Bipartisan Senate duo wants to help students get federal aid for learning outside college

Sens. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and Tim Sheehy (R-Mont.) are pairing up on a new bill that would pave a way for students to use financial aid to pay for prior learning assessments, a category of tests that grant college credit for learning outside a college setting, such as in a job. 

Those tests usually cost money. The senators’ bill, the Credit for Prior Learning Act, would allow students to use up to $2,000 in federal financial aid to pay test fees. It was introduced at the end of June.

“The point of federal aid is to help hardworking and deserving American students overcome financial barriers to further their education — it’s common sense that they should be able to use that aid towards fees associated with credit for prior learning,” Sheehy said in a statement. 

Klobuchar, who has sponsored a few other........

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