Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Expanding Access to Graduate Education Act of 2023”.
Expanding Access to Graduate Education Act of 2023
A BILL
To expand access to graduate education by amending the Federal Pell Grant program to include postbaccalaureate study.
Sec. 2 Federal Pell Grants for graduate students
In general— Section 401 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070a), as amended by section 703 of the FAFSA Simplification Act (division FF of Public Law 116–260) is further amended—
in subsection (b)(8)(A), by inserting “or as a postbaccalaureate student in accordance with subsection (d)(4),” after “as an undergraduate,”; and
in subsection (d), by amending paragraph (4) to read as follows:
“(4) Postbaccalaureate programs—Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the period during which a student may receive Federal Pell Grants shall also include the period required for the completion of the first postbaccalaureate course of study in a case in which—
“(A) the student received a Federal Pell Grant during the period required for the completion of the student’s first undergraduate baccalaureate course of study for at least 1 but fewer than 12 semesters, or the equivalent of at least 1 but fewer than 12 semesters, as determined under paragraph (5);
“(B) the student would otherwise be eligible for a Federal Pell Grant, but for the completion of such baccalaureate course of study; and
“(C) the period during which the student receives Federal Pell Grants does not exceed the student’s duration limits under paragraph (5).”
Effective date— The amendments made by subsection (a) shall take effect as if included in the FAFSA Simplification Act (title VII of division FF of Public Law 116–260) and subject to the effective date of section 701(b) of such Act, as amended by section 102(a) of the FAFSA Simplification Act Technical Corrections Act (division R of Public Law 117–103) (including the authorization provided under section 102(c)(1)(A) of such Act).