I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2845 
To direct the Secretary of Education to make grants to support early college 
high schools and dual or concurrent enrollment programs. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 8, 2017 
Mr. ESPAILLAT (for himself, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Mr. 
SERRANO, Mrs. DAVIS of California, Ms. MOORE, Mr. SABLAN, Ms. WIL-
SON of Florida, Ms. NORTON, Mr. NADLER, Ms. SHEA-PORTER, Mr. 
GONZALEZ of Texas, Mr. TAKANO, Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. 
CROWLEY, 
Mr. 
CARTWRIGHT, 
Mr. 
NOLAN, 
Mr. 
ENGEL, 
Mr. 
DESAULNIER, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. VARGAS, Mr. NORCROSS, Ms. BLUNT 
ROCHESTER, Ms. ADAMS, Mr. POLIS, Ms. BONAMICI, Mr. RASKIN, and 
Mr. SWALWELL of California) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of Education to make grants to 
support early college high schools and dual or concurrent 
enrollment programs. 
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 ‘‘Jumpstart on College 
Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. PURPOSE. 
The purpose of this Act is to increase the percentage 
of students who complete a recognized postsecondary cre-
dential within 100 percent of the normal time for the com-
pletion of such credential, including low-income students 
and students from other populations that are underrep-
resented in higher education. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘‘eligible enti-
ty’’ means an institution of higher education in part-
nership with one or more local educational agencies 
(which may be an educational service agency). Such 
partnership may also include other entities such as 
nonprofit organizations or businesses. 
(2) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—The 
term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ has the 
meaning given the term in section 101 of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001). 
(3) ESEA TERMS.—The terms ‘‘dual or concur-
rent enrollment program’’, ‘‘early college high 
school’’, ‘‘educational service agency’’, ‘‘four-year ad-
justed cohort graduation rate’’, ‘‘local educational 
agency’’, ‘‘secondary school’’, and ‘‘State’’ have 
meanings given the terms in section 8101 of the Ele-
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mentary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 7801). 
(4) LOW-INCOME STUDENT.—The term ‘‘low-in-
come student’’ means a student counted under sec-
tion 1124(c) of the Elementary and Secondary Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6333(c)). 
(5) RECOGNIZED
POSTSECONDARY
CREDEN-
TIAL.—The term ‘‘recognized postsecondary creden-
tial’’ has the meaning given the term in section 3 of 
the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 
U.S.C. 3102). 
(6) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Education. 
SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS; RESERVA-
TIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—To carry out this Act, there are 
authorized to be appropriated $250,000,000 for fiscal year 
2018 and such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal 
years 2019 through 2028. 
(b) RESERVATIONS.—From the funds appropriated 
under subsection (a) for each fiscal year, the Secretary 
shall reserve— 
(1) not less than 40 percent for grants to eligi-
ble entities under section 5; 
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(2) not less than 55 percent for grants to 
States under section 6; and 
(3) not less than 5 percent for national activi-
ties under section 8. 
SEC. 5. GRANTS TO ELIGIBLE ENTITIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall award grants 
to eligible entities, on a competitive basis, to assist such 
entities in establishing or supporting an early college high 
school or dual or concurrent enrollment program in ac-
cordance with this section. 
(b) DURATION.—Each grant under this section shall 
be awarded for a period of 6 years. 
(c) GRANT AMOUNT.—The Secretary shall ensure 
that the amount of each grant under this section is suffi-
cient to enable each grantee to carry out the activities de-
scribed in subsection (h), except that a grant under this 
section may not exceed $2,000,000. 
(d) MATCHING REQUIREMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—For each year that an eligi-
ble entity receives a grant under this section, the en-
tity shall contribute matching funds, in the amounts 
described in paragraph (2), for the activities sup-
ported by the grant. 
(2) AMOUNTS DESCRIBED.—The amounts de-
scribed in this paragraph are: 
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