118th Congress · HOUSE BILLBILL

H.R. 5998 — America’s College Promise Act of 2023

“To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish grants for tuition-free community colleges, student success grants, and grants for Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Tribal Colleges and Universities, and Minority-Serving Institutions, and for other purposes.”

Education

Introduced Oct 19, 2023

Last action Oct 25, 2023

Pipeline · Bill → Law

Step 1

Introduced

Oct 19, 2023

Step 2

Referred

Oct 25, 2023

Education and Workforce

Step 3

Committee

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House floor

Step 5

Senate

Step 6

Resolve Changes

Step 7

Signed

SummaryCRS Summary

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 instit...

Provisions · 4 sectionsIntroduced in House

1 provision

Timeline · 2 actions

Oct 25, 2023

Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Oct 19, 2023

Introduced in House