US Congress House Bill 2845 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 37-1)
Status: Introduced on June 8 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-06-08 - Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Pending: House Education And The Workforce Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Jumpstart on College Act This bill allows the Department of Education (ED) to award grants to improve low-income and underrepresented students' post-secondary graduation rates. ED shall award competitive six-year matching grants to partnerships between an institution of higher learning and a local education agency to assist in establishing or supporting an early college high school or dual or concurrent enrollment program. ED shall also award competitive six-year matching grants to states for supporting or establishing such programs.

Jumpstart on College Act

Rep. Adriano Espaillat [D-NY]	Rep. Daniel Kildee [D-MI]	Rep. Robert Scott [D-VA]	Rep. Jose Serrano [D-NY]
Rep. Susan Davis [D-CA]	Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]	Rep. Gregorio Sablan [D-MP]	Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]
Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]	Rep. Carol Shea-Porter [D-NH]	Rep. Vicente Gonzalez [D-TX]
Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]	Rep. Danny Davis [D-IL]	Rep. Joseph Crowley [D-NY]	Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]
Rep. Richard Nolan [D-MN]	Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]	Rep. Mark DeSaulnier [D-CA]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]
Rep. Juan Vargas [D-CA]	Rep. Donald Norcross [D-NJ]	Rep. Lisa Rochester [D-DE]	Rep. Alma Adams [D-NC]
Rep. Jared Polis [D-CO]	Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR]	Rep. Jamie Raskin [D-MD]	Rep. Eric Swalwell [D-CA]
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver [D-MO]	Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]	Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]	Rep. Louise Slaughter [D-NY]
Rep. Nanette Barragan [D-CA]	Sen. Kyrsten Sinema [I-AZ]	Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]	Rep. Donald McEachin [D-VA]
Rep. Diana DeGette [D-CO]	Rep. Terri Sewell [D-AL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-06-08	House	Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
2017-06-08	House	Introduced in House

HB6543 (Related) 2018-07-26 - Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/2845/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr2845/BILLS-115hr2845ih.pdf