Tucked inside a House spending measure for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education for fiscal year 2026 is a proposal to name a new type of federal Pell Grant after President Donald Trump.
The president’s sweeping tax cuts and spending package signed into law on July 4 included a provision that created a new grant called the Workforce Pell Grant, which the House appropriations bill seeks to rename as “Trump Grants.”
Beginning next year, students enrolled in career training programs in “in-demand industry sectors or occupations” will be eligible to receive Pell Grants, which are scholarships reserved for undergraduate and other students in the most significant financial need.
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