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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. 2442 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to extend Federal Pell Grant |
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| 6 | 6 | | eligibility to certain short-term workforce programs. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 8 | 8 | | JULY20, 2023 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mr. B |
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| 10 | 10 | | UDD(for himself and Mr. SCOTTof Florida) introduced the following |
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| 11 | 11 | | bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Edu- |
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| 12 | 12 | | cation, Labor, and Pensions |
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| 13 | 13 | | A BILL |
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| 14 | 14 | | To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to extend |
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| 15 | 15 | | Federal Pell Grant eligibility to certain short-term work- |
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| 16 | 16 | | force programs. |
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| 17 | 17 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 18 | 18 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 19 | 19 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 20 | 20 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Promoting Employ-4 |
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| 21 | 21 | | ment and Lifelong Learning Act’’ or the ‘‘PELL Act’’. 5 |
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| 22 | 22 | | SEC. 2. PROGRAM ELIGIBILITY FOR WORKFORCE PELL 6 |
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| 23 | 23 | | GRANTS. 7 |
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| 24 | 24 | | Section 481(b) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 8 |
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| 25 | 25 | | (20 U.S.C. 1088(b)) is amended— 9 |
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| 28 | 28 | | •S 2442 IS |
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| 29 | 29 | | (1) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as 1 |
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| 30 | 30 | | paragraphs (4) and (5), respectively; and 2 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol-3 |
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| 32 | 32 | | lowing: 4 |
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| 33 | 33 | | ‘‘(3)(A) A program is an eligible program for 5 |
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| 34 | 34 | | purposes of the Workforce Pell Grants program 6 |
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| 35 | 35 | | under section 401(k) only, if— 7 |
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| 36 | 36 | | ‘‘(i) it leads to a recognized educational 8 |
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| 37 | 37 | | credential at an institution of higher education, 9 |
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| 38 | 38 | | which may include a recognized postsecondary 10 |
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| 39 | 39 | | credential, as defined in section 3 of the Work-11 |
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| 40 | 40 | | force Innovation and Opportunity Act; 12 |
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| 41 | 41 | | ‘‘(ii) it is at least 150 clock hours of in-13 |
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| 42 | 42 | | struction, but not more than 600 clock hours of 14 |
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| 43 | 43 | | instruction, or an equivalent number of credit 15 |
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| 44 | 44 | | hours, offered during a minimum of 8 weeks, 16 |
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| 45 | 45 | | but not more than 15 weeks; 17 |
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| 46 | 46 | | ‘‘(iii) it is determined by an accrediting 18 |
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| 47 | 47 | | agency or association recognized by the Sec-19 |
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| 48 | 48 | | retary pursuant to section 496(a) to— 20 |
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| 49 | 49 | | ‘‘(I) provide an education aligned with 21 |
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| 50 | 50 | | the requirements of in-demand industry 22 |
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| 51 | 51 | | sectors or occupations, as defined in sec-23 |
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| 52 | 52 | | tion 3 of the Workforce Innovation and 24 |
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| 53 | 53 | | Opportunity Act; 25 |
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| 57 | 57 | | ‘‘(II) meet the hiring requirements of 1 |
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| 58 | 58 | | potential employers in the sectors or occu-2 |
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| 59 | 59 | | pations described in subclause (I); 3 |
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| 60 | 60 | | ‘‘(III) have been offered by an institu-4 |
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| 61 | 61 | | tion for not less than 1 year prior to a de-5 |
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| 62 | 62 | | termination by such agency or association 6 |
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| 63 | 63 | | under this paragraph; 7 |
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| 64 | 64 | | ‘‘(IV) have a verified completion rate 8 |
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| 65 | 65 | | of at least 70 percent, calculated so as to 9 |
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| 66 | 66 | | ensure that a student shall be counted as 10 |
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| 67 | 67 | | a completion if the student completes the 11 |
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| 68 | 68 | | program within 150 percent of the normal 12 |
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| 69 | 69 | | time for completion; and 13 |
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| 70 | 70 | | ‘‘(V) have verified a job placement 14 |
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| 71 | 71 | | rate of at least 70 percent; and 15 |
