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HR 1959 114th Congress House

College Options for DREAMers Act

Official title: To provide Dreamer students with access to student financial aid.

Introduced: April 30, 2015 See on congress.gov
Education Administrative law and regulatory proceduresBorder security and unlawful immigrationDepartment of EducationHigher education
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Immigration status and proceduresStudent aid and college costs
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Nov 16, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
May 15, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
Apr 22, 2015
Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Apr 22, 2015
Introduced in House
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 Latest action November 16, 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

College Options for DREAMers Act

This bill amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to allow Dreamer students to receive federal financial aid for higher education.

A "Dreamer student" is an individual who was under age 16 upon entering this country, has provided a list of secondary schools the individual attended in this country, and, in this country:

  • has earned a high school diploma or the equivalent,
  • is scheduled to complete the requirements for a high school diploma or equivalent before the next academic year begins,
  • has acquired a degree from an institution of higher education,
  • has successfully completed at least two years of a program for a baccalaureate or higher degree,
  • is a beneficiary of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or
  • has served honorably in the uniformed services for at least four years.

The Department of Education must provide for a hardship exception to the age and secondary school list requirements.

States are allowed to offer unlawful aliens postsecondary benefits on the basis of their residence in the state (e.g., in-state tuition).

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 1059 Identical bill College Options for DREAMers Act
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 12
All 12 Democratic 12
D
Veasey, Marc A.
Texas · Sep 28, 2016
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Aguilar, Pete
California · Jun 10, 2016
 D
Costa, Jim
California · Apr 30, 2015
 D
Vargas, Juan
California · Apr 30, 2015
 D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · Apr 30, 2015
 D
Cuellar, Henry
Texas · Apr 29, 2015
 D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Apr 29, 2015
 D
Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · Apr 29, 2015
 D
Sewell, Terri A.
Alabama · Apr 29, 2015
 D
Chu, Judy
California · Apr 22, 2015
 D
Sánchez, Linda T.
California · Apr 22, 2015
 D
Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"
Virginia · Apr 22, 2015
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1959: College Options for DREAMers Act. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-1959/
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"H.R. 1959: College Options for DREAMers Act." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-1959/.
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H.R. 1959, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-1959/.
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