the Secretary may require. Such application shall be sub-
mitted by— 
(1) in the case of a State, the Governor, the 
State agency with jurisdiction over higher education, 
or another agency designated by the Governor to ad-
minister the program under this subtitle; or 
(2) in the case of an Indian Tribe, the gov-
erning body of such Tribe. 
(b) CONTENTS.—Each State or Indian Tribe applica-
tion shall include, at a minimum— 
(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, with annual increases of an amount 
that shall not exceed 3 percent of the prior year’s 
average resident community college tuition and fees; 
(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 programs that are— 
(A) academic programs with credits that 
can fully transfer via articulation agreement to-
ward a baccalaureate degree or postbaccalaure-
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ate degree at any public institution of higher 
education in the State; or 
(B) occupational skills training programs 
that lead to a recognized postsecondary creden-
tial that is in an in-demand industry sector or 
occupation in the State; 
(3) a description of the promising and evidence- 
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 mentoring 
and advising, especially for low-income, first- 
generation, adult, and other underrepresented 
students; 
(B) providing accelerated learning opportu-
nities, such as dual or concurrent enrollment 
programs, including early college high school 
programs; 
(C) advancing competency-based education; 
(D) strengthening remedial education, es-
pecially for low-income, first-generation, adult 
and other underrepresented students; 
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(E) implementing course redesigns of high- 
enrollment courses to improve student outcomes 
and reduce cost; or 
(F) utilizing career pathways or degree 
pathways; 
(4) a description of how the State or Indian 
Tribe will promote alignment between its public sec-
ondary school and postsecondary education systems, 
including between 2-year and 4-year public institu-
tions of higher education and with minority-serving 
institutions described in section 371(a) of the High-
er Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1067q(a)), to 
expand awareness of and access to postsecondary 
education, reduce the need for remediation and re-
peated coursework, and improve student outcomes; 
(5) a description of how the State or Indian 
Tribe will ensure that programs leading to a recog-
nized postsecondary credential meet the quality cri-
teria established by the State under section 123(a) 
of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act 
(29 U.S.C. 3153(a)) or other quality criteria deter-
mined appropriate by the State or Indian Tribe; 
(6) an assurance that all participating commu-
nity colleges in the State or under the authority of 
the Indian Tribe have entered into program partici-
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pation agreements under section 487 of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1094); and 
(7) an assurance that, for each year of the 
grant, the State or Indian Tribe will notify each eli-
gible student of the student’s remaining eligibility 
for assistance under this subtitle. 
SEC. 115. ALLOWABLE USES OF FUNDS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—A State or Indian Tribe shall use 
a grant under this subtitle only to provide funds to partici-
pating community colleges to waive resident tuition and 
fees for eligible students who are enrolled in— 
(1) academic programs with credits that can 
fully transfer via articulation agreement toward a 
baccalaureate degree or postbaccalaureate degree at 
any public institution of higher education in the 
State; or 
(2) occupational skills training programs that 
lead to a recognized postsecondary credential that is 
in an in-demand industry sector or occupation in the 
State. 
(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: 
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(1) Expanding the waiver of resident tuition 
and fees at community college to students who are 
returning students or otherwise not enrolling in 
postsecondary education for the first time, and who 
meet the student eligibility requirements of clauses 
(i) through (v) of section 116(5)(A). 
(2) Expanding the scope and capacity of high- 
quality academic and occupational skills training 
programs at community colleges. 
(3) Improving postsecondary education readi-
ness in the State or Indian Tribe, through outreach 
and early intervention. 
(4) Expanding access to dual or concurrent en-
rollment programs, including early college high 
school programs. 
(5) Improving affordability at 4-year public and 
private, nonprofit institutions of higher education. 
(c) USE
OF FUNDS
FOR ADMINISTRATIVE PUR-
POSES.—A State or Indian Tribe that receives a grant 
under this subtitle may not use any funds provided under 
this subtitle for administrative purposes relating to the 
grant under this subtitle. 
(d) MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT REQUIRED.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—A State or Indian Tribe that 
receives a grant under this subtitle shall provide, 
with respect to a fiscal year— 
(A) for public and private, nonprofit insti-
tutions of higher education in such State or In-
dian Tribe an amount that is equal to or great-
er than the amount provided for non-capital 
and non-direct research and development ex-
penses or costs by such State or Indian Tribe 
to such institutions of higher education during 
the preceding fiscal year for which satisfactory 
data are available; and 
(B) for student financial aid for paying 
costs associated with public and private, non-
profit postsecondary education in such State or 
Indian Tribe an amount that is equal to or 
greater than the amount provided for student 
financial aid for paying costs associated with 
public and private, nonprofit postsecondary 
education by such State or Indian Tribe in the 
preceding fiscal year for which satisfactory data 
are available. 
