to an eligible Indian 
entity that did not eliminate tuition and 
required fees as described in paragraphs 
(2) and (3) of subsection (d) for the pre-
ceding award year, award year 2019–2020; 
or 
‘‘(ii) with respect to an eligible Indian 
entity that has eliminated tuition and re-
quired fees as described in such para-
graphs, the last award year for which the 
eligible Indian entity charged tuition and 
required fees. 
‘‘(2) FIRST
AWARD
YEAR
ALLOTMENT
FOR 
STATES AND ELIGIBLE INDIAN ENTITIES APPLYING 
AFTER THE FIRST YEAR OF THE PROGRAM.— 
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necessary to eliminate tuition and re-
quired fees for each such student for 
the first award year of the program 
for which the eligible State or eligible 
Indian entity was eligible to submit an 
application under this section. 
‘‘(B) PROJECTED
ENROLLMENT.—If the 
projected full-time equivalent eligible students 
figure of the State or eligible Indian entity 
under subparagraph (A) is more than 25 per-
cent larger than the full-time equivalent eligible 
students figure for the preceding year, the Sec-
retary may challenge such enrollment projection 
and offer an alternative enrollment projection 
which shall be used in the formula under sub-
paragraph (A) for determining the allotment. 
‘‘(3) SUBSEQUENT AWARD YEARS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 
allot to an eligible State or eligible Indian entity 
submitting an application for a grant under 
subsection (b)(1) for a second or subsequent 
year after receiving a grant under paragraph 
(1) or (2), an amount equal to— 
‘‘(i) the product of— 
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‘‘(I) the allotment received for 
the first award year for which the eli-
gible State or eligible Indian entity 
submitted an application; 
‘‘(II) 
the 
projected 
full-time 
equivalent eligible students figure for 
all community colleges and public 4- 
year institutions of higher education 
of the eligible State, or all 2-year 
Tribal Colleges and Universities and 
4-year Tribal Colleges and Univer-
sities of the eligible Indian entity, for 
the award year for which the allot-
ment is made; and 
‘‘(III) the amount of additional 
expenditures per full-time equivalent 
eligible student by the eligible State or 
eligible Indian entity that will be nec-
essary to eliminate tuition and re-
quired fees for each such student for 
the award year for which the allot-
ment is made; divided by 
‘‘(ii) the product of— 
‘‘(I) the full-time equivalent eligi-
ble student figure for all community 
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colleges and public 4-year institutions 
of higher education of the eligible 
State, or all 2-year Tribal Colleges 
and Universities and 4-year Tribal 
Colleges and Universities of the eligi-
ble Indian entity, for the first award 
year that the State or eligible Indian 
entity participates under paragraph 
(1) or (2), as the case may be; and 
‘‘(II) the amount of expenditures 
per full-time equivalent eligible stu-
dent by the eligible State or eligible 
Indian entity that was necessary to 
eliminate tuition and required fees for 
each such student for the first award 
year that the State or eligible Indian 
entity participates under paragraph 
(1) or (2), as the case may be. 
‘‘(B) PROJECTED
ENROLLMENT.—If the 
projected full-time equivalent eligible students 
figure of the State or eligible Indian entity 
under subparagraph (A) is more than 25 per-
cent larger than the full-time equivalent eligible 
students figure for the preceding year, the Sec-
retary may challenge such enrollment projection 
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and offer an alternative enrollment projection 
which shall be used in the formula under sub-
paragraph (A) for determining the allotment. 
‘‘(4) ACTUAL ENROLLMENT FIGURES.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—By not later than No-
vember 1 of the second award year for which a 
State or eligible Indian entity receives an allot-
ment under this section, and each succeeding 
November 1, such State or eligible Indian entity 
shall report to the Secretary its actual full-time 
equivalent eligible students figure for the pre-
ceding award year. 
‘‘(B) ADJUSTMENTS.—If the actual full- 
time equivalent eligible students figure for the 
preceding award year reported under subpara-
graph (A)— 
‘‘(i) exceeds the projected enrollment 
that was used for determining the allot-
ment for the preceding award year, not-
withstanding any other provision of this 
section, the allotment for the award year in 
which the November 1 date falls for the 
State or eligible Indian entity shall be in-
creased to reflect such actual enrollment, 
which figure shall be increased by the 
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State Gross Domestic Product Price Index, 
or the Gross Domestic Product Price Index 
of the State in which the eligible Indian 
entity operates; or 
‘‘(ii) is below the projected enrollment 
that was used for determining the allot-
ment for the preceding award year, not-
withstanding any other provision of this 
section, the allotment for the award year in 
which the November 1 date falls for the 
State or eligible Indian entity shall be de-
creased to reflect such actual enrollment, 
which figure shall be increased by the aver-
age interest rate on 5-year United States 
Treasury securities issued during the pre-
ceding award year. 
