PATH to Education Act
Sponsored By: Representative Goodlander
Introduced
Summary
Connects students and Head Start families to higher education and early childhood centers by funding targeted transit improvements. It creates parallel urban and rural grant programs to add stops, change schedules, expand paratransit, and cover operating costs so people can reach eligible institutions.
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- Students and families: Funds new stops, routes, paratransit, schedule changes, and some operating costs so students and center-based Head Start participants and their families can get to campuses and centers.
- Transit providers and partners: Public transit providers can apply in partnership with community colleges, minority-serving institutions, area career and technical schools, rural-serving colleges, or Head Start agencies to plan and run these service improvements.
- Funding and priority: Establishes a set-aside that phases from $1.0 million in FY2027 to $5.0 million in FY2031 across the 5307 and 5311 grant streams, with priority for partnerships where over 25% of students receive Federal Pell Grants.
*Creates statutory set-asides of $1.0 million to $5.0 million annually from FY2027 to FY2031 within Sections 5307 and 5311 to fund these grants.*
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More transit to colleges and Head Start
If enacted, this bill would create PATH transit grants to help students and center-based Head Start families reach campuses and classrooms. The Secretary would award grants to public transit agencies that partner with eligible colleges, career and technical schools, minority-serving and rural-serving institutions, and Head Start centers. Grants would pay to add stops or routes (including paratransit), change schedules or increase frequency, and cover eligible operating costs to connect people to schools and centers. The Secretary would give priority to partnerships where more than 25% of enrolled students receive Federal Pell Grants. The bill would set aside $1 million in FY2027, $2 million in FY2028, $3 million in FY2029, $4 million in FY2030, and $5 million in FY2031 for these urban and rural PATH grants. The program would not itself change fare policy.
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Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Goodlander
NH • D
Cosponsors
Van Drew
NJ • R
Sponsored 1/15/2026
Rep. Wilson, Frederica S. [D-FL-24]
FL • D
Sponsored 1/15/2026
Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1]
PA • R
Sponsored 1/15/2026
Kean
NJ • R
Sponsored 1/15/2026
McDonald Rivet
MI • D
Sponsored 1/15/2026
Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-12]
MI • D
Sponsored 3/2/2026
Craig
MN • D
Sponsored 3/2/2026
Rep. Sorensen, Eric [D-IL-17]
IL • D
Sponsored 3/2/2026
Rep. Thanedar, Shri [D-MI-13]
MI • D
Sponsored 4/14/2026
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