S 1155
115th Congress
Senate
Education
Higher education
Student aid and college costs
Working Students Act
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 17, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
May 17, 2017
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Working Students Act
This bill amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to modify the income protection allowance levels used to calculate a student's expected family contribution and need for financial assistance. (An income protection allowance is an amount for basic living expenses that is protected from being considered income available for postsecondary educational expenses.)
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Committees of jurisdiction
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