Expanding Access to Graduate Education Act of 2021
Summary
Expanding Access to Graduate Education Act of 2021 This bill allows income-eligible graduate students who received Pell Grants during their undergraduate education to utilize their remaining Pell Grant eligibility toward their first graduate degree, subject to the existing 12-semester duration limit. Currently, Pell Grants are available only to undergraduate students.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jun 2021
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Jun 17, 2021
Last action Jun 17, 2021
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Full legislative history
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Total actions
2
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Committee
1
Jun 17, 2021
Committee
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
lower
Jun 17, 2021
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 4 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Ann M. Kuster
DDemocratic
Co
Fred Upton
RRepublican
Co
Kim Schrier
DDemocratic
Co
Shontel M. Brown
DDemocratic
Co
Tim Burchett
RRepublican
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