Legislative Tracker: Campus-Based Programs
On this page, you'll find proposals that modify the existing campus-based aid programs, which include the Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant (FSEOG), Federal Work Study (FWS), and the Federal Perkins Loan program.
H.R.5807 — Empowering Individuals to Succeed Through Education and Workforce Training Act
Sponsor: Rep. Smith [D-WA]
Introduced: 10/21/2025
NASFAA Summary & Analysis: This bill would amend the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to establish a Support Services Training Fund, which would help individuals participating in eligible workforce and education training programs. The fund would provide competitive grants of up to $2 million per year to qualified applicants. Grant recipients would use the funds to offer support services to individuals enrolled in training under specified sections of the Act, such as those provided through the adult and dislocated worker programs or adult education. Eligible support services would include those already defined under existing law, such as transportation, childcare, and dependent care, as well as additional services identified by grantees as necessary to help participants complete training, including funding for groceries and after-hours childcare.
S.2987 — American Workforce Act
Sponsor: Sen. Cotton [R-AR]
Introduced: 10/08/2025
NASFAA Summary & Analysis: This bill would establish a workforce training alternative to college for U.S. citizens with a high school diploma who do not hold a bachelor’s degree. The bill would create an American Workforce Division within the Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration to administer the American Workforce Program. Through this program, trainees would enter into approved American workforce contracts with private employers to receive paid, full-time work and educational training. Employers could receive up to $9,000 per trainee in workforce education subsidies to cover training costs and a $1,000 hiring bonus if they employ a trainee full-time after completion. Training programs would be required to develop industry-relevant, competency-based skills and could be delivered by approved third-party partners such as community colleges, nonprofits, or trade associations. The bill would prohibit the use of federal funds for diversity, equity, and inclusion or culturally responsive training, political activity, or any purpose not directly related to workforce education. Employers would be required to pay at least the applicable minimum wage, use E-Verify, comply with nondiscrimination laws, and offer jobs paying at least 80 percent of the local median household income.
H.R.4318 — Head Start for Our Future Act
Sponsor: Rep. Castro [D-TX]
Introduced: 07/10/2025
NASFAA Summary & Analysis: This bill would include child development and early learning programs as eligible community services under the Federal work-study program.
S.2166 — Head Start for Our Future Act
Sponsor: Sen. Gillibrand [D-NY]
Introduced: 06/25/2025
NASFAA Summary & Analysis: This bill would recognize child development and early learning, including work in Head Start and Early Head Start programs, as qualifying community service under the FWS program. The bill would allow college students to earn FWS funds by working in these early childhood programs, provided specific safeguards are met.
S.2036/H.R.3913 — Putting American Students First Act
Sponsor: Sen. Banks [R-IN]
Sponsor: Rep. Houchin [R-IN]
Introduced: 06/11/2025
NASFAA Summary & Analysis: This bill adds new eligibility requirements for participation in Federal TRIO programs. Specifically, it limits eligibility to U.S. nationals, lawful permanent residents, certain aliens intending to become permanent residents, citizens or lawful residents of the Freely Associated States, or individuals with CNMI (Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands) Resident status. The bill prohibits waiving these eligibility requirements under any existing law or authority.
H.R.1490 — TRIO Access Act
Sponsor: Rep. Moore [D-WI]
Introduced: 02/21/2025
NASFAA Summary & Analysis: This bill would expand the use of certain tax return information disclosed to institutions of higher education for financial aid purposes to more easily determine students’ eligibility for TRIO programs.
S.377 — Students Helping Young Students Act of 2025
Sponsor: Sen. Booker [D-NJ]
Introduced: 02/03/2025
NASFAA Summary & Analysis: This bill would establish a Federal Work-Study program that enables college students to work in off-campus after-school programs at eligible elementary and secondary schools by expanding the definition of community service to include after-school activities and allows institutions receiving Federal Work-Study funds to allocate them for student employment in these programs. It directs ED to create a registration process for eligible schools and establish participation standards. Priority is given to schools serving low-income communities, and students involved must receive appropriate training.
Legislative Tracker Overview | Archive: Campus-Based Programs
Publication Date: 10/21/2025