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Arlington, VA -- The Manager’s Amendment to the Build Back Better Act that was released earlier today maintains a discriminatory provision that was in the earlier version of the bill that would punish low-income and minority students attending proprietary postsecondary institutions by excluding them from accessing the $550 increase in Pell Grants that will be available to students attending all other institutions. "This blatantly discriminatory policy will only harm low-income students who are trying to better their lives and improve their career opportunities," said CECU’s President and CEO, Dr. Jason Altmire. "By excluding low-income students attending proprietary postsecondary institutions from the Pell Grant increase, Congress is aggressively punishing students purely based on the type of institution they attend. Congress still has a chance to fix this anti-student provision in the Build Back Better Act to ensure that all low-income students will be eligible for the expanded Pell Grant." ### About Career Education Colleges and Universities
Career Education Colleges and Universities (CECU) is the national association serving the proprietary higher education sector. Please direct media inquiries to Devin Miller, Director of Communications at Devin.Miller@career.org Comments are closed.
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