Kids Before Cons Act

Kids Before Cons Act

This bill amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to limit waiver authority of the Department of Education (ED) under the Experimental Sites Initiative.

Specifically, it prohibits ED from waiving statutory provisions that ban Pell Grant eligibility and federal financial aid for incarcerated students (e.g., as part of an experimental initiative to allow incarcerated students to receive Pell Grants for postsecondary education opportunities). The legislation also prohibits ED from awarding funds to an institution of higher education for providing such postsecondary education to incarcerated individuals.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2007 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2007

    To prohibit the awarding of Federal Pell Grants to incarcerated 
                  individuals, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 6, 2017

 Mr. Collins of New York (for himself and Mr. LaMalfa) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and 
                             the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
    To prohibit the awarding of Federal Pell Grants to incarcerated 
                  individuals, 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 ``Kids Before Cons Act''.

SEC. 2. LIMITATIONS ON WAIVERS FOR EXPERIMENTAL SITES.

    Section 487A(b)(3) (20 U.S.C. 1094a(b)(3)) is amended by adding at 
the end the following:
                    ``(C) Limitations.--Nothing in subparagraph (B) or 
                any other provision of this Act shall be construed to--
                            ``(i) authorize the Secretary to waive the 
                        prohibition under section 401(b)(6) on awarding 
                        a Federal Pell Grant to an incarcerated 
                        individual or any other individual described in 
                        such section 401(b)(6);
                            ``(ii) authorize the Secretary to waive the 
                        prohibition under section 484(b)(5) on awarding 
                        a loan under this title to an incarcerated 
                        individual; or
                            ``(iii) authorize the Secretary to award 
                        funds to institutions of higher education for 
                        providing postsecondary education to 
                        incarcerated individuals.''.
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