President’s Policy Bill Makes Changes to Pell Grants

New grants aim to fill workforce gaps, boost low-income workers

Reading Time: 7 minutes Click here to read highlights from the story A provision of President Donald Trump’s big bill creates Workforce Pell grants, available to students who demonstrate “exceptional financial need” and lack a graduate degree.  The new grants can be used to pay for qualifying workforce training that can be completed in less than a semester. The grants are supposed to be available starting in fall 2026, but questions loom abou…

How Colleges and States Can Make Workforce Pell a Reality

Students enrolled in short-term programs will qualify for Pell Grants under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Now federal, state and college officials need to figure out how to carry out the long-fought-for policy. Community colleges secured a massive legislative win earlier this month after more than a decade of advocacy. Workforce Pell, at long last, is en route to become a reality.

President’s policy bill makes changes to Pell Grants

The new law expands Pell Grants to include short-term, job training programs.

New grants aim to fill workforce gaps, boost low-income workers - Open Campus

The federal budget bill that passed this month has drawn much attention for polarizing Medicaid work requirements, cuts to food aid and new funding for immigration enforcement. But one item tucked into the lengthy bill has been on bipartisan wish lists for more than a decade.  It allows eligible Americans to use Pell grants, the federal government’s largest grant program for undergraduates, to pay for shorter workforce training courses than what…

How Colleges And States Can Make Workforce Pell A Reality - Data Intelligence

Community colleges secured a massive legislative win earlier this month after more than a decade of advocacy. Workforce Pell, at long last, is en route to become a reality. The One Big Beautiful Bill Act, signed into law July 4, extends Pell Grants to low-income students enrolled in eligible short-term programs, between eight and 15 weeks long. The policy shift is expected to put money in the pockets of hundreds of thousands of students per year…