Kids Before Cons Act

Bill: 115-hr-2007
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Collins, Chris [R-NY-27]
Introduced: 2017-04-06
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Correctional facilities and imprisonment

Department of Education

Education programs funding

Elementary and secondary education

Higher education

Juvenile crime and gang violence

Student aid and college costs
Latest action: action_date: 2017-04-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-04-06
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Kids Before Cons Act</strong></p> <p>This bill amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to limit waiver authority of the Department of Education (ED) under the Experimental Sites Initiative.</p> <p>Specifically, it prohibits ED from waiving statutory provisions that ban Pell Grant eligibility and federal financial aid for incarcerated students (e.g., as part of an experimental initiative to allow incarcerated students to receive Pell Grants for postsecondary education opportunities). The legislation also prohibits ED from awarding funds to an institution of higher education for providing such postsecondary education to incarcerated individuals. </p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2007 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 6, 2017 Mr. Collins of New York (for himself and Mr. LaMalfa ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce A BILL To prohibit the awarding of Federal Pell Grants to incarcerated individuals, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Kids Before Cons Act . 2. Limitations on waivers for experimental sites Section 487A(b)(3) ( 20 U.S.C. 1094a(b)(3) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (C) Limitations Nothing in subparagraph (B) or any other provision of this Act shall be construed to— (i) authorize the Secretary to waive the prohibition under section 401(b)(6) on awarding a Federal Pell Grant to an incarcerated individual or any other individual described in such section 401(b)(6); (ii) authorize the Secretary to waive the prohibition under section 484(b)(5) on awarding a loan under this title to an incarcerated individual; or (iii) authorize the Secretary to award funds to institutions of higher education for providing postsecondary education to incarcerated individuals. .