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Version 00 · Introduced in House · Sep 29, 2022
Community and Technical College Investment Act of 2022
This bill establishes four grant programs, including a tuition-free community college grant program, to expand access to higher education.
Specifically, the bill directs the Department of Education to establish
a grant program to facilitate tuition-free community college for all eligible students,
a grant program to provide institutional capacity and wraparound service support with respect to the implementation of tuition-free community college,
a grant program to provide emergency aid subgrants to eligible students enrolled at public institutions of higher education, and
a grant program to provide technical assistance to states applying for any of these grants.
People & committees
Rep. Smith, Adam [D-WA-9] · D–WA
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Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Introduced in House
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