HR 1635
Pell to Grad Act
Summary
Pell to Grad Act This bill raises from 12 to 16 the total number of semesters during which a student may receive a Pell Grant. It also allows income-eligible graduate students who received Pell Grants during their undergraduate education to utilize their remaining Pell Grant eligibility toward their first graduate degree, subject to this 16-semester duration limit. Currently, Pell Grants are available only to undergraduate students, subject to the 12-semester duration limit.
Bill status
- Status
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Rep. Haley M. Stevens [D-MI-11]
- Cosponsors
- 1
- Policy area
- Education
- Introduced
- 2025-02-26
- Latest action
- 2025-02-26: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Committee referrals
Recent actions
- 2025-02-26: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
- 2025-02-26: Introduced in House
- 2025-02-26: Introduced in House