Educational Opportunity and Success Act of 2025
Educational Opportunity and Success Act of 2025
Plain Language Summary
# Educational Opportunity and Success Act of 2025 - Summary **What the Bill Does:** This bill would extend and improve TRIO programs—federal initiatives that help students from disadvantaged backgrounds prepare for and succeed in college. If passed, it would keep these programs funded through 2030 and make several changes to how they operate, including making the application process easier for organizations seeking grants, providing more support to applicants, updating how program success is measured, and increasing financial stipends for students in two specific programs (Upward Bound and the McNair Program). **Who It Affects:** The bill primarily impacts low-income students, first-generation college students, and veterans who participate in TRIO programs. It also affects the schools, nonprofits, and other organizations that run these programs and apply for federal funding to support them. **Current Status:** The bill was introduced by Rep.
Warren Davidson (R-OH) and is currently in committee, meaning it has not yet been debated or voted on by the full House of Representatives. No action has been taken since its introduction in the 119th Congress.
CRS Official Summary
Educational Opportunity and Success Act of 2025This bill reauthorizes through FY2030 and otherwise revises TRIO programs. (These outreach and student-services programs identify and provide services to students from disadvantaged backgrounds.)Among other revisions to the programs, the billprohibits the Department of Education (ED) from rejecting TRIO grant applications based on certain errors;requires ED to provide additional technical assistance to interested grant applicants;revises the outcome criteria for measuring the quality and effectiveness of the programs, including those programs specifically designed for veterans;allows program administrators to use a student's most recent Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) to determine TRIO program eligibility; andincreases the maximum stipend for students participating in the Upward Bound Program or the Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement Program.
Latest Action
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.