Federal program pays college costs for children of teachers and firefighters.
H.R. 10551 — Public Service Educational Assistance Act · Filed by Shomari Figures (D-AL) · 2 cosponsors · Introduced Sep 24, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
The bill creates a federal program that pays for college tuition, fees, and books. It covers adult children of public service workers. These workers must work at least 20 years as teachers, police, firefighters, social workers, or first responders. The program pays for up to 4 years of school at public colleges or training programs. The money stacks with other federal student aid and is tax-free.
Who it affects
Adult children of public service workers gain direct money for college. Public colleges and training programs get tuition money from the program.
One thing to notice
The bill does not say how much money will be spent. It does not say where the money will come from. A teacher hired today would not see their child get aid until 2046.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
2 cosponsors: 1 Democrats, 1 Republicans.
- Sep 24, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Sep 24, 2026 — Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means and House Committee on Education and Workforce · Congress.gov: “Referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for…”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- public service workers — Teachers, police, firefighters, social workers, and first responders.
- tuition — The money students pay to go to school.
- federal student aid — Money the federal government gives to help students pay for school.
- tax-free — Money that does not count as income for taxes.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (4,462 characters) on Sep 26, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 15,166 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-09-26.
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