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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION S. 383
To extend Federal Pell Grant eligibility of certain short-term programs.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
FEBRUARY4, 2025
Mr. K
AINE(for himself, Ms. COLLINS, Ms. SMITH, Mr. MARSHALL, Ms.
B
ALDWIN, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Ms. BLUNTROCHESTER, Mr. BOOKER,
Mr. B
OOZMAN, Mrs. CAPITO, Mr. COONS, Ms. CORTEZMASTO, Mr.
C
RAMER, Mr. DAINES, Ms. DUCKWORTH, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Ms. HAS-
SAN, Mr. HEINRICH, Mr. HICKENLOOPER, Mr. HOEVEN, Mrs. HYDE-
S
MITH, Mr. KELLY, Mr. KING, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Mr. MERKLEY, Mr.
O
SSOFF, Mr. PETERS, Ms. ROSEN, Mrs. SHAHEEN, Mr. SULLIVAN, Mr.
T
ILLIS, Mr. TUBERVILLE, Mr. VANHOLLEN, Mr. WARNER, Mr.
W
ICKER, and Mr. WYDEN) introduced the following bill; which was read
twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and
Pensions A BILL
To extend Federal Pell Grant eligibility of certain short-
term programs.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the‘‘Jumpstart Our Busi-4
nesses by Supporting Students Act of 2025’’ or the 5
‘‘JOBS Act of 2025’’. 6
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SEC. 2. EXTENDING FEDERAL PELL GRANT ELIGIBILITY OF 1
CERTAIN SHORT-TERM PROGRAMS. 2
(a) J
OBTRAININGFEDERALPELLGRANTPRO-3
GRAM.—Section 401 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 4
(20 U.S.C. 1070a) is amended by adding at the end the 5
following: 6
‘‘(k) J
OBTRAININGFEDERALPELLGRANTPRO-7
GRAM.— 8
‘‘(1) D
EFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 9
‘‘(A) E
LIGIBLE CAREER PATHWAY PRO -10
GRAM.—The term ‘eligible career pathway pro-11
gram’ means a program that— 12
‘‘(i) meets the requirements of section 13
484(d)(2); 14
‘‘(ii) is listed on the provider list 15
under section 122(d) of the Workforce In-16
novation and Opportunity Act; 17
‘‘(iii) is part of a career pathway, as 18
defined in section 3 of that Act; and 19
‘‘(iv) is aligned to a program of study 20
as defined in section 3 of the Carl D. Per-21
kins Career and Technical Education Act 22
of 2006. 23
‘‘(B) E
LIGIBLE JOB TRAINING PRO -24
GRAM.— 25
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‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘eligible 1
job training program’ means a career and 2
technical education program at an institu-3
tion of higher education that— 4
‘‘(I) provides not less than 150, 5
and not more than 600, clock hours of 6
instructional time over a period of not 7
less than 8 weeks and not more than 8
15 weeks; 9
‘‘(II) provides training aligned 10
with the requirements of high-skill, 11
high-wage, or in-demand industry sec-12
tors or occupations in the State or 13
local area, as determined by an indus-14
try or sector partnership; 15
‘‘(III) is a program of training 16
services, and provided through an eli-17
gible training provider, as described 18
under section 122(d) of the Workforce 19
Innovation and Opportunity Act; 20
‘‘(IV) provides a student, upon 21
completion of the program, with a rec-22
ognized postsecondary credential that 23
is recognized by employers in the rel-24
evant industry, including credentials 25
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recognized by industry or sector part-1
nerships in the relevant industry in 2
the State or local area where the in-3
dustry is located and the job training 4
program is provided; 5
‘‘(V) has been determined by the 6
institution of higher education (after 7
validation of that determination by an 8
industry or sector partnership) to pro-9
vide academic content, an amount of 10
instructional time, and a recognized 11
postsecondary credential that are suf-12
ficient to— 13
‘‘(aa) meet the hiring re-14
quirements of potential employ-15
ers; and 16
‘‘(bb) satisfy any applicable 17
educational prerequisite require-18
ment for professional licensure or 19
certification, so that the student 20
who completes the program and 21
seeks employment qualifies to 22
take any licensure or certification 23
examination needed to practice or 24
find employment in an occupa-25
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tion that the program prepares 1
students to enter; 2
‘‘(VI) may include integrated 3
education and training; 4
‘‘(VII) may be offered as part of 5
an eligible career pathway program; 6
‘‘(VIII) does not exceed by more 7
than 50 percent the minimum number 8
of clock hours required for training if 9
the State has established such a re-10
quirement; and 11
‘‘(IX) shall include institutional 12
credit articulation for a student en-13
rolled in a noncredit job training pro-14
gram. 15
‘‘(ii) A
PPROVAL BY THE SEC -16
RETARY.—In the case of a program that is 17
seeking to establish eligibility as an eligible 18
job training program under this subpara-19
graph, the Secretary shall make a deter-20
mination about whether the program meets 21
the requirements of this subparagraph not 22
more than 60 days after the date on which 23
such program is submitted for consider-24
ation as an eligible job training program. 25
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‘‘(iii) ADDITIONAL ASSURANCE .—The 1
Secretary shall not determine that a pro-2
gram is an eligible job training program in 3
accordance with clause (ii) unless the Sec-4
retary receives a certification from the ap-5
propriate State board containing an assur-6
ance that the program meets the require-7
ments of clause (i). 8
‘‘(C) I
NSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDU -9
CATION.—The term ‘institution of higher edu-10
cation’ means— 11
‘‘(i) an institution of higher education, 12
as defined in section 101; or 13
‘‘(ii) a postsecondary vocational insti-14
tution, as defined in section 102(c). 15
‘‘(D) I
NSTITUTIONAL CREDIT ARTICULA -16
TION.—The term ‘institutional credit articula-17
tion’ means an institution of higher education 18
