Access to Education and Training Act

Bill: 114-hr-1064
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Bustos, Cheri [D-IL-17]
Introduced: 2015-02-25
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Higher education

Student aid and college costs
Latest action: action_date: 2015-04-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-02-25
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Access to Education and Training Act</strong></p> <p>Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to allow the Secretary of Education to award a student two Pell Grants during a single award year if the student is enrolled in an associate or baccalaureate degree or certificate program at an institution of higher education on at least a half-time basis for the equivalent of more than one academic year or more than two semesters during the Pell Grant award year.</p> <p>Permits the total amount of Pell Grants awarded to such a student for the award year to exceed the maximum basic grant level specified in the appropriate appropriations Act for that award year.</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1064 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 25, 2015 Mrs. Bustos (for herself, Mr. Loebsack , and Mr. Kind ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce A BILL To reinstate year-round Federal Pell Grants under the Higher Education Act of 1965.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Access to Education and Training Act . 2. Federal Pell Grants (a) Amendments Section 401(b) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1070a(b) ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (2)(A)(ii), by striking paragraph (7)(B) and inserting paragraph (8)(B) ; and (2) by redesignating paragraphs (5) through (7) as paragraphs (6) through (8), respectively; and (3) by inserting after paragraph (4) the following: (5) (A) The Secretary shall award a student not more than two Federal Pell Grants during a single award year to permit such student to accelerate the student’s progress toward a degree or certificate if the student is enrolled— (i) on at least a half-time basis for a period of more than one academic year, or more than two semesters or an equivalent period of time, during a single award year; and (ii) in a program of instruction at an institution of higher education for which the institution awards an associate or baccalaureate degree or certificate. (B) In the case of a student receiving more than one Federal Pell Grant in a single award year under subparagraph (A), the total amount of Federal Pell Grants awarded to such student for the award year may exceed the maximum basic grant level specified in the appropriate appropriations Act for such award year. . (b) Effective date The amendments made by subsection (a) shall be effective for award year 2015–2016 and each succeeding award year.