On this page, you'll find proposals that include recommendations for expanding or altering the Federal Pell Grant Program.
There have been no new Pell Grant bills in the current session of Congress.
Publication Date: 2/24/2021
New Bill Would Make Community College Free for All, Double Maximum Pell Grant Award
Appropriations Hearing Highlights Role and Needs of Community Colleges
Demographic Changes and Pandemic Fallout Could Alter Higher Ed Enrollment Trends
What the White House’s Fiscal Year 2022 Delayed Budget Proposal Means for Higher Ed
Pop Quiz – How Does a School Award Aid for Repeated Coursework in the Same Term?
Pell Restoration for Incarcerated Students Working Group Charter
Legislative Tracker Archive: Pell Grants
Following Latest Projections, Report Indicates Pell Grant Program in Danger of Facing Funding Cliff
Pop Quiz – Can We Award Summer Pell as a Header School for R2T4?
Removal of Number in College Yields More Equitable, Simple Application Process
2023-24 Federal Methodology Flowchart
Part 690: Federal Pell Grant Program
Federal Pell Grants and Iraq and Afghanistan Service Grant
Federal Pell Grants and Iraq and Afghanistan Service Grant Test
Rep. Shalala Addresses Federal Higher Education Policy in Post-COVID World
FAFSA Renewal Declines Have More Than Doubled Since Before Pandemic
Is the Pell Grant Reserve Fund in Trouble?
Bloomberg Targets Institutional Cost, Quality in Higher Ed Platform