Sec. 114. Applications
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For each fiscal year for which a State or Indian Tribe desires a grant under this subtitle, an application shall be submitted to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require. Such application shall be submitted by— in the case of a State, the Governor, the State agency with jurisdiction over higher education, or another agency designated by the Governor to administer the program under this subtitle; or in the case of an Indian Tribe, the governing body of such Tribe.
Each State or Indian Tribe application shall include, at a minimum— an estimate of the number of eligible students in the State or Indian Tribe and the cost of waiving community college resident tuition and fees for all eligible students for each fiscal year covered by the grant, with annual increases of an amount that shall not exceed 3 percent of the prior year’s average resident community college tuition and fees; an assurance that all community colleges in the State or under the jurisdiction of the Indian Tribe, respectively, will waive resident tuition and fees for eligible students in programs that are— academic programs with credits that can fully transfer via articulation agreement toward a baccalaureate degree or postbaccalaureate degree at any public institution of higher education in the State; or occupational skills training programs that lead to a recognized postsecondary credential that is in an in-demand industry sector or occupation in the State; a description of the promising and evidence-based institutional reforms and innovative practices to improve student outcomes, including completion or transfer rates, that have been or will be adopted by the participating community colleges, such as— providing comprehensive academic and student support services, including mentoring and advising, especially for low-income, first-generation, adult, and other underrepresented students; providing accelerated learning opportunities, such as dual or concurrent enrollment programs, including early college high school programs; advancing competency-based education; strengthening remedial education, especially for low-income, first-generation, adult and other underrepresented students; implementing course redesigns of high-enrollment courses to improve student outcomes and reduce cost; or utilizing career pathways or degree pathways; a description of how the State or Indian Tribe will promote alignment between its public secondary school and postsecondary education systems, including between 2-year and 4-year public institutions of higher education and with minority-serving institutions described in section 371(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1067q(a) ), to expand awareness of and access to postsecondary education, reduce the need for remediation and repeated coursework, and improve student outcomes; a description of how the State or Indian Tribe will ensure that programs leading to a recognized postsecondary credential meet the quality criteria established by the State under section 123(a) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act ( 29 U.S.C. 3153(a) ) or other quality criteria determined appropriate by the State or Indian Tribe; an assurance that all participating community colleges in the State or under the authority of the Indian Tribe have entered into program participation agreements under section 487 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1094 ); and an assurance that, for each year of the grant, the State or Indian Tribe will notify each eligible student of the student’s remaining eligibility for assistance under this subtitle.
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