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Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Chris Coons (D-DE) today introduced the American Dream Accounts Act, legislation that would help to increase the number of low-income and at-risk students able to access and complete a college education. This legislation would authorize the Department of Education to award three-year competitive grants to support innovative and comprehensive partnerships that support low-income students in preparation for a college education. Earlier today, Rubio joined Coons and Opportunity Nation to announce their reintroduction of the bill.
“I was happy to join Senator Coons and Opportunity Nation today to announce the reintroduction of American Dream Accounts Act. Since its inception, America has been a unique nation where anyone from anywhere can do anything,” said Rubio. “We must keep it that way and I believe one way to do that is to provide more pathways for children to attend college. The American Dream is what makes our country exceptional, and it is crucial we do everything we can to expand economic mobility and lessen the opportunity gap in America.”
“If we want to ensure that American workers can compete in the global economy, we must ensure that every child has an equal opportunity to access higher education,” said Coons. “The American Dream Accounts Act would bridge the opportunity gap by connecting students, teachers, parents, and mentors to create a new generation of higher education achievers through streamlining resources that would allow young people to prepare for, save for, train for, and achieve their dreams for their futures.”
Endorsed by Opportunity Nation, First Focus Campaign for Children, Corporation for Enterprise Development (CFED), National PTA, Delaware PTA, and Delaware State University, the American Dream Accounts Act encourages partnerships among schools, colleges, non-profits and businesses to develop secure, Web-based student accounts that contain information about academic preparedness, financial literacy and high-impact mentoring and would be tied to a college savings account. Instead of approaching these threads independently, this bill connects students, parents and teachers across silos, and takes a small but significant step toward helping more at-risk students of all income levels access, afford and complete a college education.
The American Dream Accounts Act authorizes the Department of Education to award three-year competitive grants to local partnerships that: