Pell Grant Restoration Act of 2019

United States116th CongressS-2498Senate
Updated: Sep 18, 2019

Summary

Pell Grant Restoration Act of 2019 This bill restores 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 Pell Grant eligibility period (currently 12 full-time semesters).

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Timeline

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HR-4298: Pell Grant Restoration Act

Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

  1. Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

    Senate

  2. Introduced in Senate

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