‘‘(5) ADDITIONAL FUNDS.—If a State or eligi-
ble Indian entity provides additional funds toward 
reducing the cost of attendance and improving in-
struction at institutions of higher education beyond 
the cost of eliminating tuition and required fees as 
described in paragraphs (2) and (3) of subsection 
(d) for any award year that is more than the non- 
Federal share requirement under subsection (b)(2) 
and the maintenance of expenditures requirement 
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under paragraphs (4) and (5) of subsection (d), the 
Secretary shall provide to the State or eligible In-
dian entity an amount equal to such additional fund-
ing provided by the State or eligible Indian entity, 
which amount provided by the Secretary may be 
used for the activities described in subsection (f)(2). 
‘‘(d) STATE AND ELIGIBLE INDIAN ENTITY ELIGI-
BILITY REQUIREMENTS.—In order to be eligible to receive 
an allotment under this section for an award year, a State 
or eligible Indian entity shall comply with the following: 
‘‘(1) Ensure that public institutions of higher 
education in the State or Tribal Colleges and Uni-
versities of the eligible Indian entity maintain ex-
penditures on instruction per full-time equivalent 
student at levels that are equal to or exceed the ex-
penditures on instruction per full-time equivalent 
student for award year 2019–2020. 
‘‘(2) Ensure that tuition and required fees for 
eligible students in the State’s community college 
system or eligible students in the 2-year Tribal Col-
leges and Universities of the eligible Indian entity 
are eliminated. 
‘‘(3)(A) Ensure that tuition and required fees 
for eligible students attending the State’s public 4- 
year institutions of higher education or eligible stu-
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dents attending the 4-year Tribal Colleges and Uni-
versities of the eligible Indian entity are eliminated 
as follows: 
‘‘(i) For the first award year of the pro-
gram under this section, the State or eligible 
Indian entity shall eliminate tuition and re-
quired fees for such students— 
‘‘(I) who are dependent students, 
whose parents’ adjusted gross income for 
the taxable year that is 1 year prior to the 
taxable year that ends immediately prior to 
the beginning of the award year is equal to 
or less than $125,000; and 
‘‘(II) who are independent students, 
whose adjusted gross income for the tax-
able year that is 1 year prior to the taxable 
year that ends immediately prior to the be-
ginning of the award year is equal to or 
less than $125,000. 
‘‘(ii) For each award year after the first 
award year of the program under this section, 
the State or eligible Indian entity shall elimi-
nate tuition and required fees for such stu-
dents— 
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of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
409(k)(1))) for the calendar year pre-
ceding the calendar year in which the 
applicable award year begins, to 
‘‘(BB) the national average wage 
index (as so defined) for 2020. 
‘‘(ii) If any amount determined under clause (i) 
is not a multiple of $100, such amount shall be 
rounded to the nearest multiple of $100. 
‘‘(4) Maintain State operating expenditures per 
full-time equivalent student for public institutions of 
higher education in the State, or operating expendi-
tures per full-time equivalent student for Tribal Col-
leges and Universities of the eligible Indian entity, 
excluding the amount of funds provided under this 
section, at a level that is equal to or exceeds the 
level of such support for award year 2019–2020. 
‘‘(5) Maintain State expenditures on need-based 
financial aid programs for enrollment in public insti-
tutions of higher education in the State or expendi-
tures on need-based financial aid programs for en-
rollment in Tribal Colleges and Universities of the 
eligible Indian entity at a level that is equal to or 
exceeds the level of such support for award year 
2019–2020. 
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‘‘(6) Ensure public institutions of higher edu-
cation in the State or Tribal Colleges and Univer-
sities of the eligible Indian entity maintain funding 
for institutional need-based student financial aid in 
an amount that is equal to or exceeds the level of 
such support for award year 2019–2020. 
‘‘(7) Provide an assurance that not later than 
5 years after the first award year for which the 
grant is awarded, not less than 75 percent of in-
struction at public institutions of higher education in 
the State or Tribal Colleges and Universities of the 
eligible Indian entity is provided by tenure-track or 
tenured faculty. 
