HR 5632
106th Congress
House
Education
Capital punishment
College costs
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to higher education
Higher education
Life imprisonment
Prisoners
Scholarships
Sentences (Criminal procedure)
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to permit Pell Grants to incarcerated students under limited conditions.
Introduced: November 14, 2000
Introduced by:
Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"
Democratic
· Virginia
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Nov 14, 2000
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Nov 14, 2000
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to permit Federal Pell Grants to incarcerated students under limited conditions. (Current law prohibits such grants to any individual who is incarcerated in any Federal or State penal institution.) Prohibits such grants to prisoners serving under sentence of death or any life sentence without eligibility for parole or release.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Committees of jurisdiction
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