Foster Youth Success in College Act

Foster Youth Success in College Act

This bill amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require the Talent Search and Upward Bound TRIO programs to give priority to homeless youth and youth in foster care.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5915 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5915

To amend the TRIO programs to require priority to be given to homeless 
            children and youth, and students in foster care.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 22, 2018

 Mr. Mitchell introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                Committee on Education and the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the TRIO programs to require priority to be given to homeless 
            children and youth, and students in foster care.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Foster Youth Success in College 
Act''.

SEC. 2. PRIORITY FOR HOMELESS CHILD AND YOUTH AND STUDENTS IN FOSTER 
              CARE.

    (a) Talent Search.--Section 402B(d)(1) of the Higher Education Act 
of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070a-12(d)(1)) is amended by inserting before the 
semicolon at the end the following: ``, and that priority will be given 
to homeless children and youth (as such term is defined in section 725 
of the McKinney Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11434a)) and 
students in foster care or who are aging out of the foster care 
system''.
    (b) Upward Bound.--Section 402C(e)(1) of the Higher Education Act 
of 1965 is amended by inserting before the semicolon at the end the 
following: ``, and that priority will be given to homeless children and 
youth (as such term is defined in section 725 of the McKinney Vento 
Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11434a)) and students in foster care 
or who are aging out of the foster care system''.
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