Lead the Go to High School, Go to College Act to extend Pell Grant access to high school students taking college courses.

Elise is currently leading the Go to High School, Go to College Act. ... this legislation will give high school students taking college classes access to the Pell Grant program.

Campaign site says she is pushing a bill that would let eligible high school students in college courses receive Pell Grants.

Education Issues - Elise for Congress
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Mr. Gottheimer (for himself and Ms. Stefanik) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

The document shows Stefanik as a cosponsor on the introduced Parents Decide Act, but it does not contain any explicit commitment or future-oriented promise by her.

H.R. 8250 (IH) - Parents Decide Act - BILLS-119hr8250ih | Related Documents | GovInfo
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Mr. Faso (for himself, Ms. Fudge, Mr. Katko, Mr. Donovan, Mr. King of New York, Ms. Stefanik, Mr. Ryan of Ohio, Miss Rice of New York, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, Mr. Stivers, and Mr. Kildee) introduced the bill; it was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce. The bill title states it would amend the Higher Education Act to allow Early College Federal Pell Grants.

Stefanik cosponsored the original House bill matching the claim, but the record shows introduction and referral only; no enactment or later advancement is shown here.

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H.R. 4435 (IH) - Go to High School, Go to College Act of 2017
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The bill amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to direct the Department of Education to carry out a program awarding Early College Federal Pell Grants to students in early college high schools. The bill status is Introduced and the latest action is referral to the Committee on Education and the Workforce.

This is the clearest official legislative record for the named initiative; it shows the proposal existed and was introduced, but not that it was passed or implemented.

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H.R.4435 - 115th Congress (2017-2018): Go to High School, Go to College Act of 2017
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This bill would direct the Department of Education to carry out a program awarding Early College Federal Pell Grants to support enrollment in and completion of postsecondary courses offered through early college high schools. Students otherwise eligible for Pell but for secondary-school enrollment would be deemed eligible upon completion of a full-time postsecondary semester or equivalent.

Shows the policy concept behind the claim predates Stefanik’s 2017 cosponsorship, and the underlying program design was a proposed bill rather than an enacted policy.

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H.R.2065 - 114th Congress (2015-2016): Go to High School, Go to College Act
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The page states that Stefanik 'successfully led the effort to expand Pell Grant eligibility year-round' and that she 'recently introduced the Success for Rural Students and Communities Act' to give rural students greater opportunity to receive a college degree.

Her official current education page highlights other Pell-related efforts, but it does not show delivery of the specific early-college Pell grant claim; instead it suggests attention shifted to different higher-ed priorities.

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Education | Congresswoman Elise Stefanik
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The bill text would award high school students a Federal Pell Grant for early college fast-track pathways beginning in award years starting July 1, 2027, notwithstanding the normal secondary-school Pell restriction.

A later Congress is still considering a similar early-college Pell concept, which indicates the idea was not resolved as a prior completed Stefanik accomplishment.

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Text - S.3359 - 119th Congress (2025-2026): Fast Track To and Through College Act
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