Scholarship for Service: The Building Better Americans Act This bill establishes a scholarship-for-service program for students who served at least two years in the military, an emergency medical service, or a police force, or as a teacher's assistant or firefighter, and who submit a certification of such service prior to enrolling as an undergraduate in an institution of higher education (IHE). An eligible undergraduate student may receive a grant in the amount equal to the cost of attendance at the IHE in which the student enrolls for two academic years.
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Timeline
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Education
Education programs fundingFiresFirst responders and emergency personnelHigher educationLaw enforcement officersMilitary personnel and dependentsNational and community serviceStudent aid and college costsTeaching, teachers, curricula
Scholarship for Service: The Building Better Americans Act
USA116th CongressHR-8043| House
| Updated: 8/14/2020
Scholarship for Service: The Building Better Americans Act This bill establishes a scholarship-for-service program for students who served at least two years in the military, an emergency medical service, or a police force, or as a teacher's assistant or firefighter, and who submit a certification of such service prior to enrolling as an undergraduate in an institution of higher education (IHE). An eligible undergraduate student may receive a grant in the amount equal to the cost of attendance at the IHE in which the student enrolls for two academic years.
Education programs fundingFiresFirst responders and emergency personnelHigher educationLaw enforcement officersMilitary personnel and dependentsNational and community serviceStudent aid and college costsTeaching, teachers, curricula