A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for additional uses of funds for grants to strengthen historically Black colleges and universities, and for other purposes.

This bill would add new allowed uses for federal grants that strengthen historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) under the Higher Education Act. Schools could use the grants to give financial and other help to students in arts, arts education, and cultural programs, and to set up outreach programs and development offices for those departments. Grants could also pay for support services such as mentoring, counseling, and career advising, for exhibiting and protecting Black art collections, and for paid apprenticeships, internships, and fellowships with nonprofit arts groups. Schools could partner with the National Endowment for the Arts on these activities, and the bill defines "arts" to include performance, literary, visual, graphic, plastic, and decorative arts.

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Sponsors

• Angela D. Alsobrooks Democrat sponsor
• 1 cosponsors