§1067q Investment in historically Black colleges and universities and other minority-serving institutions

Summary

Gives colleges and universities $255,000,000 each year starting in fiscal year 2020. The money stays available into the next year. Schools that can get the money include part B institutions, Hispanic-serving institutions, Tribal Colleges and Universities, Alaska Native- and Native Hawaiian-serving institutions, Predominantly Black institutions, Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-serving institutions, and Native American-serving nontribal institutions. The funds are split: $100,000,000 for Hispanic-serving institutions to support activities under the law with a priority for getting more Hispanic and low-income students into STEM degrees and for creating transfer agreements between 2-year and 4-year Hispanic-serving schools; $100,000,000 where 85% is given as grants to part B institutions (using the usual grant rules) with priority for certain student and academic activities and to build career-ready programs in sciences, math, computer science, engineering, languages, international affairs, nursing, or allied health, and 15% is for a competitive program that will award 25 grants of $600,000 each year to Predominantly Black institutions for work in STEM, health, internationalization, teacher preparation, or improving outcomes for African American males; and $55,000,000 that is split as $30,000,000 for Tribal Colleges and Universities, $15,000,000 for Alaska Native- and Native Hawaiian-serving institutions, $5,000,000 for Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-serving institutions for certain activities, and $5,000,000 to Native American-serving nontribal institutions for planning and capacity-building (like buying lab equipment, improving facilities, faculty development, curriculum, libraries, management, shared facilities, and student support). The Secretary must try to distribute those Native American-serving nontribal funds fairly in a competitive process. Key defined terms in one line each: Asian American (as defined by the federal race standards); Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-serving institution (an eligible school with at least 10% of undergraduates in those groups); enrollment of needy students (schools where at least 50% of undergrads meet certain low-income, Pell, means-tested benefit, high-poverty school, or first-generation criteria); low-income individual (defined elsewhere in law); means-tested Federal benefit program (a program that uses income to decide who gets benefits); Native American (someone from a tribe, people, or culture indigenous to the U.S.); Native American Pacific Islander (a descendant of aboriginal people from U.S. Pacific islands); Native American-serving nontribal institution (a nontribal college with at least 10% Native American undergrads that must submit enrollment data); Predominantly Black institution (a college that meets several rules about needy student enrollment, low spending per student, at least 40% Black undergrads, at least 1,000 undergrads, at least 50% low-income or first-generation students, degree programs, accreditation, and not getting certain other federal assistance).