HOUSE 2270116th CongressReferred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Removing Barriers to Foster Youth Success in College Act
- Last Action
- 4/10/2019
Actions
- 2019-04-10Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
- 2019-04-10Introduced in House
- 2019-04-10Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2019-04-10 (00)
Removing Barriers to Foster Youth Success in College Act
This bill revises certain federal TRIO programs to address the participation of children and youths who are homeless or in foster care in such programs.
Specifically, in approving applications for entities to carry out projects under the Talent Search or Upward Bound programs, the Department of Education (ED) shall require an entity to
- assure that it has reviewed and revised its policies and practices to remove barriers to the participation and retention of children and youths who are homeless or in foster care in such project,
- submit with its application a description of project activities that will reach out to such children and youths, and
- assure that it will submit a report on specified data and strategies to ED at the conclusion of the project.
Cosponsors (4)
- Don Bacon (R-NE)
- Salud Carbajal (D-CA)
- Karen Bass (D-CA)
- Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ)
Subjects
- Adoption and foster care
- Child care and development
- Congressional oversight
- Education of the disadvantaged
- Higher education
- Homelessness and emergency shelter
- Student aid and college costs
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