REAL Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-1074
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI]
Introduced: 2019-04-09
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Correctional facilities and imprisonment

Education programs funding

Higher education

Sex offenses

Student aid and college costs
Latest action: action_date: 2019-04-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-04-09
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b style=""></b><b style="">Restoring Education And Learning Act of 2019 or the REAL Act of 2019</b></p> <p>This bill restores Pell Grant eligibility for individuals incarcerated in a federal or state penal institution and for sex offenders subject to civil commitment following incarceration.</p>

tv_txt: II 116th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1074 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES April 9, 2019 Mr. Schatz (for himself, Mr. Lee , and Mr. Durbin ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions A BILL To reinstate Federal Pell Grant eligibility for individuals incarcerated in Federal and State penal institutions, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Restoring Education And Learning Act of 2019 or the REAL Act of 2019 . 2. Reinstatement of Federal Pell Grant eligibility Section 401(b) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1070a(b) ) is amended— (1) by striking paragraph (6); (2) by redesignating paragraph (7) as paragraph (6); and (3) in paragraph (2)(A)(ii), by striking (7)(B) and inserting (6)(B) . 3. Effective date The amendments made by section 2 shall be effective for academic year 2019–2020 and succeeding academic years.