(2) ADJUSTMENTS FOR BIENNIAL APPROPRIA-
TIONS.—The Secretary shall take into consideration 
any adjustments to the calculations under paragraph 
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(1) that may be required to accurately reflect fund-
ing levels in States or Indian tribes with biennial ap-
propriation cycles. 
(3) WAIVER.—The Secretary shall waive the re-
quirements of paragraph (1) if the Secretary deter-
mines that such a waiver would be equitable due to 
exceptional or uncontrollable circumstances, such as 
a natural disaster or a precipitous and unforeseen 
decline in the financial resources of a State or In-
dian Tribe, as appropriate. 
(4) VIOLATION
OF
MAINTENANCE
OF
EF-
FORT.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
the Secretary shall withhold from any State or In-
dian tribe that violates paragraph (1) and does not 
receive a waiver pursuant to paragraph (3) any 
amount that would otherwise be available to the 
State or Indian Tribe under this Act until such 
State or Indian Tribe has made significant efforts to 
correct such violation. 
(e) ANNUAL REPORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—A State or Indian Tribe re-
ceiving a grant under this subtitle shall submit an 
annual report to the Secretary describing the uses of 
grant funds under this subtitle, the progress made 
in fulfilling the requirements of the grant, and rates 
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of graduation, transfer and attainment of recognized 
postsecondary credentials at participating commu-
nity colleges, and including any other information as 
the Secretary may require. 
(2) INCLUSION IN HEA ANNUAL REPORT.—At 
the discretion of the Secretary, the information re-
quired in the report under paragraph (1) may be in-
cluded in an annual report on higher education re-
quired under the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 1001 et seq.). 
(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 subtitle. 
(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 
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practices to improve student outcomes as described in sec-
tion 114(b)(3) and shall disseminate 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 subtitle for a fiscal year 
may continue to receive funding under this title for 
future fiscal years conditioned on the availability of 
budget authority and on meeting the requirements 
of the grant, as determined by the Secretary. 
(2) DISCONTINUATION.—The Secretary may 
discontinue funding of the Federal share of a grant 
under this subtitle 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 
114. 
SEC. 116. DEFINITIONS. 
In this subtitle: 
(1) CAREER
PATHWAY.—The term ‘‘career 
pathway’’ has the meaning given the term in section 
3 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act 
(29 U.S.C. 3102). 
(2) COMMUNITY COLLEGE.—The term ‘‘commu-
nity college’’ means a public institution of higher 
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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 of the Higher Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 1059c) and public 2-year State in-
stitutions of higher education. 
(3) DUAL OR CONCURRENT ENROLLMENT PRO-
GRAM.—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 Sec-
ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 
(5) ELIGIBLE STUDENT.— 
(A) DEFINITION.—The term ‘‘eligible stu-
dent’’ means a student who— 
(i)(I) enrolls in a community college 
after the date of enactment of this Act; or 
(II) is enrolled in a community college 
as of the date of enactment of this Act; 
(ii) attends the community college on 
not less than a half-time basis; 
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(iii) 
is 
maintaining 
satisfactory 
progress, as defined in section 484(c) of 
the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 1091(c)), in the student’s course of 
study; 
(iv) qualifies for resident tuition, as 
determined by the State or Indian Tribe; 
and 
(v) is enrolled in an eligible program 
described in section 114(b)(2). 
(B) SPECIAL RULE.—An otherwise eligible 
student shall lose eligibility 3 calendar years 
after first receiving benefits under this subtitle. 
(6) IN-DEMAND INDUSTRY SECTOR OR OCCUPA-
TION.—The term ‘‘in-demand industry sector or oc-
cupation’’ has the meaning given the term in section 
3 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act 
(29 U.S.C. 3102). 
(7) INDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘‘Indian Tribe’’ 
has the meaning given the term (without regard to 
capitalization) in section 102(2) of the Federally 
Recognized Indian Tribe List Act of 1994 (25 
U.S.C. 5130(2)). 
(8) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—The 
term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ has the 
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meaning given the term in section 101 of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001). 
(9) 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). 
(10) 
SECRETARY.—The 
term 
‘‘Secretary’’ 
means the Secretary of Education. 
(11) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ has the mean-
ing given the term in section 103 of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1003). 
