All-Year ACCESS Act
Official title: To restore access to year-round Federal Pell Grants.
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
Affordability for Constant and Continual Education to Enhance Student Success Act or the All-Year ACCESS Act
Directs the Secretary of Education to award an additional Pell Grant to an eligible student who: (1) has received a Pell Grant for an award year, and (2) is enrolled in a program of study for one or more additional payment periods during the same award year that are not otherwise covered by the Pell Grant.
Requires such a student to be enrolled on at least a half-time basis for a period of more than one academic year, or more than the equivalent of two semesters, during a single award year.
Limits the total amount of the Pell Grants awarded to such student for the award year to 150% of the maximum Pell Grant for such award year.
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 242: All-Year ACCESS Act. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-242/
"H.R. 242: All-Year ACCESS Act." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-242/.
H.R. 242, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-242/.
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