Expand American Educational Opportunity Act of 2017
Official title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend and modify the American Opportunity Tax Credit, and for other purposes.
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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Expand American Educational Opportunity Act of 2017
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to replace the Hope Scholarship and Lifetime Learning tax credits with a modified American Opportunity Tax Credit that: (1) allows an income tax credit of up to $2,500 of the qualified tuition and related expenses of a student who is carrying at least one half of a normal course load, (2) allows a lifetime dollar limitation for the credit of $15,000 for all taxable years, and (3) increases the refundable portion of the credit to a maximum of $1,500. The bill allows an exclusion from gross income of any amount received as a Federal Pell Grant.
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 823: Expand American Educational Opportunity Act of 2017. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-823/
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