S 2796
113th Congress
Senate
Education
Higher education
Student aid and college costs
Working Student Act of 2014
Introduced: September 11, 2014
Introduced by:
Baldwin, Tammy
Democratic
· Wisconsin
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 11, 2014
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Sep 11, 2014
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Working Student Act of 2014 - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to increase the income protection allowance for academic year 2015-2016 to:
- $8,451 for dependent students;
- $13,135 for independent students without dependents other than a spouse who are single, separated, or married when both spouses are enrolled; and
- $21,060 for independent students without dependents other than a spouse if only one of the spouses is enrolled.
Increases for academic year 2015-2016 the income protection allowances for independent students with dependents other than a spouse. (These allowances vary depending on the number of such dependents.)
Provides for cost-of-living adjustments to such income protection allowances after academic year 2015-2016. (An income protection allowance is the amount excluded from a student's income in determining the student's need for assistance under title IV.)
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Committees of jurisdiction
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