; or (2) in the case of an Indian Tribe, the governing body of such Tribe. (b) Contents Each State or Indian Tribe application shall include, at a minimum— (1) an estimate of the number of eligible students in the State or Indian Tribe and the cost of waiving community college resident tuition and fees for all eligible students for each fiscal year covered by the grant, with annual increases of an amount that shall not exceed 3 percent of the prior year’s average resident community college tuition and fees; (2) an assurance that all community colleges in the State or under the jurisdiction of the Indian Tribe, respectively, will waive resident tuition and fees for eligible students in programs that are— (A) academic programs with credits that can fully transfer via articulation agreement toward a baccalaureate degree or post-bac­ca­lau­re­ate degree at any public institution of higher education in the State; or (B) occupational skills training programs that lead to a recognized postsecondary credential that is in an in-demand industry sector or occupation in the State; (3) a description of the promising and evidence-based institutional reforms and innovative practices to improve student outcomes, including completion or transfer rates, that have been or will be adopted by the participating community colleges, such as— (A) providing comprehensive academic and student support services, including mentoring and advising, especially for low-income, first-generation, adult, and other underrepresented students; (B) providing accelerated learning opportunities, such as dual or concurrent enrollment programs, including early college high school programs; (C) advancing competency-based education; (D) strengthening remedial education, especially for low-income, first-generation, adult and other underrepresented students; (E) implementing course redesigns of high-enrollment courses to improve student outcomes and reduce cost; or (F) utilizing career pathways or degree pathways