MI HR0234

Urges Congress to repeal the 1994 federal ban on Pell grants for incarcerated individuals, which has prevented prisoners from accessing federal financial aid for postsecondary education.

Cites that prison education reduces recidivism by 43 percent and returns $4.00 to $5.00 in taxpayer savings for every dollar invested.

Notes that 65 percent of new jobs nationwide require postsecondary education, while only 24 percent of federal prisoners currently have access to postsecondary education.

Specifies that if Pell grant funds become limited, non-prisoner applicants should receive priority over prisoner applicants.

Requests transmission of this resolution to the President of the United States Senate, Speaker of the House, and Michigan's congressional delegation.