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| 72 | 72 | | ‘‘(iv) for each award year, the total amount 16 |
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| 73 | 73 | | of the published tuition and fees of the program 17 |
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| 74 | 74 | | for such year is an amount that does not exceed 18 |
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| 75 | 75 | | the value-added earnings of students who re-19 |
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| 76 | 76 | | ceived Federal financial aid under this title and 20 |
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| 77 | 77 | | who completed the program 3 years prior to the 21 |
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| 78 | 78 | | award year, as such earnings are determined by 22 |
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| 79 | 79 | | calculating the difference between— 23 |
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| 80 | 80 | | ‘‘(I) the median earnings of such stu-24 |
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| 81 | 81 | | dents, as adjusted by the State and metro-25 |
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| 85 | 85 | | politan area regional price parities of the 1 |
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| 86 | 86 | | Bureau of Economic Analysis based on the 2 |
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| 87 | 87 | | location of such program; and 3 |
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| 88 | 88 | | ‘‘(II) 150 percent of the poverty line 4 |
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| 89 | 89 | | applicable to a single individual as deter-5 |
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| 90 | 90 | | mined under section 673(2) of the Commu-6 |
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| 91 | 91 | | nity Services Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 7 |
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| 92 | 92 | | 9902(2)) for such year. 8 |
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| 93 | 93 | | ‘‘(B)(i) In the case of a program that has not 9 |
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| 94 | 94 | | previously participated in programs under this title 10 |
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| 95 | 95 | | and is being determined eligible for the first time 11 |
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| 96 | 96 | | under this paragraph, the Secretary may consider 12 |
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| 97 | 97 | | such program to be an eligible program for purposes 13 |
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| 98 | 98 | | of the Workforce Pell Grants program under section 14 |
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| 99 | 99 | | 401(k) for a provisional eligibility period that may 15 |
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| 100 | 100 | | not exceed 3 years, if such program— 16 |
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| 101 | 101 | | ‘‘(I) subject to subclause (II), meets the 17 |
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| 102 | 102 | | requirements of subparagraph (A); and 18 |
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| 103 | 103 | | ‘‘(II) in lieu of the determination of me-19 |
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| 104 | 104 | | dian earnings under subclause (I) of subpara-20 |
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| 105 | 105 | | graph (A)(iv), provides to the Secretary for pur-21 |
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| 106 | 106 | | poses of meeting the requirements of subpara-22 |
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| 107 | 107 | | graph (A)(iv), alternate earnings of students 23 |
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| 108 | 108 | | who complete the program, which are statis-24 |
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| 109 | 109 | | tically rigorous, accurate, comparable, and rep-25 |
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| 113 | 113 | | resentative of students who complete such pro-1 |
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| 114 | 114 | | gram. 2 |
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| 115 | 115 | | ‘‘(ii) In a case in which the Secretary deter-3 |
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| 116 | 116 | | mines that a program provided inaccurate earnings 4 |
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| 117 | 117 | | data under clause (i)(II) for purposes of receiving 5 |
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| 118 | 118 | | provisional eligibility under clause (i), such program 6 |
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| 119 | 119 | | shall return to the Secretary any funds received 7 |
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| 120 | 120 | | under this title during the period beginning on first 8 |
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| 121 | 121 | | date of the provisional eligibility period and ending 9 |
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| 122 | 122 | | on the date of determination under this clause. 10 |
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| 123 | 123 | | ‘‘(C) The Secretary shall establish an appeals 11 |
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| 124 | 124 | | process to permit eligible programs for purposes of 12 |
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| 125 | 125 | | the Workforce Pell Grants program under section 13 |
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| 126 | 126 | | 401(k) to submit alternate earnings data to comply 14 |
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| 127 | 127 | | with subparagraph (A)(iv), provided that such data 15 |
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| 128 | 128 | | are statistically rigorous, accurate, comparable, and 16 |
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| 129 | 129 | | representative of students who receive a Workforce 17 |
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| 130 | 130 | | Pell Grant and complete the eligible program.’’. 18 |
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| 131 | 131 | | SEC. 3. DATA COLLECTION AND DISSEMINATION RELATED 19 |
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| 132 | 132 | | TO WORKFORCE PELL. 20 |
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| 133 | 133 | | Section 131 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 21 |
