America’s College Promise Act of 2018

S. 2483 · 115th Congress · Mar 1, 2018 · 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 2018”.

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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Mar 1, 2018viewing Introduced in Senate Ms. Baldwin (for herself, Mr. Brown, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Duckworth, Mr. Durbin, Mrs. Gillibrand, Ms. Harris, Mr. Heinrich, Ms. Hirono, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Van Hollen, and Mr. Whitehouse) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions