Expand AmeriCorps benefits so participants can afford in-state tuition at a public university after a full term of service.

Expand AmeriCorps benefits so participants enough money to afford in-state tuition at a public university after a full term of service

Houlahan commits to expanding AmeriCorps benefits to cover in-state tuition after service.

Education | U.S. Representative Chrissy Houlahan
secondary · other · model gpt-5.4-mini

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read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): In the Sep. 8-Oct. 7, 2026 lookback window, Congress saw a related AmeriCorps education-award tax-relief bill, but the official record shows referral only, not enactment or delivery of the promised benefit expansion.

unresolved later_term A for effort

S. 5533 (IS) - Segal AmeriCorps Education Award Tax Relief Act of 2026 - BILLS-119s5533is | Related Documents | GovInfo
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 88%

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provide an exclusion from gross income for AmeriCorps educational awards

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): The latest concrete federal proposal found in the lookback would improve tax treatment of AmeriCorps awards, but it does not itself set the award at in-state public university tuition and had not become law.

unresolved later_term A for effort

S. 5533 Introduced-in-Senate Text
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value equal to the maximum amount of a Federal Pell Grant

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Current federal law still ties the full-time national service education award to the Pell Grant maximum, rather than to in-state public university tuition.

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the maximum Pell Grant award remains fixed at $7,395

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): Because the AmeriCorps award is still linked to Pell, the operative 2026-27 maximum remains $7,395, not an expanded amount pegged to public university in-state tuition.

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2026–27 Federal Pell Grant Maximum and Minimum Award Amounts | Knowledge Center
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The following states offer in-state tuition to AmeriCorps alumni: Arizona, Maryland, and Nebraska.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): AmeriCorps identifies limited state-level in-state tuition availability for alumni, which is partial but falls short of a nationwide federal benefit sufficient to meet the promise.

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Schools of National Service Search | AmeriCorps
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Mr. Waltz (for himself, Ms. Houlahan, Mr. Panetta, and Mr. Bacon) introduced the following bill

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): Houlahan joined an early same-term bill aimed at AmeriCorps tuition benefits, documenting effort, but the bill record shows an introduced bill rather than enacted delivery.

unresolved same_term A for effort

H.R. 5829 Introduced-in-House Text - The National Service GI Bill Act
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 90%