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| 134 | 134 | | U.S.C. 1015) is amended by adding at the end the fol-22 |
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| 135 | 135 | | lowing: 23 |
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| 136 | 136 | | ‘‘(i) D |
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| 137 | 137 | | ATACOLLECTION AND DISSEMINATIONRE-24 |
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| 138 | 138 | | LATED TOWORKFORCEPELL.— 25 |
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| 142 | 142 | | ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall, on an 1 |
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| 143 | 143 | | annual basis, collect, verify, and make publicly avail-2 |
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| 144 | 144 | | able on the College Scorecard or any similar suc-3 |
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| 145 | 145 | | cessor website, the information required under 4 |
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| 146 | 146 | | clause (ii), subclauses (IV) and (V) of clause (iii), 5 |
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| 147 | 147 | | and clause (iv) of subsection (b)(3)(A) of section 6 |
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| 148 | 148 | | 481, with respect to each eligible program that 7 |
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| 149 | 149 | | meets the requirements of section 481(b)(3), includ-8 |
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| 150 | 150 | | ing— 9 |
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| 151 | 151 | | ‘‘(A) the length of the program (as meas-10 |
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| 152 | 152 | | ured in clock hours, credit hours, or weeks); 11 |
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| 153 | 153 | | ‘‘(B) the number of students enrolled in 12 |
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| 154 | 154 | | the eligible program during the most recent 13 |
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| 155 | 155 | | academic year for which data is available; 14 |
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| 156 | 156 | | ‘‘(C) the percentage of students who enroll 15 |
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| 157 | 157 | | in the eligible program and who complete the 16 |
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| 158 | 158 | | eligible program within— 17 |
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| 159 | 159 | | ‘‘(i) 150 percent of the normal time 18 |
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| 160 | 160 | | for completion of such program; and 19 |
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| 161 | 161 | | ‘‘(ii) 200 percent of the normal time 20 |
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| 162 | 162 | | for completion of such program; 21 |
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| 163 | 163 | | ‘‘(D) the percentage of students who are 22 |
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| 164 | 164 | | employed not later than 180 days after com-23 |
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| 165 | 165 | | pleting the eligible program; and 24 |
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| 166 | 166 | | ‘‘(E) the percentage of individuals— 25 |
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| 170 | 170 | | ‘‘(i) who have completed such eligible 1 |
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| 171 | 171 | | program; and 2 |
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| 172 | 172 | | ‘‘(ii) 3 years after such completion, 3 |
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| 173 | 173 | | whose median earnings exceed 150 percent 4 |
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| 174 | 174 | | of the poverty line applicable to a single in-5 |
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| 175 | 175 | | dividual, as determined under section 6 |
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| 176 | 176 | | 673(2) of the Community Services Block 7 |
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| 177 | 177 | | Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9902(2)). 8 |
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| 178 | 178 | | ‘‘(2) E |
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| 179 | 179 | | XCEPTIONS.—Notwithstanding any other 9 |
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| 180 | 180 | | provision of this subsection, if disclosure of any data 10 |
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| 181 | 181 | | under paragraph (1) is prohibited under State or 11 |
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| 182 | 182 | | Federal privacy laws or regulations, the Secretary 12 |
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| 183 | 183 | | shall take such steps as the Secretary determines 13 |
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| 184 | 184 | | necessary to make publicly available such data in ac-14 |
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| 185 | 185 | | cordance with such laws and regulations.’’. 15 |
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| 186 | 186 | | SEC. 4. WORKFORCE PELL GRANTS. 16 |
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| 187 | 187 | | (a) I |
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| 188 | 188 | | NGENERAL.—Section 401 of the Higher Edu-17 |
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| 189 | 189 | | cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070a), as amended by sec-18 |
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| 190 | 190 | | tion 703 of the FAFSA Simplification Act (title VII of 19 |
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| 191 | 191 | | division FF of Public Law 116–260), is amended by add-20 |
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| 192 | 192 | | ing at the end the following: 21 |
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| 193 | 193 | | ‘‘(k) W |
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| 194 | 194 | | ORKFORCEPELLGRANTSPROGRAM.— 22 |
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| 195 | 195 | | ‘‘(1) I |
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| 196 | 196 | | N GENERAL.—For the award year begin-23 |
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| 197 | 197 | | ning on July 1, 2024, and each subsequent award 24 |
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| 198 | 198 | | year, the Secretary shall award grants (referred to 25 |