‘‘(8) Provide an assurance that public institu-
tions of higher education in the State or Tribal Col-
leges and Universities of the eligible Indian entity 
make it a priority to hire from the existing adjunct, 
contract, contingent, and non-tenure track or 
tenured faculty pool for tenure-track or tenured fac-
ulty positions. 
‘‘(9) Require that public institutions of higher 
education in the State or Tribal Colleges and Uni-
versities of the eligible Indian entity provide, for 
each student enrolled at the institution who receives 
the maximum Federal Pell Grant award under sub-
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part 1 of part A of title IV, institutional student fi-
nancial aid (excluding student loans) in an amount 
equal to 100 percent of the difference between— 
‘‘(A) the cost of attendance at such institu-
tion; and 
‘‘(B) the sum of— 
‘‘(i) the amount of the maximum Fed-
eral Pell Grant award; and 
‘‘(ii) the student’s expected family 
contribution. 
‘‘(10) Ensure that public institutions of higher 
education in the State or Tribal Colleges and Uni-
versities of the eligible Indian entity not adopt poli-
cies to reduce enrollment. 
‘‘(11) Provide an assurance that public institu-
tions of higher education in the State or Tribal Col-
leges and Universities of the eligible Indian entity 
will not charge out of State students an amount that 
exceeds the marginal cost of attending institutions of 
higher education in the State or Tribal Colleges and 
Universities of the eligible Indian entity. 
‘‘(12) Provide an assurance that public institu-
tions of higher education in the State or Tribal Col-
leges and Universities of the eligible Indian entity 
that charge non-eligible in-State students tuition and 
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required fees, will not charge such students a rate 
that exceeds the rate for the last year that tuition 
and required fees were charged to eligible students, 
increased by the percentage change for subsequent 
years in the expenditures per full-time equivalent eli-
gible student by the State or eligible entity that is 
necessary to continue to eliminate tuition and re-
quired fees for eligible students. 
‘‘(13) Provide an assurance that public institu-
tions of higher education in the State or Tribal Col-
leges and Universities of the eligible Indian entity 
maintain a disability services personnel to enrolled 
student ratio of 1 to 500, and that such full-time 
employees be specifically dedicated to serving stu-
dents with disabilities. 
‘‘(e) SUBMISSION
AND
CONTENTS
OF
APPLICA-
TION.—For each award year for which a State or eligible 
Indian entity desires a grant under this section, an appli-
cation shall be submitted to the Secretary at such time, 
in such manner, and containing such information as the 
Secretary may require. Such application shall be sub-
mitted by— 
‘‘(1) in the case of a State, the State agency 
with jurisdiction over higher education or another 
agency designated by the Governor or chief executive 
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of the State to administer the program under this 
section; and 
‘‘(2) in the case of an eligible Indian entity, the 
eligible Indian entity or a Tribal College or Univer-
sity of the eligible Indian entity. 
‘‘(f) USE OF FUNDS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A State or eligible Indian 
entity that receives a grant under this section shall 
use the grant funds and the non-Federal share 
funds required under this section— 
‘‘(A) to eliminate tuition and required fees 
for all eligible students at community colleges 
in the State or at 2-year Tribal Colleges and 
Universities of the eligible Indian entity; and 
‘‘(B) to eliminate tuition and required fees 
for working class and middle class eligible stu-
dents, as described in subsection (d)(3), at pub-
lic 4-year institutions of higher education in the 
State or 4-year Tribal Colleges and Universities 
of the eligible Indian entity. 
‘‘(2) ADDITIONAL FUNDING.—Once tuition and 
required fees have been eliminated pursuant to para-
graph (1), a State or eligible Indian entity that re-
ceives a grant under this section shall use any re-
maining grant funds and non-Federal share funds 
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required under this section to reduce the cost of at-
tendance and increase the quality of instruction and 
student support services at public institutions of 
higher education in the State or at Tribal Colleges 
and Universities of the eligible Indian entity by car-
rying out any of the following: 
‘‘(A) Providing additional non-loan aid to 
students, which may include need-based student 
financial aid, to reduce or eliminate the cost of 
attendance for a public institution of higher 
education or a Tribal College or University be-
yond eliminating tuition and required fees. 
‘‘(B) Expanding academic course offerings 
and high-quality occupational skills training 
programs to students. 
‘‘(C) Increasing the number and percent-
age of full-time instructional faculty, including 
full-time tenure and tenure-track instructional 
faculty. 
‘‘(D) Providing all faculty with profes-
sional supports to help students succeed, such 
as professional development opportunities, office 
space, and shared governance in the institution. 
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