1. Short title; references (a) Short title This Act may be cited as the Student Aid Improvement Act of 2019 . (b) References Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other provision, the reference shall be considered to be made to a section or other provision of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.). 2. Continued support for minority-serving institutions Sec. 371(b)(1)(A) ( 20 U.S.C. 1067q(b)(1)(A) ) is amended by striking for each of the fiscal years 2008 through 2019. and all that follows, and inserting the following: for fiscal year 2020 and each fiscal year thereafter. . 3. Making it easier to apply for Federal aid and making that aid predictable (a) Need analysis (1) In general Section 471 ( 20 U.S.C. 1087kk ) is amended to read as follows: 471. Amount of need (a) In general Except as otherwise provided therein, beginning with award year 2021–2022, the amount of need of any student for financial assistance under this title (except subpart 1 or 2 of part A) is equal to— (1) the cost of attendance of such student; minus (2) the student aid index (as defined in section 473) for such student