US Congress Senate Bill 718 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on March 23 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-03-23 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Pending: Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Making Education Affordable Act This bill amends title VII (Graduate and Postsecondary Improvement Programs) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to reauthorize through FY2018 the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) program. The bill also authorizes new grants under the FIPSE program. Specifically, the Department of Education may award grants to institutions of higher education for dual or concurrent enrollment programs or early college high school programs that allow high school students to earn college credits.

Making Education Affordable Act

Sen. Gary Peters [D-MI]	Sen. Bill Cassidy [R-LA]	Sen. John Boozman [R-AR]	Sen. Al Franken [D-MN]
Sen. Tim Kaine [D-VA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-03-23	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

HB1710 (Related) 2017-03-23 - Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/718/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/s718/BILLS-115s718is.pdf