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This bill, the Promoting Advancement Through Transit Help to College Act (or the PATH to College Act), aims to increase access to higher education by providing public transit grants. The key provisions of the bill include: 1. Defining eligible institutions as community colleges, historically Black colleges and universities, Tribal Colleges or Universities, and minority-serving institutions. 2. Allowing the Secretary of Transportation to make grants to eligible recipients (public transit providers in partnership with one or more eligible institutions) to enable them to carry out projects that better connect students with transportation to eligible institutions, such as adding or adjusting bus, rail, or paratransit stops, routes, and services, and subsidizing transportation costs for students. 3. Prioritizing grant awards to eligible recipients whose partnership includes an eligible institution with more than 25% of students receiving a Federal Pell Grant. 4. Establishing the federal share of the net project cost for capital projects at up to 80% and the federal share of net operating costs at up to 50%. The purpose of this bill is to improve access to higher education, particularly for students attending community colleges, minority-serving institutions, and other eligible institutions, by enhancing public transit services and making transportation more affordable.

Transportation and Infrastructure

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