ASPIRE Act
Latest action · Jun 13, 2019 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJun 13, 2019
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Access, Success, and Persistence in Reshaping Education Act of 2019 or the ASPIRE Act
This bill revises the Pell Grant Program to provide incentives for institutions of higher education (IHEs) to increase (1) enrollment of students who receive Pell Grants, and (2) graduation rates of their students.
Specifically, the Department of Education (ED) must rank IHEs participating in student financial aid programs. First, ED must rank IHEs based on the percentage of first-time, full-time students who receive Pell Grants and are enrolled at the IHEs. The IHEs in the bottom 5% must improve the enrollment of those students by specific deadlines or pay a fee-per-student penalty.
Second, ED must rank IHEs based on the percentage of first-time, full-time students who enroll at the school and graduate within six years. The bill gives IHEs in the bottom 5% the option of receiving funding to improve student graduation rates. Those IHEs must improve those rates by specific deadlines or pay a penalty.
ED must use the fees to fund (1) grant programs for improving graduation rates; and (2) a bonus program for providing nonfinancial rewards to IHEs with proven records of affordability, access, and success for low- income, moderate-income, or working class students.
Cosponsors 2
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 13, 2019 to Oct 28, 2019; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NV | Jacky Rosen | Original | Jun 13, 2019 |
| D-NJ | Cory A. Booker | Oct 28, 2019 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee | Referred Jun 13, 2019 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 13, 2019Introduced in Senate
- Jun 13, 2019Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2201 | ASPIRE Act | Reintroduction of | Dec 6, 2017 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to improve college access and college completion for all students.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- ASPIRE Act
- Access, Success, and Persistence In Reshaping Education Act of 2019
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.
- Congressional oversight
- Consumer affairs
- Department of Education
- Education
- Education of the disadvantaged
- Education programs funding
- Educational technology and distance education
- Government information and archives
- Government lending and loan guarantees
- Higher education
- Student aid and college costs
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 13, 2019Introduced in Senate
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