H.R. 10043 — Heritage Legacy Act

This section establishes a grant program under which the Secretary of Education awards each HBCU, beginning in FY2027, an amount equal to the total annual tuition charged to all qualified students. It requires the grants to fund direct scholarships covering tuition for up to 12 semesters for full-time undergraduates verified as descendants of individuals enslaved in the United States, using pre-October 1965 census records listing specified racial classifications or other Secretary-authorized proof, and reserves 5 percent of funds for verification and administrative costs.

This section excludes any scholarship awarded under the Heritage Legacy Act when computing the student aid index for qualified students. A qualified student is a descendant of enslaved individuals as defined in section 2 of that Act.