provides a student who has completed a non-19
credit program with the equivalent academic 20
credit that may be applied to a subsequent 21
credit-bearing certificate or degree program 22
upon enrollment in such program at such insti-23
tution. 24
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‘‘(E) WIOA DEFINITIONS.—The terms ‘in-1
dustry or sector partnership’, ‘in-demand indus-2
try sector or occupation’, ‘recognized postsec-3
ondary credential’, and ‘State board’ have the 4
meanings given such terms in section 3 of the 5
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act. 6
‘‘(2) I
N GENERAL.—For the award year begin-7
ning on July 1, 2025, and each subsequent award 8
year, the Secretary shall carry out a program 9
through which the Secretary shall award Federal 10
Pell Grants to students in eligible job training pro-11
grams (referred to as a ‘job training Federal Pell 12
Grant’). Each eligible job training Federal Pell 13
Grant awarded under this subsection shall have the 14
same terms and conditions, and be awarded in the 15
same manner, as other Federal Pell Grants awarded 16
under subsection (b), except as follows: 17
‘‘(A) A student who is eligible to receive a 18
job training Federal Pell Grant under this sub-19
section is a student who— 20
‘‘(i) has not yet attained a 21
postbaccalaureate degree; 22
‘‘(ii) attends an institution of higher 23
education; 24
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‘‘(iii) is enrolled, or accepted for en-1
rollment, in an eligible job training pro-2
gram at such institution of higher edu-3
cation; and 4
‘‘(iv) meets all other eligibility re-5
quirements for a Federal Pell Grant (ex-6
cept with respect to the type of program of 7
study, as provided in clause (iii)). 8
‘‘(B) The amount of a job training Federal 9
Pell Grant for an eligible student shall be deter-10
mined under subsection (b), except that not-11
withstanding subsection (b)(1)(B) a student 12
who is eligible for less than the minimum Fed-13
eral Pell Grant for an academic year in which 14
the student is enrolled in an eligible program 15
full time may still be eligible for a Federal Pell 16
Grant. 17
‘‘(3) I
NCLUSION IN TOTAL ELIGIBILITY PE -18
RIOD.—Any period during which a student receives 19
a job training Federal Pell Grant under this sub-20
section shall be included in calculating the student’s 21
period of eligibility for Federal Pell Grants under 22
subsection (d), and the eligibility requirements re-23
garding students who are enrolled in an under-24
graduate program on less than a full-time basis shall 25
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similarly apply to students who are enrolled in an el-1
igible job training program at an eligible institution 2
on less than a full-time basis.’’. 3
(b) A
CCREDITINGAGENCYRECOGNITION OFELIGI-4
BLEJOBTRAININGPROGRAMS.—Section 496(a)(4) of the 5
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1099b(a)(4)) 6
is amended— 7
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘and’’ 8
after the semicolon; 9
(2) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by inserting ‘‘and’’ 10
after the semicolon; and 11
(3) by adding at the end the following: 12
‘‘(C) if such agency or association has or 13
seeks to include within its scope of recognition 14
the evaluation of the quality of institutions of 15
higher education participating in the job train-16
ing Federal Pell Grant program under section 17
401(k), such agency or association shall, in ad-18
dition to meeting the other requirements of this 19
subpart, demonstrate to the Secretary that, 20
with respect to such eligible job training pro-21
grams (as defined in that subsection)— 22
‘‘(i) the agency or association’s stand-23
ards include a process for determining if 24
the institution has the capability to effec-25
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tively offer an eligible job training pro-1
gram; and 2
‘‘(ii) the agency or association re-3
quires a demonstration that the program— 4
‘‘(I) has identified each recog-5
nized postsecondary credential offered 6
and the corresponding industry or sec-7
tor partnership that actively recog-8
nizes each credential in the relevant 9
industry in the State or local area 10
where the industry is located; and 11
‘‘(II) provides the academic con-12
tent and amount of instructional time 13
that is sufficient to— 14
‘‘(aa) meet the hiring re-15
quirements of potential employ-16
ers; and 17
‘‘(bb) satisfy any applicable 18
educational prerequisites for pro-19
fessional licensure or certification 20
requirements so that the student 21
who completes the program and 22
seeks employment qualifies to 23
take any licensure or certification 24
examination that is needed to 25
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practice or find employment in 1
an occupation that the program 2
prepares students to enter.’’. 3
(c) I
NTERAGENCY DATASHARING.—The Secretary 4
of Education shall coordinate and enter into a data shar-5
ing agreement with the Secretary of Labor to ensure ac-6
cess to data related to indicators of performance collected 7
under section 116 of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor-8
tunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3141). Under such data sharing 9
agreement, the Commissioner of the National Center for 10
Education Statistics shall collect and review the contents 11
of performance reports for eligible providers of training 12
services described in section 116(d)(4) of that Act not less 13
frequently than once each year. 14
(d) M
INIMUMFEDERALPELLGRANT.—Section 15
401(a)(2)(F) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 16
U.S.C. 1070a(a)(2)(F)) is amended by striking ‘‘10 per-17
cent’’ and inserting ‘‘5 percent’’. 18
(e) E
FFECTIVEDATE.—This section, and the amend-19
ments made by this section, shall take effect on July 1, 20
2025. 21
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