PELL Act

This bill would end several federal grant programs for colleges that qualify based on the racial or ethnic makeup of their students, including the Hispanic-Serving Institutions programs. It would cut a yearly mandatory funding amount from $255 million to $115 million and limit that money to Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Tribal Colleges and Universities. Many science, research, and agriculture grant programs would instead target schools serving many Federal Pell Grant recipients. Grant officials could not consider the race or ethnicity of schools or students, and recipients could not use racial preferences or quotas in admissions or hiring. A final section on increasing Federal Pell Grant funding is cut off in the text provided.

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Sponsors

• Jim Banks Republican sponsor
• 0 cosponsors