SEC. 117. APPROPRIATIONS. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION
AND APPROPRIATIONS.—For 
the purpose of making grants under this subtitle, there 
are authorized to be appropriated, and there are appro-
priated— 
(1) $1,515,150,000 for fiscal year 2020; 
(2) $3,352,200,000 for fiscal year 2021; 
(3) $4,277,940,000 for fiscal year 2022; 
(4) $5,988,450,000 for fiscal year 2023; 
(5) $7,837,710,000 for fiscal year 2024; 
(6) $8,974,350,000 for fiscal year 2025; 
(7) $11,302,020,000 for fiscal year 2026; 
(8) $14,451,090,000 for fiscal year 2027; 
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Subtitle B—Grants to Historically 
Black Colleges and Universities, 
Hispanic-Serving 
Institutions, 
Asian 
American 
and 
Native 
American Pacific Islander-Serv-
ing Institutions, Tribal Colleges 
and Universities, Alaska Native- 
Serving Institutions, Native Ha-
waiian-Serving 
Institutions, 
Predominantly 
Black 
Institu-
tions, 
and 
Native 
American- 
Serving Nontribal Institutions 
SEC. 121. PATHWAYS TO STUDENT SUCCESS FOR HISTORI-
CALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES. 
(a) IN
GENERAL.—From amounts appropriated 
under section 124(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 institutions eli-
gible under subsection (b); 
(2) provide incentives to community college stu-
dents to transfer to institutions eligible under sub-
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section (b) through strong transfer pathways to 
complete a bachelor’s degree program; and 
(3) support institutions eligible under sub-
section (b) to better serve new and existing students 
by engaging in reforms and innovations designed to 
improve completion rates and other student out-
comes. 
(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— 
(1) has a student body of which not less than 
35 percent are low-income students; 
(2) commits to maintaining or adopting and im-
plementing 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 mentoring 
and advising; 
(B) providing accelerated learning opportu-
nities and degree pathways, such as dual or 
concurrent enrollment programs and pathways 
to graduate and professional degree programs; 
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(C) advancing distance and competency- 
based education; 
(D) partnering with employers, industry, 
nonprofit associations, and other groups to pro-
vide opportunities to advance learning outside 
the classroom, including work-based learning 
opportunities such as internships or apprentice-
ships or programs designed to improve inter- 
cultural development and personal growth, such 
as foreign exchange and study abroad pro-
grams; 
(E) reforming remedial education, espe-
cially for low-income students, first generation 
college students, adult students, and other 
underrepresented students; or 
(F) implementing course redesigns of high- 
enrollment courses to improve student outcomes 
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 level to ensure that 
community college credits can fully transfer to the 
institution. 
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(c) GRANT AMOUNT.— 
(1) INITIAL AMOUNT.—For the first year that 
an eligible institution, as described in subsection (b), 
participates in the grant program under this section 
and subject to paragraph (3), such eligible institu-
tion 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); multi-
plied by 
(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 eligible institution, as 
described in subsection (b), that participate in the 
grant program shall receive a grant in the amount 
determined under paragraph (1) for such year, ex-
cept that in no case shall the amount of the per-stu-
dent rebate for an eligible institution increase by 
more than 3 percent as compared to the amount of 
such rebate for the preceding year. 
(3) LIMITATIONS.— 
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(A) MAXIMUM
PER-STUDENT
REBATE.— 
No eligible institution, as described in sub-
section (b), participating in the grant program 
under this section shall receive a per-student re-
bate amount for any year that is greater than 
the national average of annual tuition 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, as described in subsection (b), may in-
crease 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, as de-
scribed in subsection (b), that desires a grant under this 
section shall submit an application to the Secretary at 
such time, in such manner, and containing such informa-
tion as the Secretary may require. 
(e) USE OF FUNDS.—Funds awarded under this sec-
tion to an eligible institution, as described in subsection 
(b), 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 
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student, for not more than the first 60 credits an eligible 
student enrolls in the eligible institution. 
SEC. 122. PATHWAYS TO STUDENT SUCCESS FOR HISPANIC- 
SERVING INSTITUTIONS, ASIAN AMERICAN 
AND NATIVE AMERICAN PACIFIC ISLANDER- 
SERVING INSTITUTIONS, TRIBAL COLLEGES 
AND UNIVERSITIES, ALASKA NATIVE-SERV-
ING INSTITUTIONS, NATIVE HAWAIIAN-SERV-
ING INSTITUTIONS, PREDOMINANTLY BLACK 
INSTITUTIONS, AND NATIVE AMERICAN-SERV-
ING NONTRIBAL INSTITUTIONS. 
(a) IN
GENERAL.—From amounts appropriated 
under section 124(a) for any fiscal year, the Secretary 
shall award grants to eligible 4-year minority-serving insti-
tutions to— 
(1) encourage students to enroll and success-
fully complete a bachelor’s degree at institutions eli-
gible under subsection (b); 
(2) provide incentives to community college stu-
dents to transfer to institutions eligible under sub-
section (b) through strong transfer pathways to 
complete a bachelor’s degree program; and 
(3) support institutions eligible under sub-
section (b) to better serve new and existing students 
by engaging in reforms and innovations designed to 
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improve completion rates and other student out-
comes. 
