S. 1135 · 115th Congress
Pell Grant Restoration Act of 2017
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Elizabeth Warren
- Introduced
- 2017-05-16
- Latest action
- 2017-05-16 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Summary
Pell Grant Restoration Act of 2017
This bill amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to restore a student's Pell Grant eligibility for any period of time during which the student qualified for, or would have qualified for, federal student loan forgiveness due to school closure, assertion of a defense against repayment, or institutional fraud or misconduct.
Specifically, this bill provides that Pell Grants received by a student during that period of time do not count toward the student's lifetime Pell Grant eligibility period (currently 12 full-time semesters).