Territorial Student Access to Higher Education Act

Sponsor: James C. Moylan (Republican-GU)

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Introduced

In Committee

Passed One Chamber

Passed Both Chambers

Signed into Law

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Residents of U.S. territories would pay in-state tuition at public colleges.

This bill would make it easier for students from certain U.S. territories to afford college. Public colleges that get federal aid would need to charge in-state tuition rates. This applies to eligible students from Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Currently, these students often pay higher out-of-state rates.

What Would Change

Currently, public colleges can charge residents of Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, and the United States Virgin Islands higher out-of-state tuition rates. If this bill becomes law, these colleges would be prohibited from charging eligible students from these territories more than the in-state tuition rate.

Key Provisions

Requires public colleges that get federal aid to charge in-state tuition rates. This applies to eligible students from Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Defines an "eligible student" as someone who lives in one of these territories and is a U.S. national.
Adds a rule that colleges must follow these new tuition requirements to keep getting federal program money.