H.R. 758·High School Beginner
A Bill to Double the Maximum Pell Grant
Rep. Adams (D-IL)
Doubles the maximum federal Pell Grant for low-income college students.
Sec. 1 — Mandate
The maximum Pell Grant award shall double to approximately $14,800 by FY27.
Sec. 2 — Eligibility
No change to existing income eligibility formulas.
Sec. 3 — Funding
$28 billion per year.
Sec. 4 — Enforcement
Department of Education administration.
Tournament Prep
Mechanical parts, sourced & timed
Use this as your pre-round checklist. Memorize the source citation. Time yourself to the delivery target.
- Bill / Number
- H.R. 758 — A Bill to Double the Maximum Pell Grant
- Funding source
- $28B/yr from general fund.
- Timeline
- Phased to double by FY27.
- Realistic — annual appropriations rider.
- Enforcing agency
- Department of Education Federal Student Aid.
- Yes — FSA administers Pell.
- Penalty for non-compliance
- Institutional aid eligibility loss.
- Source citation
- Brookings, Kelchen (2023), 'Doubling the Pell Grant' — brookings.edu.
- Delivery time (read aloud)
- 1:00 (60s)
Strongest counter-argument
Doubling Pell will push colleges to raise tuition (the 'Bennett hypothesis').
Your pre-emptive answer
Brookings (2023) reviewed 30 years of Pell increases — empirical tuition pass-through has been 3-15 cents per dollar of additional Pell, not the 1:1 the Bennett hypothesis predicted. Pell increases overwhelmingly reach students.