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A bill to build capacity at community colleges in order to meet increased demand for community college education while maintaining the affordable tuition rates and the open-door policy that are the…

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A bill to build capacity at community colleges in order to meet increased demand for community college education while maintaining the affordable tuition rates and the open-door policy that are the hallmarks of the community college system.

Introduced: February 15, 2005 See on congress.gov
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Feb 15, 2005
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1420)
Feb 15, 2005
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1419-1420)
Feb 15, 2005
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish a community college capacity-building grant program.

Directs the Secretary of Education to award such grants, on a competitive basis, to individual community colleges or consortia of community colleges to meet capacity challenges.

What's happening now February 15, 2005

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1420)

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Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · Feb 15, 2005
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 379: A bill to build capacity at community colleges in order to meet increased demand for community college education while maintaining the affordable tuition rates and the open-door policy that are the hallmarks of the community college system.. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-S-379/
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"S. 379: A bill to build capacity at community colleges in order to meet increased demand for community college education while maintaining the affordable tuition rates and the open-door policy that are the hallmarks of the community college system.." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-S-379/.
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S. 379, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-S-379/.
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