Diversify Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 10518 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 10518 To remove college cost as a barrier to every student having access to a well-prepared and diverse educator workforce, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 21, 2026 Mr. Garcia of Illinois (for himself, Mrs. Hayes, Mrs. McBath, Mr. Pocan, Mr. Espaillat, Mrs. Grijalva, Ms. DelBene, Ms. Norton, Ms. Chu, Ms. Bonamici, Ms. Lee of Pennsylvania, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, and Ms. Tlaib) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To remove college cost as a barrier to every student having access to a well-prepared and diverse educator workforce, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Diversifying by Investing in Educators and Students to Improve Outcomes For Youth Act'' or the ``Diversify Act''. SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO THE TEACH GRANTS PROGRAM UNDER THE HIGHER EDUCATION ACT OF 1965. Subpart 9 of part A of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070g et seq.) is amended-- (1) in section 420L(1), by inserting ``(except that such term does not include an institution described in subsection (a)(1)(A) of section 102)'' after ``102''; (2) in section 420M-- (A) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ``$4,000'' and inserting ``$8,000''; (B) in subsection (b)(3), by striking the second and third sentences and inserting the followin