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To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to change certain Federal Pell Grant requirements for certain students with disabilities, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill amends federal Pell Grant rules for students with disabilities. Under the bill, students with disabilities whose institutions determine that a reduced course load is appropriate can have their enrollment counted as full-time (if at least 5 credits) for purposes of calculating their Pell Grant amount. This would allow such students to receive federal grant funds while taking fewer courses. The change does not apply to other Federal Pell Grant eligibility calculations related to semester limits.
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- Apr 8, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce. · house
- Apr 8, 2025 Introduced in House
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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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