Pathways to College Act 

The Pathways to College Act is legislation with bipartisan sponsorship that would improve the college-going rates of the neediest students through investment in college counseling, and focusing on the role of the school counselor in student achievement and college access.  It is based in part from NACAC recommendations and conclusions from the report from the Consortium on Chicago School Research, "From High School to the Future: Potholes on the Road to College."

Pathways to College Act Sponsors:
Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL)
Rep. Tim Bishop (D-NY-1)

Pathways to College Act Cosponsors:
Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC) - lead Senate cosponsor
Sen. Robert Casey (D-PA)
Sen. Al Franken (D-MN)
Sen. Arlen Specter (D-PA)
Sen. Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D-NY)
Rep. Vern Ehlers (R-MI-3) - lead House cosponsor
Rep. Kathy Castor (D-FL-11)
Rep. Carol Shea-Porter (D-NH-1)
Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA-4)
Rep. Susan Davis (D-CA-53)
Rep. Wm. Lacy Clay (D-MO-1)
Rep. Jared Polis (D-CO-2)
Rep. Henry "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA-4)
Rep. Patrick J. Kennedy (D-RI-1)
Rep. Michael M. Honda (D-CA-15)
Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA-16)
Rep. Timothy J. Walz (D-MN-1)
Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-TX-25)
Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN-9)
Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC-At Large)
Rep. Jesse L. Jackson, Jr. (D-IL-2)
Rep. Lynn C. Woolsy (D-CA-6)
Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA-34)
Rep. Paul D. Tonko (D-NY-21)
Rep. Todd R. Platts (R-PA-19)
Rep. Joe Courtney (D-CT-2)
Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN-5)
Rep. Joe Sestak (D-PA-7)

Use NACAC's Legislative Action Center to contact your members of Congress and urge them to join the above Senators and Representatives in co-sponsoring the Pathways to College Act. If your member of Congress is a sponsor/cosponsor of the Pathways to College Act, you may edit the message to say thank you for supporting access to postsecondary education.

Resources

Pathways to College Act Bill Text:
HR 2579 - House of Representatives
S 1129 - Senate

Senator Richard Durbin (D-IL) Pathways to College Act News Release

Senator Richard Durbin (D-IL) Floor Statement on Pathways to College Act

NACAC News, Letters and Resources 

A Comparison of Pathways to College Legislation and NACAC Recommendations

Talking Points to the Pathways to College Act 

NACAC and College Board Panel Discussion