America’s College Promise Act of 2015

H.R. 2962 · 114th Congress · Jul 8, 2015 · Lineage

A BILL

To provide greater access to higher education for America’s students.

This Act may be cited as the “America’s College Promise Act of 2015”.

The purpose of this Act is to help all individuals of the United States earn the education and skills the individuals need—

(1)

by making 2 years of community college free, through a new partnership with States and Indian tribes to help the States and Indian tribes—

(A)

waive resident community college tuition and fees for eligible students;

(B)

maintain State and Indian tribe support for higher education; and

(C)

promote key reforms to improve student outcomes; and

(2)

through a new partnership with minority-serving institutions to—

(A)

encourage eligible students to enroll and successfully complete a baccalaureate degree at participating institutions; and

(B)

promote key reforms to improve student outcomes.

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Jul 8, 2015viewing Introduced in House Mr. Scott of Virginia (for himself, Mr. Hinojosa, Mr. Clyburn, Mr. Butterfield, Ms. Judy Chu of California, Ms. Linda T. Sánchez of California, Ms. Adams, Mr. Moulton, Mr. Takano, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Richmond, Ms. Brown of Florida, Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois, Mr. Blumenauer, Ms. Bonamici, Ms. Bordallo, Mr. Brendan F. Boyle of Pennsylvania, Mrs. Capps, Mr. Cicilline, Ms. Clark of Massachusetts, Mr. Conyers, Mr. DeSaulnier, Ms. Edwards, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Fattah, Ms. Fudge, Mr. Al Green of Texas, Mr. Gene Green of Texas, Mr. Gutiérrez, Ms. Hahn, Mr. Honda, Mr. Jeffries, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Kilmer, Mr. Kind, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, Ms. Lee, Mr. Levin, Mr. Lewis, Mr. Ted Lieu of California, Mr. Ben Ray Luján of New Mexico, Mr. McDermott, Mr. McGovern, Ms. Moore, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. Norcross, Ms. Norton, Ms. Plaskett, Mr. Pocan, Mr. Rangel, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mr. Rush, Mr. Sablan, Ms. Loretta Sanchez of California, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Serrano, Mr. Swalwell of California, Mr. Takai, Mrs. Torres, Mr. Van Hollen, Ms. Wilson of Florida, Mr. Yarmuth, Mr. Beyer, Mr. Pascrell, Mr. Delaney, and Mr. Keating) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce