Bill would create $5 million grant program to expand college‑access services statewide

House Bill 2,997 would direct the Higher Education Coordinating Commission (HECC) to establish and administer a grant program to expand the scope and reach of college-access and postsecondary-success programs. The measure would appropriate $5,000,000 to HECC to carry out the grant program, declare an emergency, and take effect on passage; the bill is in the Joint Committee on Ways and Means and was the subject of an informational hearing April 21.