1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Access, Success, and Persistence in Reshaping Education Act of 2017 or the ASPIRE Act . 2. Improving college access and completion for all students (a) In general Part G of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1088 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: 493E. Improving college access and completion for all students (a) Definitions Except as otherwise provided in this section, in this section: (1) Average student-related expenditure (A) In general The term average student-related expenditure means, with respect to the most recent fiscal year ending before the October of an academic year, the total amount of an institution’s instructional expenditures, student services expenditures, and the proportion of academic support expenditures that goes towards instruction, divided by the number of full-time equivalent students enrolled in the institution for the academic year. (B) Instructional expenditures The term instructional expenditures — (i) includes— (I) expenditures for the colleges, schools, departments, and other instructional divisions of the institution and expenses for departmental research and public service that are not separately budgeted; (II) general academic instruction, occupational and vocational instruction, community education, preparatory and adult basic education, and remedial and tutorial instruction conducted by the teaching faculty for the institution’s students; and (III) expenses for both credit and non-credit activities; (ii) may include information technology expenses related to instructional activities if the institution separately budgets and expenses information technology resources