Grothman Introduces Bill to Encourage Accelerated College Completion Rates

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Congressman Glenn Grothman (R-Glenbeulah) introduced the Pell Grant Modernization Act, which would increase the definition of "full-time" Pell Grant eligibility from 12-units per semester to 15-units per semester, while reducing the amount of semesters a student is eligible to use his/her Pell Grant award--from 12 semesters to 10 semesters.

"In too many cases across the country, college students are taking six or more years to complete their college education," said Grothman. "This unnecessary amount of time spent sitting in a classroom adds thousands of dollars to a student borrower's loan balance."

"To address this growing problem, I introduced the Pell Grant Modernization Act in hopes of accelerating college completion rates. The critical changes to the Pell Grant program included in this bill will ensure students are moving towards college completion, while saving taxpayers billions of dollars per year -- which is especially important when our country is so deeply in debt."

As a member of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, Grothman hopes to make reforms to The Higher Education Act, which is currently up for reauthorization. Grothman is optimistic about the committee's efforts to reauthorize the law to make federal student aid programs more accountable to taxpayers and affordable for students.

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