1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Community College Student Success Act of 2021”.
Community College Student Success Act of 2021
A BILL
To direct the Secretary of Education to establish and carry out two grant programs to make grants to eligible institutions to plan and implement programs that provide comprehensive support services and resources designed to increase graduation rates and transfer rates to 4-year institutions at community colleges, and for other purposes.
2. Table of contents
The table of contents of this Act is as follows:
3. Definitions
In this Act:
Eligible institution— The term eligible institution means—
a public 2-year institution of higher education; or
a partnership between—
a public 2-year institution of higher education; and
a nonprofit organization identified as an evidence-based comprehensive student success program by the Department of Education.
Evidence-based comprehensive student success program— The term evidence-based comprehensive student success program means a program that uses a comprehensive approach to student success and meets the criteria for receiving an expansion grant from the Education Innovation and Research program, as determined by the Department of Education.
Institution of higher education— The term institution of higher education has the meaning given the term under section 101 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001).
Secretary— The term Secretary means the Secretary of Education.
Transfer rate— The term transfer rate, when used with respect to students enrolled in a program of study at an eligible institution, means that rate at which such students transfer to a 4-year institution of higher education.