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| 202 | 202 | | as a ‘Workforce Pell Grants’) to eligible students 1 |
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| 203 | 203 | | under paragraph (2) in accordance with this sub-2 |
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| 204 | 204 | | section. 3 |
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| 205 | 205 | | ‘‘(2) E |
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| 206 | 206 | | LIGIBLE STUDENTS.—For award year 4 |
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| 207 | 207 | | 2024–2025 and each succeeding award year, to be 5 |
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| 208 | 208 | | eligible to receive a Workforce Pell Grant under this 6 |
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| 209 | 209 | | subsection for any period of enrollment, a student 7 |
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| 210 | 210 | | shall meet the eligibility requirements for a Federal 8 |
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| 211 | 211 | | Pell Grant under this section, except that the stu-9 |
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| 212 | 212 | | dent— 10 |
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| 213 | 213 | | ‘‘(A) shall be enrolled, or accepted for en-11 |
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| 214 | 214 | | rollment, in an eligible program— 12 |
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| 215 | 215 | | ‘‘(i) that leads to a recognized edu-13 |
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| 216 | 216 | | cational credential at an institution of 14 |
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| 217 | 217 | | higher education, which may include a rec-15 |
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| 218 | 218 | | ognized postsecondary credential, as de-16 |
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| 219 | 219 | | fined in section 3 of the Workforce Innova-17 |
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| 220 | 220 | | tion and Opportunity Act; and 18 |
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| 221 | 221 | | ‘‘(ii) that meets the other require-19 |
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| 222 | 222 | | ments described in section 481(b)(3); and 20 |
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| 223 | 223 | | ‘‘(B) may not have received a 21 |
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| 224 | 224 | | postbaccalaureate degree. 22 |
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| 225 | 225 | | ‘‘(3) T |
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| 226 | 226 | | ERMS AND CONDITIONS OF AWARDS .— 23 |
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| 227 | 227 | | The Secretary shall award Workforce Pell Grants 24 |
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| 228 | 228 | | under this subsection in the same manner and with 25 |
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| 232 | 232 | | the same terms and conditions as the Secretary 1 |
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| 233 | 233 | | awards Federal Pell Grants under subsection (b), ex-2 |
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| 234 | 234 | | cept that a student who is eligible for a grant equal 3 |
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| 235 | 235 | | to less than the amount of the minimum Federal 4 |
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| 236 | 236 | | Pell Grant because the eligible workforce develop-5 |
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| 237 | 237 | | ment program in which the student is enrolled or ac-6 |
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| 238 | 238 | | cepted for enrollment is less than an academic year 7 |
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| 239 | 239 | | (in hours of instruction or weeks of duration) may 8 |
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| 240 | 240 | | still be eligible for a Workforce Pell Grant. 9 |
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| 241 | 241 | | ‘‘(4) P |
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| 242 | 242 | | REVENTION OF DOUBLE BENEFITS .—No 10 |
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| 243 | 243 | | eligible student described in paragraph (2) may, for 11 |
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| 244 | 244 | | the same period of enrollment, receive both a grant 12 |
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| 245 | 245 | | under this subsection and a Federal Pell Grant 13 |
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| 246 | 246 | | under subsection (b).’’. 14 |
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| 247 | 247 | | (b) E |
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| 248 | 248 | | FFECTIVEDATE.—The amendment made by 15 |
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| 249 | 249 | | subsection (a) shall take effect as if included in section 16 |
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| 250 | 250 | | 703 of the FAFSA Simplification Act (title VII of division 17 |
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| 251 | 251 | | FF of Public Law 116–260; 134 Stat. 3191) and in ac-18 |
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| 252 | 252 | | cordance with section 701(b) of such Act. 19 |
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| 253 | 253 | | SEC. 5. ACCREDITING AGENCY DETERMINATION OF ELIGI-20 |
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| 254 | 254 | | BILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR THE WORK-21 |
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| 255 | 255 | | FORCE PELL GRANTS PROGRAM. 22 |
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| 256 | 256 | | (a) I |
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| 257 | 257 | | NGENERAL.—Section 496(a)(4) of the Higher 23 |
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| 258 | 258 | | Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1099b(a)(4)) is amend-24 |
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| 263 | 263 | | (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 1 |
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| 264 | 264 | | the end; 2 |
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| 265 | 265 | | (2) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by inserting ‘‘and’’ 3 |
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| 266 | 266 | | at the end; and 4 |
