S. 2885: A bill to build capacity at community colleges in order to meet increased demand for community college education while maintaining the affordable tuition rates and the open-door policy that are the hallmarks of the community college system.
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S. 2885: A bill to build capacity at community colleges in order to meet increased demand for community college education while maintaining the affordable tuition rates and the open-door policy that are the hallmarks of the community college system.
108th Congress · introduced 2004-10-04 · Education · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10367-10368)
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- Where it came from: introduced 2004-10-04 · official record
- Who proposed it: Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10367-10368) Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
A bill to build capacity at community colleges in order to meet increased demand for community college education while maintaining the affordable tuition rates and the open-door policy that are the hallmarks of the community college system.
Plain summary
Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish a community college capacity-building grant program. Directs the Secretary of Education to award such grants, on a competitive basis, to individual community colleges or consortia of community colleges to meet capacity challenges.
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Official text
A bill to build capacity at community colleges in order to meet increased demand for community college education while maintaining the affordable tuition rates and the open-door policy that are the hallmarks of the community college system.
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Sponsor: Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD] · 1 cosponsors
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-108s2885.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/108/s>
Record fed-us-cong108-s2885 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong108 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong108