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US HR6543

Aim Higher Act

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Introduced
07/26/2018
In Committee
07/26/2018
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
12/31/2018

Introduced Session

115th Congress

Bill Summary

Aim Higher Act

AI Summary

This bill, the Aim Higher Act, aims to strengthen and expand access to postsecondary education and support students throughout their educational journeys. The key provisions of the bill include: 1. Increasing the maximum Pell Grant award and making it available year-round to support students' financial needs. It also simplifies Pell Grant eligibility and expands access to short-term job training programs. 2. Establishing the Honorable Augustus F. Hawkins Centers of Excellence to recruit, train, and retain diverse teacher candidates, particularly those from underrepresented backgrounds. 3. Creating new grant programs to improve teacher preparation, particularly in special education, English learner instruction, and STEM fields. 4. Strengthening support for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and other minority-serving institutions through increased funding and expanded allowable uses of funds. 5. Establishing a new student loan refinancing program to allow borrowers to access lower interest rates, and requiring a common manual for student loan servicers to improve consistency and accountability. 6. Creating a new competency-based education demonstration program to provide regulatory flexibility and funding to institutions experimenting with alternative approaches to awarding academic credit. 7. Expanding access to federal financial aid for Dreamer students who meet certain eligibility criteria. 8. Improving campus safety and transparency requirements, including mandating a standardized campus climate survey on sexual assault and harassment. Overall, the Aim Higher Act seeks to make college more affordable, improve student outcomes, and enhance the quality and diversity of the nation's educator workforce.

Committee Categories

Education

Sponsors (87)

Bobby Scott (D)*,  Alma Adams (D),  Nanette Barragán (D),  Karen Bass (D),  Lisa Blunt Rochester (D),  Suzanne Bonamici (D),  Brendan Boyle (D),  Anthony Brown (D),  Julia Brownley (D),  G. Butterfield (D),  Salud Carbajal (D),  Kathy Castor (D),  Judy Chu (D),  David Cicilline (D),  Yvette Clarke (D),  Lacy Clay (D),  Jim Clyburn (D),  Steve Cohen (D),  Gerry Connolly (D),  Joe Courtney (D),  Joseph Crowley (WFP),  Elijah Cummings (D),  Danny Davis (D),  Susan Davis (D),  Peter DeFazio (D),  Suzan DelBene (D),  Val Demings (D),  Mark DeSaulnier (D),  Theodore Deutch (D),  Keith Ellison (D),  Adriano Espaillat (D),  Lois Frankel (D),  Marcia Fudge (D),  Jimmy Gomez (D),  Gene Green (D),  Raúl Grijalva (D),  Colleen Hanabusa (D),  Sheila Jackson-Lee (D),  Pramila Jayapal (D),  Hakeem Jeffries (D),  Hank Johnson (D),  Marcy Kaptur (D),  Robin Kelly (D),  Dan Kildee (D),  Raja Krishnamoorthi (D),  Ann Kuster (D),  James Langevin (D),  John Larson (D),  Brenda Lawrence (D),  Barbara Lee (D),  John Lewis (D),  Zoe Lofgren (D),  Alan Lowenthal (D),  Carolyn Maloney (D),  Sean Maloney (D),  Doris Matsui (D),  Betty McCollum (D),  Donald McEachin (D),  Jim McGovern (D),  Gwen Moore (D),  Jerry Nadler (D),  Grace Napolitano (D),  Richard Nolan (D),  Donald Norcross (D),  Eleanor Holmes Norton (D),  Jimmy Panetta (D),  Bill Pascrell (D),  Donald Payne (D),  Jared Polis (D),  David Price (D),  Mike Quigley (D),  Bobby Rush (D),  Tim Ryan (D),  Kilili Sablan (D),  Linda Sánchez (D),  John Sarbanes (D),  Jan Schakowsky (D),  José Serrano (D),  Carol Shea-Porter (D),  Darren Soto (D),  Mark Takano (D),  Bennie Thompson (D),  Nydia Velázquez (D),  Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D),  Maxine Waters (D),  Peter Welch (D),  Frederica Wilson (D), 

Last Action

Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. (on 07/26/2018)
(22 Companion Bills)

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