HR 1959
114th Congress
House
Education
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Border security and unlawful immigration
Department of Education
Higher education
Immigration status and procedures
Student aid and college costs
College Options for DREAMers Act
Introduced: April 22, 2015
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Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
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
Plain-English summary
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).
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.