S 2037
114th Congress
Senate
Education
Education programs funding
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Higher education
Student aid and college costs
Pell Grant Restoration Act of 2015
Introduced: September 16, 2015
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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 16, 2015
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Sep 16, 2015
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Pell Grant Restoration Act of 2015
This bill amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to restore a student's Pell Grant eligibility for any period of time during which the student qualified for, or would have qualified for, federal student loan forgiveness due to school closure, assertion of a defense against repayment, or institutional fraud or misconduct.
Specifically, this bill provides that Pell Grants received by a student during that period of time do not count toward the student's lifetime limit on Pell Grant eligibility (currently 12 full-time semesters).
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Committees of jurisdiction
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