are solely those of TICAS and do not necessarily reflect the views of our funders. The Institute for College Access & Success (TICAS) is an independent, nonprofit, nonpartisan organization working to make higher education more available and affordable for people of all backgrounds. Our Project on Student Debt increases public understanding of rising student
include means‐tested benefits, refundable tax credits, and untaxed Social Security benefits. This would roll back changes from the College Cost Reduction and Access Act of 2007 (CCRAA), which passed with bipartisan support as well as support from numerous higher education and student groups. Expanding the definition of untaxed income would cut Pell Grants for
$15,000 and $32,000 would no longer be eligible for an automatic-zero EFC. This would reverse changes from the College Cost Reduction and Access Act of 2007 (CCRAA), which passed with bipartisan support in Congress as well as support from numerous higher education and student groups. Almost two million Pell Grant recipients—many of whom are
of the petition were eventually accomplished through the legislative rather than regulatory process, with the passage of the College Cost Reduction and Access Act of 2007.