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Pell Grant Flexibility Act

To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to change certain Federal Pell Grant requirements for certain students with disabilities, and for other purposes.

Introduced Apr 8, 2025

Latest action (Apr 8, 2025) Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

Referred to
Education and Workforce Committee
Policy area
Education
Issues
Education
Legislative subjects (3)
Disability assistanceHigher educationStudent aid and college costs

Summary
  • Allows students with disabilities taking reduced course loads to receive full-time Pell Grant amounts when the institution determines a reduced load is appropriate
  • Establishes that students with disabilities enrolled in a reduced course load of at least 5 credits (or their institution-approved reduced load if greater) are considered full-time for Pell Grant calculation purposes
  • Clarifies that this provision does not affect how semester eligibility for Pell Grants is calculated

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.

Sponsor (1)
2 cosponsors

Money behind the sponsor

Top reported contributors to Joseph D. Morelle’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.

  • UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER $35,515
  • L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES $20,525
  • OSTROFF ASSOCIATES $13,200
  • ROCHESTER REGIONAL HEALTH $12,250
  • CONSTELLATION BRANDS $11,600

Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Joseph D. Morelle → · Outside spending →

Actions (2)
  1. Apr 8, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce. · house
  2. Apr 8, 2025 Introduced in House

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Similar bills (6)

Bills with similar text or summary — includes reintroductions across Congresses. Ranked by semantic similarity of the bill text (computed locally); a neutral discovery aid, not a claim the bills are duplicates.

  • HR 4862 — LOAN Act · Introduced Aug 1, 2025 · Cong. 119 74%
  • HR 1635 — Pell to Grad Act · Introduced Feb 26, 2025 · Cong. 119 73%
  • HR 5590 — Go to High School, Go to College Act · Introduced Nov 17, 2014 · Cong. 113 71%
  • HR 2543 — Tax-Free Pell Grant Act · Introduced Apr 1, 2025 · Cong. 119 71%
  • HR 2521 — American Family FAFSA Opportunity Act of 2025 · Introduced Mar 31, 2025 · Cong. 119 69%
  • HR 2664 — 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. · Introduced Apr 7, 2025 · Cong. 119 67%

Text versions (1)
  • Introduced in House · Apr 8, 2025

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Full text

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

April 8, 2025

Mr. Morelle (for himself and Mr. Fitzpatrick) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce

A BILL

To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to change certain Federal Pell Grant requirements for certain students with disabilities, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the “Pell Grant Flexibility Act”.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO THE HIGHER EDUCATION ACT OF 1965.

Section 401(b)(2) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070a(b)(2)) is amended—

(1) by striking “In any case” and inserting the following:

“(A) Reduction.—Except as provided in subparagraph (B), in any case”; and

(2) by adding at the end the following:

“(B) Students with disabilities.—

“(i) In general.—In the case of a student with a disability (as defined in section 3 of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12102)) for whom a reduced course load has been determined appropriate by the institution of higher education, the student’s enrollment in the reduced course load or 5 credits (or the equivalent), whichever is greater, shall be deemed to be enrollment on a full-time basis for purposes of calculating the amount of the Federal Pell Grant to which the student is entitled.

“(ii) Limited application.—A determination under clause (i) shall not be used in the calculation of Federal Pell Grant semester eligibility under subsection

(d)(5).”. <all>

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