I 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3233 
To remove college cost as a barrier to every student having access to a 
well-prepared and diverse educator workforce, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 11, 2023 
Mr. GARCI´A of Illinois (for himself, Mrs. HAYES, Mr. THOMPSON of Mis-
sissippi, Mr. BOWMAN, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Ms. BROWN, Mrs. 
MCBATH, Mr. AUCHINCLOSS, Mr. MOULTON, Ms. CHU, Ms. TITUS, Ms. 
TLAIB, Mr. POCAN, Mr. TRONE, Ms. BUSH, Mr. TORRES of New York, 
Ms. STRICKLAND, Ms. DELBENE, Mr. GRIJALVA, Ms. TOKUDA, and Mr. 
SOTO) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on 
the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, 
in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the juris-
diction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To remove college cost as a barrier to every student having 
access to a well-prepared and diverse educator workforce, 
and for other purposes. 
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 ‘‘Diversifying by Invest-
ing in Educators and Students to Improve Outcomes For 
Youth Act’’ or the ‘‘Diversify Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO THE TEACH GRANTS PROGRAM 
UNDER THE HIGHER EDUCATION ACT OF 
1965. 
Subpart 9 of part A of title IV of the Higher Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070g et seq.) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in section 420L(1), by inserting ‘‘(except 
that such term does not include an institution de-
scribed in subsection (a)(1)(A) of section 102)’’ after 
‘‘102’’; 
(2) in section 420M— 
(A) in subsection (a)(1), by striking 
‘‘$4,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$8,000’’; 
(B) in subsection (b)(3), by striking the 
second and third sentences and inserting the 
following: ‘‘Any disbursement allowed to be 
made by crediting the teacher candidate’s ac-
count shall be used for the full cost of attend-
ance (as defined in section 472).’’; and 
(C) in subsection (d)— 
(i) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking 
‘‘$16,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$32,000’’; and 
(ii) in paragraph (2), by striking 
‘‘$8,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$16,000’’; and 
(3) in section 420N— 
(A) in subsection (b)— 
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(i) by striking paragraphs (2) and (3); 
(ii) by striking ‘‘an agreement’’ and 
all that follows through ‘‘the applicant 
will’’ and inserting ‘‘an agreement by the 
applicant that the applicant will’’; 
(iii) by redesignating subparagraphs 
(A) through (E) as paragraphs (1) through 
(5), respectively, and moving the margins 
of such paragraphs (as so redesignated) 2 
ems to the left; 
(iv) in paragraph (3), as so redesig-
nated, by redesignating clauses (i) through 
(vii) as subparagraphs (A) through (G), re-
spectively, and moving the margins of such 
subparagraphs (as so redesignated) 2 ems 
to the left; 
(v) in paragraph (2), as redesignated 
by clause (iii), by striking ‘‘teach in a 
school described in section 465(a)(2)(A)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘teach in a school described 
in section 465(a)(2)(A) or teach in a high- 
need early childhood education program 
(defined in section 200(9))’’; and 
(vi) in paragraph (3), as redesignated 
by clause (iii)— 
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(I) in subparagraph (F), as re-
designated by clause (iv), by striking 
‘‘or’’ after the semicolon; 
(II) in subparagraph (G), as re-
designated by clause (iv), by inserting 
‘‘or’’ after the semicolon; and 
(III) by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(H) early childhood education;’’; and 
(B) by striking subsection (c) and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘(c) CERTIFICATE.—Upon the completion of the 
service requirement in subsection (b), the Secretary shall 
send to the recipient of a grant under this subpart an elec-
tronic certificate documenting the completion of such serv-
ice.’’; 
(C) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub-
section (e); 
(D) by inserting after subsection (c) the 
following: 
‘‘(d) PROHIBITION.—The Secretary may not institute 
or create a monetary penalty for failure or refusal to com-
plete the service requirement under subsection (b).’’; and 
(E) in subsection (e), as redesignated by 
subparagraph (C)— 
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(i) 
by 
striking 
‘‘subsection 
(b)(1)(C)(vii)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection 
(b)(3)(G)’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘subsection (b)(1)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘subsection (b)’’. 
SEC. 3. AMENDMENT TO THE BALANCED BUDGET AND DEF-
ICIT CONTROL ACT. 
(a) EXEMPTION OF PROGRAM FROM SEQUESTRA-
TION.—Section 255(h) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 905(h)) is 
amended by inserting after the item relating to ‘‘Supple-
mental Security Income Program (28–0406–0–1–609).’’ 
the following new item: 
‘‘TEACH Grants under subpart 9 of part A of 
title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965.’’. 
(b) APPLICABILITY.—The amendment made by this 
section shall apply to any sequestration order issued under 
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 900 et seq.) on or after the date of 
enactment of this Act. 
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