1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Debt-Free College Act . 2. Debt-free college partnership Title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1070 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: J Debt-Free College Partnership 499A–1. Purpose The purpose of this part is to establish State-Federal partnerships that will— (1) increase investment in public higher education; and (2) provide students the opportunity to attain higher education at in-State public institutions of higher education without debt ( debt-free college ). 499A–2. Definitions In this part: (1) College completion program The term college completion program means a program or service at an institution of higher education that is dedicated to addressing barriers to degree attainment, particularly for low-income students, for the purpose of increasing the percentage of students completing programs of study in their entirety and attaining related degrees. (2) Cost of attendance The term cost of attendance means— (A) tuition and fees normally assessed a student carrying the same academic workload as determined by the institution, and including costs for rental or purchase of any equipment, materials, or supplies required of all students in the same course of study; (B) an allowance for books, supplies, transportation, and miscellaneous personal expenses, including a reasonable allowance for the documented rental or purchase of a personal computer, for a student attending the institution on at least a half-time basis, as determined by the institution; (C) an allowance (determined by the institution) for room and board costs incurred by the student which— (i) shall be an allowance determined by the institution for a student without dependents residing at home with parents; (ii) for students without dependents residing in institutionally owned or operated housing, shall be a standard allowance determined by the institution based on the amount normally assessed most of its residents for room and board