A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish an emergency grant aid program, and for other purposes.
Emergency Grant Aid for College Students Act
This bill establishes an emergency financial-aid grant program.
Specifically, the Department of Education must award grants to institutions of higher education (IHEs) and, through them, emergency financial-aid grants to students.
An IHE must, among other things, ensure that an emergency for which a student is eligible to receive a grant includes financial challenges that impact the student's ability to continue their course of study (e.g., loss of employment).
Further, the bill prohibits an emergency financial-aid grant from being (1) treated as other financial assistance for the purposes of calculating a student's amount of need, or (2) considered in determining the amount of financial aid or eligibility for other public benefits for succeeding academic years.
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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