The Postsecondary Student Success Act of 2026 authorizes the Department of Education to award competitive grants to colleges and universities for creating evidence-based programs that help increase student participation, retention, and graduation rates, with a special focus on high-need students such as low-income students, first-generation college students, students with disabilities, and military-connected students. Eligible recipients include public colleges, nonprofit educational partnerships, and consortiums of institutions, with two percent of total funds reserved specifically for tribal colleges and universities. The grants would run from fiscal years 2027 through 2032 and require grantees to implement proven practices like comprehensive academic advising, accelerated learning programs, improved course scheduling, better transfer pathways, tutoring services, and career coaching, while at least 20 percent of available funds must go to programs using the most rigorous, evidence-based practices. Recipient institutions must establish annual performance benchmarks, evaluate their programs' effectiveness, and demonstrate how they will sustain improvements after grant funding ends, with the Department of Education required to report results to Congress within 18 months.
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