{"bill":{"id":"119-hr-1409","congress":119,"type":"HR","number":1409,"title":"College Thriving Act","originChamber":"House","introducedDate":"2025-02-18","sponsors":[{"bioguideId":"F000477","fullName":"Rep. Foushee, Valerie P. [D-NC-4]","party":"D","state":"NC","district":4}],"cosponsorsCount":1,"latestAction":{"actionDate":"2025-02-18","text":"Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce."},"policyArea":"Education","subjects":["Education programs funding","Higher education","Performance measurement","Teaching, teachers, curricula"],"actions":[{"date":"2025-02-18","text":"Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-02-18","text":"Introduced in House","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"Library of Congress","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-02-18","text":"Introduced in House","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"Library of Congress","hasVote":false}],"summary":"<p><strong>College Thriving Act</strong></p><p>This bill requires the Department of Education (ED) to award competitive grants to eligible institutions of higher education (IHEs) to carry out skills-for-success courses for all enrolled first-year students (including transfer students).&nbsp;<em>Skills-for-success course</em> means a course that (1) has a low student-to-teacher ratio, (2) is not graded or is pass-fail, and (3) provides skills for success in college in specified topics (e.g., time management skills, coping with stress, and goal setting).&nbsp;</p><p>In awarding grants, ED must give priority to IHEs where at least 50% of all students enrolled in the most recent academic year were eligible to receive a Federal&nbsp;Pell Grant.</p>","updateDate":"2026-02-04T04:26:29Z"},"markets":[],"stateBills":[],"meta":{"sources":["congress.gov"],"latencyMs":313,"ts":"2026-04-19T09:58:02.581Z"},"nextActions":{"inspect":[],"related":[{"description":"Search related legislation","method":"GET","url":"/api/public/query-gov?q=College%20Thriving%20Act"}]}}