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Comments Submitted to Department of Education on Short-Term Pell
NSC submitted comments to the Department of Education on its proposed rulemaking to implement changes to Title IV of the Higher Education Act under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. In particular, NSC addressed the AHEAD Committee’s work on establishing eligibility requirements for the new Workforce Pell Grant, which will support students in short-term programs leading to recognized credentials with strong outcomes.Calling on Congress to mark up the JOBS Act
A collective letter, Feb 2025, to encourage the the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) to markup legislation to expand federal Pell Grant program eligibility to high-quality, shorter-term education and training programs.Short-term Pell Letter to Senate HELP Committee
A collective letter, Feb 2024, to encourage the Senate to consider legislation to expand Pell Grant eligibility to high quality short-term education and training programs following bipartisan efforts to prioritize this issue in the House Committee on Education and the Workforce which advanced a bill out of committee December 2023.Workforce Pell and Quality Credentials in the News
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