(b) INSTITUTIONAL ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to 
participate and receive a grant under this section, an insti-
tution shall be a minority-serving institution with respect 
to which the majority of degrees awarded are bacca-
laureate degrees or higher that— 
(1) has a student body of which not less than 
35 percent are low-income students; 
(2) commits to maintaining or adopting and im-
plementing 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 mentoring 
and advising; 
(B) providing accelerated learning opportu-
nities and degree pathways, such as dual or 
concurrent enrollment programs and pathways 
to graduate and professional degree programs; 
(C) advancing distance and competency- 
based education; 
(D) partnering with employers, industry, 
nonprofit associations, and other groups to pro-
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vide opportunities to advance learning outside 
the classroom, including work-based learning 
opportunities such as internships or apprentice-
ships or programs designed to improve inter- 
cultural development and personal growth, such 
as foreign exchange and study abroad pro-
grams; 
(E) reforming remedial education, espe-
cially for low-income students, first generation 
college students, adult students, and other 
underrepresented students; and 
(F) implementing course redesigns of high- 
enrollment courses to improve student outcomes 
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 
institution. 
(c) GRANT AMOUNT.— 
(1) INITIAL AMOUNT.—For the first year that 
an eligible institution, as described in subsection (b), 
participates in the grant program under this section 
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and subject to paragraph (3), such eligible institu-
tion 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); multi-
plied by 
(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 eligible institution, as 
described in subsection (b), that participate in the 
grant program shall receive a grant in the amount 
determined under paragraph (1) for such year, ex-
cept that in no case shall the amount of the per-stu-
dent rebate increase by more than 3 percent as com-
pared to the amount of such rebate for the pre-
ceding year. 
(3) LIMITATIONS.— 
(A) MAXIMUM
PER-STUDENT
REBATE.— 
No eligible institution, as described in sub-
section (b), participating in the grant program 
under this section shall receive a per-student re-
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bate amount for a grant year greater than the 
national average of public 4-year institutional 
tuition and fees, as determined by the Sec-
retary. 
(B) FIRST
YEAR
TUITION
AND
FEES.— 
During the first year of participation in the 
grant program under this section, no eligible in-
stitution, as described in subsection (b), may in-
crease 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, as de-
scribed in subsection (b), shall submit an application to 
the Secretary at such time, in such a manner, and con-
taining such information as determined by the Secretary. 
(e) USE OF FUNDS.—Funds awarded under this sec-
tion to an eligible institution, as described in subsection 
(b), 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 eligible institution. 
SEC. 123. DEFINITIONS. 
In this subtitle: 
(1) ELIGIBLE STUDENT.— 
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(A) DEFINITION.—The term ‘‘eligible stu-
dent’’ means a student, regardless of age, 
who— 
(i)(I) enrolls in a historically Black 
college or university, or minority-serving 
institution; or 
(II) transfers from a community col-
lege into a historically Black college or uni-
versity, or minority-serving institution; 
(ii) attends the historically Black col-
lege or university, or minority serving in-
stitution, on at least a half-time basis; and 
(iii) 
is 
maintaining 
satisfactory 
progress, as defined in section 484(c) of 
the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 1091(c)), in the student’s course of 
study. 
(B) SPECIAL RULE.—An otherwise eligible 
student shall lose eligibility 3 calendar years 
after first receiving benefits under this subtitle. 
(2) HISTORICALLY
BLACK
COLLEGE
OR
UNI-
VERSITY.—The term ‘‘historically Black college or 
university’’ means a part B institution described in 
section 322(2) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 1061(2)). 
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(3) LOW-INCOME STUDENT.—The term ‘‘low-in-
come student’’— 
(A) shall include any student eligible for a 
Federal Pell Grant under section 401 of the 
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1070a); and 
(B) may include a student ineligible for a 
Federal Pell Grant under section 401 of the 
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1070a) who is determined by the institution of 
higher education in which the student is en-
rolled to be a low-income student based on an 
analysis of the student’s ability to afford the 
cost of attendance at the institution. 
(4) 
MINORITY-SERVING
INSTITUTION.—The 
term ‘‘minority-serving institution’’ means any pub-
lic or nonprofit institution of higher education— 
(A) described in paragraphs (2) through 
(7) of section 371(a) of the Higher Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1067q(a)); and 
(B) designated as a minority-serving insti-
tution by the Secretary. 
(5) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Education. 
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