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America’s College Promise Act of 2023

USA118th CongressS-3086| Senate 
| Updated: 10/19/2023
Tammy Baldwin

Tammy Baldwin

Democratic Senator

Wisconsin

Cosponsors (10)
Mazie K. Hirono (Democratic)Tammy Duckworth (Democratic)Richard J. Durbin (Democratic)Ben Ray Luján (Democratic)Alex Padilla (Democratic)Amy Klobuchar (Democratic)Chris Van Hollen (Democratic)Patty Murray (Democratic)Benjamin L. Cardin (Democratic)Raphael G. Warnock (Democratic)

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
America's College Promise Act of 2023 This bill provides funding and establishes grant programs to expand access to higher education, including by providing free community college to students. Specifically, the bill establishes a program to waive resident tuition and fees for community college students. The Department of Education (ED) must award grants to states and tribal colleges and universities to pay the federal share of the program. As a condition of receiving such a grant, a state must (1) submit a plan to align the requirements for receiving a regular high school diploma with the requirements for entering credit-bearing coursework at community colleges; and (2) submit a plan to improve transfer pathways between institutions of higher education (IHEs), including by ensuring that associate degrees awarded by community colleges are fully transferable to four-year IHEs. Next, the bill directs ED to award grants to states and tribal colleges and universities for implementing evidence-based institutional reforms and innovative practices to improve student outcomes. In addition, ED must award grants to participating historically Black colleges and universities, tribal colleges and universities, and minority-serving institutions to waive or significantly reduce the first 60 credits of tuition and fees for low-income students.
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Bill from Previous Congress

S 116-2250
America's College Promise Act of 2019

Bill from Previous Congress

S 117-1396
America’s College Promise Act of 2021
Oct 19, 2023
Introduced in Senate
Oct 19, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Oct 25, 2023

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 118-5998
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 116-2250
    America's College Promise Act of 2019


  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 117-1396
    America’s College Promise Act of 2021


  • October 19, 2023
    Introduced in Senate


  • October 19, 2023
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.


  • October 25, 2023

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 118-5998
    Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Education

Related Bills

  • HR 118-5998: America’s College Promise Act of 2023

America’s College Promise Act of 2023

USA118th CongressS-3086| Senate 
| Updated: 10/19/2023
America's College Promise Act of 2023 This bill provides funding and establishes grant programs to expand access to higher education, including by providing free community college to students. Specifically, the bill establishes a program to waive resident tuition and fees for community college students. The Department of Education (ED) must award grants to states and tribal colleges and universities to pay the federal share of the program. As a condition of receiving such a grant, a state must (1) submit a plan to align the requirements for receiving a regular high school diploma with the requirements for entering credit-bearing coursework at community colleges; and (2) submit a plan to improve transfer pathways between institutions of higher education (IHEs), including by ensuring that associate degrees awarded by community colleges are fully transferable to four-year IHEs. Next, the bill directs ED to award grants to states and tribal colleges and universities for implementing evidence-based institutional reforms and innovative practices to improve student outcomes. In addition, ED must award grants to participating historically Black colleges and universities, tribal colleges and universities, and minority-serving institutions to waive or significantly reduce the first 60 credits of tuition and fees for low-income students.
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Timeline

Bill from Previous Congress

S 116-2250
America's College Promise Act of 2019

Bill from Previous Congress

S 117-1396
America’s College Promise Act of 2021
Oct 19, 2023
Introduced in Senate
Oct 19, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Oct 25, 2023

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 118-5998
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 116-2250
    America's College Promise Act of 2019


  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 117-1396
    America’s College Promise Act of 2021


  • October 19, 2023
    Introduced in Senate


  • October 19, 2023
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.


  • October 25, 2023

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 118-5998
    Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Tammy Baldwin

Tammy Baldwin

Democratic Senator

Wisconsin

Cosponsors (10)
Mazie K. Hirono (Democratic)Tammy Duckworth (Democratic)Richard J. Durbin (Democratic)Ben Ray Luján (Democratic)Alex Padilla (Democratic)Amy Klobuchar (Democratic)Chris Van Hollen (Democratic)Patty Murray (Democratic)Benjamin L. Cardin (Democratic)Raphael G. Warnock (Democratic)

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee

Education

Related Bills

  • HR 118-5998: America’s College Promise Act of 2023
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted