To expand access to graduate education by amending the Federal Pell Grant program to include postbaccalaureate study.
Expanding Access to Graduate Education Act of 2019
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.
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 583.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
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