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Title II — Expansion of work study to meet the needs of today’s students

S. 806 · 115th Congress · Apr 3, 2017 · Lineage

II Expansion of work study to meet the needs of today’s students

Sec. 201 Authorization of Appropriations

Section 441(b) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087–51(b)) is amended to read as follows:

“(b) Authorization of appropriations—There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this part—

“(1) $1,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2018;

“(2) $1,500,000,000 for fiscal year 2019;

“(3) $2,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2020;

“(4) $2,500,000,000 for fiscal year 2021;

“(5) $3,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2022; and

“(6) such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2023–2027.”

Sec. 202 Reform of the work study formula

Section 442 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087–52) is amended—
(1)
by striking subsection (a) and inserting the following:

“(a) Revision to the Federal work study allocation—The Secretary shall allocate funds under this section solely on the basis of the self-help need determination described under subsection (c).”

(2)
in subsection (c)—
(A)
in paragraph (2), by striking “To determine the self-help need of an institution's eligible undergraduate students,” and inserting “Until such time as the Secretary establishes a revised method to determine the self-help need of an institution's eligible undergraduate students, in accordance with paragraph (5),”;
(B)
in paragraph (3), by striking “To determine the self-help need of an institution's eligible graduate and professional students”, and inserting “Until such time as the Secretary establishes a revised method to determine the self-help need of an institution's eligible graduate and professional students, in accordance with paragraph (5),”; and
(C)
by adding at the end the following:

“(5) Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the College for All Act of 2017, the Secretary shall establish revised methods for determining the self-help need of an institution's eligible undergraduate students, as described in paragraph (2), and eligible graduate and professional students, as described in paragraph (3), that shall take into account the number of Federal Pell Grant eligible low-income and moderate-income students that an eligible institution serves and provide considerations for eligible institutions that successfully demonstrate improved employment outcomes. The Secretary shall promulgate any regulations necessary to carry out the revised methods of determining an eligible institution's self-help need under this subsection.”

(3)
by adding at the end the following:

“(f) Funds To expand job location development programs—Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, to promote career readiness and improve the employment skills of Federal Pell Grant-eligible students, the Secretary is authorized to enter into agreements with eligible institutions under which such institution may use not more than 20 percent or $150,000 of its allotment under this section, whichever amount is less, to expand job location development programs, which may be coordinated with State and local workforce development boards.”