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| 267 | 267 | | (3) by adding at the end the following: 5 |
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| 268 | 268 | | ‘‘(C) if such agency or association has or seeks 6 |
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| 269 | 269 | | to include within its scope of recognition the evalua-7 |
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| 270 | 270 | | tion of the quality of institutions offering an eligible 8 |
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| 271 | 271 | | program for purposes of the Workforce Pell Grants 9 |
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| 272 | 272 | | program (in accordance with section 481(b)(3)), 10 |
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| 273 | 273 | | such agency or association shall, in addition to meet-11 |
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| 274 | 274 | | ing the other requirements of this subpart, dem-12 |
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| 275 | 275 | | onstrate to the Secretary that, with respect to such 13 |
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| 276 | 276 | | eligible programs— 14 |
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| 277 | 277 | | ‘‘(i) the agency’s or association’s standards 15 |
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| 278 | 278 | | include a process for determining if the institu-16 |
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| 279 | 279 | | tion has the capability to effectively offer such 17 |
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| 280 | 280 | | an eligible program; and 18 |
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| 281 | 281 | | ‘‘(ii) the agency or association requires a 19 |
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| 282 | 282 | | demonstration that the program— 20 |
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| 283 | 283 | | ‘‘(I) satisfies the requirements of sub-21 |
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| 284 | 284 | | paragraph (A)(iii) of section 481(b)(3); 22 |
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| 285 | 285 | | and 23 |
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| 286 | 286 | | ‘‘(II) provides academic content, an 24 |
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| 291 | 291 | | petencies to satisfy any applicable edu-1 |
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| 292 | 292 | | cational requirement so that a student who 2 |
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| 293 | 293 | | completes the program and seeks employ-3 |
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| 294 | 294 | | ment is qualified to practice or work in the 4 |
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| 295 | 295 | | sectors or occupations that the program 5 |
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| 296 | 296 | | prepares students to enter;’’. 6 |
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| 297 | 297 | | (b) A |
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| 298 | 298 | | DDITIONALNACIQI REVIEWMEETINGS.—For 7 |
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| 299 | 299 | | the purpose of preparing for the implementation of the 8 |
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| 300 | 300 | | Workforce Pell Grant program under section 401(k) of the 9 |
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| 301 | 301 | | Higher Education Act of 1965 (as added by section 4), 10 |
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| 302 | 302 | | in addition to the meetings required under section 11 |
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| 303 | 303 | | 114(d)(1) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 12 |
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| 304 | 304 | | U.S.C. 1011c(d)(1)), the National Advisory Committee on 13 |
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| 305 | 305 | | Institutional Quality and Integrity (as established by such 14 |
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| 306 | 306 | | section 114) shall, through 2025, hold meetings to evalu-15 |
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| 307 | 307 | | ate the additions to the scope of recognition of accrediting 16 |
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| 308 | 308 | | agencies and associations with respect to an eligible pro-17 |
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| 309 | 309 | | gram for purposes of the Workforce Pell Grants program 18 |
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| 310 | 310 | | (in accordance with section 481(b)(3) of the Higher Edu-19 |
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| 311 | 311 | | cation Act of 1965, as added by section 2). 20 |
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| 312 | 312 | | (c) I |
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| 313 | 313 | | NTERIMACCREDITATIONAUTHORITY.— 21 |
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| 314 | 314 | | (1) N |
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| 315 | 315 | | OTIFICATION.—Beginning on the date of 22 |
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| 316 | 316 | | enactment of this Act, a qualified accrediting agency 23 |
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| 317 | 317 | | or association which seeks to include within its scope 24 |
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| 318 | 318 | | of recognition the evaluation of the quality of insti-25 |
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| 322 | 322 | | tutions offering eligible programs for the purposes of 1 |
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| 323 | 323 | | the Workforce Pell Grants program, may include 2 |
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| 324 | 324 | | within its scope of recognition the evaluation of such 3 |
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| 325 | 325 | | institutions if the accrediting agency or associa-4 |
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| 326 | 326 | | tion— 5 |
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| 327 | 327 | | (A) submits to the Secretary a notification 6 |
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| 328 | 328 | | of the agency’s or association’s intent to add 7 |
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| 329 | 329 | | the evaluation of such institutions to its scope 8 |
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| 330 | 330 | | of recognition; and 9 |
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| 331 | 331 | | (B) includes with such notification an ex-10 |
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| 332 | 332 | | planation of how the agency or association in-11 |
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| 333 | 333 | | tends to meet the criteria under section 12 |
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| 334 | 334 | | 496(a)(4)(C) of the Higher Education Act of 13 |
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| 335 | 335 | | 1965 (as added by subsection (a)) with respect 14 |
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| 336 | 336 | | to the evaluation of institutions for purposes of 15 |
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| 337 | 337 | | the Workforce Pell Grants program. 16 |
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| 338 | 338 | | (2) R |
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| 339 | 339 | | EVIEW OF SCOPE OF CHANGES .—Upon re-17 |
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| 340 | 340 | | ceipt of a notification from an accrediting agency or 18 |
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| 341 | 341 | | association under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall 19 |
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| 342 | 342 | | direct the National Advisory Committee on Institu-20 |
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| 343 | 343 | | tional Quality and Integrity (as established by sec-21 |
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| 344 | 344 | | tion 114 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 22 |
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| 345 | 345 | | U.S.C. 1011c)) to evaluate, at the next available 23 |
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| 346 | 346 | | meeting of such Committee, the addition to the 24 |
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| 347 | 347 | | scope of recognition of the agency or association and 25 |
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| 352 | 352 | | agency or association meets the criteria under sec-2 |
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| 353 | 353 | | tion 496(a)(4)(C) of the Higher Education Act of 3 |
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| 354 | 354 | | 1965 (as added by subsection (a)). 4 |
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| 355 | 355 | | (3) T |
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| 356 | 356 | | ERMINATION OF INTERIM AUTHORITY .— 5 |
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| 357 | 357 | | The interim authority under this subsection for an 6 |
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| 358 | 358 | | agency or association to include within its scope of 7 |
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| 359 | 359 | | recognition the evaluation of the quality of institu-8 |
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| 360 | 360 | | tions offering eligible programs for the purposes of 9 |
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| 361 | 361 | | the Workforce Pell Grants program shall terminate 10 |
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| 362 | 362 | | on the earlier of— 11 |
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| 363 | 363 | | (A) the date that is 5 years after the date 12 |
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| 364 | 364 | | of enactment of this Act; or 13 |
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| 365 | 365 | | (B) the date on which the Secretary deter-14 |
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| 366 | 366 | | mines whether such agency or association meets 15 |
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| 367 | 367 | | the criteria under section 496(a)(4)(C) of the 16 |
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| 368 | 368 | | Higher Education Act of 1965 (as added by 17 |
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| 369 | 369 | | subsection (a)). 18 |
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| 370 | 370 | | (4) D |
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| 371 | 371 | | EFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 19 |
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| 372 | 372 | | (A) The term ‘‘qualified accrediting agency 20 |
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| 373 | 373 | | or association’’ means an accrediting agency or 21 |
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| 374 | 374 | | association recognized by the Secretary under 22 |
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| 375 | 375 | | section 496 of the Higher Education Act of 23 |
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| 376 | 376 | | 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1099b) that seeks, for the 24 |
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| 377 | 377 | | first time, to add to its scope of recognition the 25 |
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| 382 | 382 | | an eligible program for purposes of the Work-2 |
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| 383 | 383 | | force Pell Grants program. 3 |
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| 384 | 384 | | (B) The term ‘‘Workforce Pell Grants pro-4 |
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| 385 | 385 | | gram’’ means the Workforce Pell Grant pro-5 |
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| 386 | 386 | | gram under section 401(k) of the Higher Edu-6 |
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| 387 | 387 | | cation Act of 1965 (as added by section 4). 7 |
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| 388 | 388 | | SEC. 6. ORDERLY IMPLEMENTATION OF WORKFORCE PELL 8 |
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| 389 | 389 | | GRANT PROGRAM. 9 |
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| 390 | 390 | | The Secretary of Education shall have the authority 10 |
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| 391 | 391 | | to take such steps as are necessary before July 1, 2024, 11 |
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| 392 | 392 | | to provide for the orderly implementation on such date of 12 |
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| 393 | 393 | | the amendments to the Higher Education Act of 1965 13 |
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| 394 | 394 | | made by this Act. 14 |
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