HR 4386
114th Congress
House
Education
Appropriations
Education programs funding
Educational guidance
Elementary and secondary education
Higher education
Income tax exclusion
Inflation and prices
Student aid and college costs
Pathways to an Affordable Education Act
Introduced: January 13, 2016
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 23, 2016
Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
Jan 13, 2016
Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.
Jan 13, 2016
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Pathways to an Affordable Education Act
This bill amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to modify provisions related to the Federal Pell Grant program. Among other things, it:
- increases the maximum Pell Grant award for academic year 2017-2018 and adjusts it in subsequent award years to account for inflation,
- converts the Pell Grant program into a mandatory spending program,
- increases from 12 to 15 semesters a student's lifetime Pell Grant eligibility period, and
- restores year-round grants.
Additionally, the bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to include, as a qualified scholarship excludible from gross income, any amount received as a Pell Grant.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
Committees of jurisdiction
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