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To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for additional uses of funds for grants to strengthen historically Black colleges and universities, and for other purposes.

USA118th CongressHR-5895| House 
| Updated: 10/25/2023
Alma S. Adams

Alma S. Adams

Democratic Representative

North Carolina

Cosponsors (30)
Wiley Nickel (Democratic)Jonathan L. Jackson (Democratic)Adam B. Schiff (Democratic)Barbara Lee (Democratic)Joyce Beatty (Democratic)Jennifer L. McClellan (Democratic)David J. Trone (Democratic)Sheila Jackson Lee (Democratic)Shontel M. Brown (Democratic)Frederica S. Wilson (Democratic)Terri A. Sewell (Democratic)Steven Horsford (Democratic)Maxwell Frost (Democratic)Tony Cárdenas (Democratic)Donald M. Payne (Democratic)Donald G. Davis (Democratic)Shri Thanedar (Democratic)Jasmine Crockett (Democratic)Henry C. "Hank" Johnson (Democratic)Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (Democratic)André Carson (Democratic)Eleanor Holmes Norton (Democratic)Bonnie Watson Coleman (Democratic)James P. McGovern (Democratic)Deborah K. Ross (Democratic)Suzanne Bonamici (Democratic)Linda T. Sánchez (Democratic)Kweisi Mfume (Democratic)Jamaal Bowman (Democratic)Cori Bush (Democratic)

Education and Workforce Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
This bill expands the allowable uses of grants under the Strengthening Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) program to include activities related to arts, arts education, and cultural programs. Specifically, the bill allows grants under the HBCU program to be used for providing financial and other assistance to students in arts, arts education, and cultural programs; establishing outreach programs and development offices for arts, arts education, and cultural departments; providing comprehensive wraparound services for arts, arts education, and cultural students, including faculty and peer mentorship, work-based learning opportunities, guidance counseling, and career advising; exhibiting, maintaining, monitoring, and protecting Black art collections in exhibition and in storage; and providing well-paid apprenticeship, internship, and fellowship opportunities to students in arts, arts education, and cultural programs through partnerships with nonprofit arts, arts education, and cultural institutes. A grant recipient may enter into a partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts to carry out these activities.
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Timeline
Oct 6, 2023
Introduced in House
Oct 25, 2023
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
  • October 6, 2023
    Introduced in House


  • October 25, 2023
    Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Education

To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for additional uses of funds for grants to strengthen historically Black colleges and universities, and for other purposes.

USA118th CongressHR-5895| House 
| Updated: 10/25/2023
This bill expands the allowable uses of grants under the Strengthening Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) program to include activities related to arts, arts education, and cultural programs. Specifically, the bill allows grants under the HBCU program to be used for providing financial and other assistance to students in arts, arts education, and cultural programs; establishing outreach programs and development offices for arts, arts education, and cultural departments; providing comprehensive wraparound services for arts, arts education, and cultural students, including faculty and peer mentorship, work-based learning opportunities, guidance counseling, and career advising; exhibiting, maintaining, monitoring, and protecting Black art collections in exhibition and in storage; and providing well-paid apprenticeship, internship, and fellowship opportunities to students in arts, arts education, and cultural programs through partnerships with nonprofit arts, arts education, and cultural institutes. A grant recipient may enter into a partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts to carry out these activities.
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Timeline
Oct 6, 2023
Introduced in House
Oct 25, 2023
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
  • October 6, 2023
    Introduced in House


  • October 25, 2023
    Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Alma S. Adams

Alma S. Adams

Democratic Representative

North Carolina

Cosponsors (30)
Wiley Nickel (Democratic)Jonathan L. Jackson (Democratic)Adam B. Schiff (Democratic)Barbara Lee (Democratic)Joyce Beatty (Democratic)Jennifer L. McClellan (Democratic)David J. Trone (Democratic)Sheila Jackson Lee (Democratic)Shontel M. Brown (Democratic)Frederica S. Wilson (Democratic)Terri A. Sewell (Democratic)Steven Horsford (Democratic)Maxwell Frost (Democratic)Tony Cárdenas (Democratic)Donald M. Payne (Democratic)Donald G. Davis (Democratic)Shri Thanedar (Democratic)Jasmine Crockett (Democratic)Henry C. "Hank" Johnson (Democratic)Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (Democratic)André Carson (Democratic)Eleanor Holmes Norton (Democratic)Bonnie Watson Coleman (Democratic)James P. McGovern (Democratic)Deborah K. Ross (Democratic)Suzanne Bonamici (Democratic)Linda T. Sánchez (Democratic)Kweisi Mfume (Democratic)Jamaal Bowman (Democratic)Cori Bush (Democratic)

Education and Workforce Committee

Education

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted