Educational Opportunity and Success Act of 2025This bill reauthorizes through FY2030 and otherwise revises TRIO programs. (These outreach and student-services programs identify and provide services to students from disadvantaged backgrounds.)Among other revisions to the programs, the billprohibits the Department of Education (ED) from rejecting TRIO grant applications based on certain errors;requires ED to provide additional technical assistance to interested grant applicants;revises the outcome criteria for measuring the quality and effectiveness of the programs, including those programs specifically designed for veterans;allows program administrators to use a student's most recent Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) to determine TRIO program eligibility; andincreases the maximum stipend for students participating in the Upward Bound Program or the Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement Program.
Relating to the establishment of the Texas Promise Grant Program for Two-Year Programs and the Texas Promise Grant Program for Four-Year Programs for certain students at public institutions of higher education.
Establishes the mental health educational opportunity program and the mental health higher educational opportunity program to provide additional educational opportunities for students at certain universities and colleges in the state to enroll in academic programs that lead to a degree or degrees required for licensure in any of the mental health professions.
Relates to allowing for students in certain postsecondary education experience or transition programs to receive awards from the tuition assistance program.
Relates to allowing for students in certain postsecondary education experience or transition programs to receive awards from the tuition assistance program.
Building Lasting Opportunities for Community K–12 Act or the BLOCK ActThis bill repeals on October 1, 2025, specified formula grants for programs administered by the Department of Education (ED). Beginning with FY2026, ED must instead provide block grants for these programs to each state based on amounts received in FY2025.Specifically, the bill repeals the following allocation formulas for programs under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965:the Education for the Disadvantaged program (which includes Basic Grants, Concentration Grants, Targeted Grants, and Education Finance Incentive Grants);State Assessment Grants;the Migrant Education Program;Prevention and Intervention Programs for Children and Youth Who Are Neglected, Delinquent, or At-Risk;Supporting Effective Instruction State Grants; English Language Acquisition State Grants;Student Support and Academic Enrichment Grants;the 21st Century Community Learning Centers program;the Rural Education Achievement Program (which includes both the Small, Rural School Achievement Program and the Rural and Low-Income School Program); andIndian Education Formula Grants.