During his 2008 campaign, Barack Obama promised to "provide grants for students seeking college level credit at community colleges if their school does not provide those resources."

In 2010, we ranked this promise Stalled. We wanted to see if anything had happened since then.

At the time of the last promise update, Congress was working on passing the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2009. It passed the House, but never passed the Senate.

Obama also proposed "America's College Promise" in 2015, which would have made two years at a community college free for "responsible students." But the proposal didn't receive any funding in 2016.

Community colleges did receive an extra $2 billion total during 2011-14 fiscal years from the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act. But nothing replaced that funding after that money ran out.

In addition, the 2008-09 school year saw $19.8 million worth of awards Pell Grant awards. Funding peaked in the 2010-11 school year at $39 million, and then fell to $30.3 million in the 2014-15 school year (which is the most recent data available).

A Pell Grant is government-provided money to help students pay for college.

All told, funding did increase, but did not maintain its peak levels. We rate this promise a Compromise.

EDITOR'S NOTE: This article has been updated to clarify it from an article about a related promise.

During the presidential campaign, Barack Obama promised "a national 'Make College a Reality' initiative that has a bold goal to increase students taking AP or college-level classes nationwide 50 percent by 2016, and will build on Obama's bipartisan proposal in the U.S. Senate to provide grants for students seeking college-level credit at community colleges if their school does not provide those resources."

However, searches using Nexis, Google and Whitehouse.gov turned up no evidence that the administration has done something tangible to advance this promise or anything like it.

Congress has been working on a bill that would boost community colleges. The Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2009 (H.R. 3221) passed the House on Sept. 17, 2009, by a 253-171 vote. The measure now awaits action by the Senate.

It authorizes grants totaling $730 million for each of the fiscal years 2010 through 2013, and $680 million for each of the fiscal years 2014 through 2019. These grants would aid community colleges in such areas as creating job-training partnerships with industry; providing student support services; creating new degree programs closely tied to the needs of employers; and increasing graduation and postcollege employment rates.

However, we found no specific language in the bill that addresses students taking AP or college-level courses at community colleges. So we are rating this promise Stalled.