Removing Barriers to Foster Youth Success in College Act

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2270 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2270

  To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require assurances by 
 recipients of assistance under section 402B or 402C of that Act with 
respect to activities for homeless children and youths and foster care 
              children and youth, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 10, 2019

Mr. Mitchell (for himself, Mr. Bacon, and Mr. Carbajal) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and 
                                 Labor

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require assurances by 
 recipients of assistance under section 402B or 402C of that Act with 
respect to activities for homeless children and youths and foster care 
              children and youth, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Removing Barriers to Foster Youth 
Success in College Act''.

SEC. 2. TALENT SEARCH.

    Section 402B(d) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1070a-12(d)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (3), by striking ``and'' after the 
        semicolon;
            (2) in paragraph (4), by striking the period at the end and 
        inserting a semicolon; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(5) require an assurance that the entity carrying out the 
        project has reviewed and revised policies and practices as 
        needed to remove barriers to the participation and retention in 
        the project of homeless children and youths (as such term is 
        defined in section 725 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless 
        Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11434a)), including unaccompanied 
        youths, and foster care children and youth;
            ``(6) require that such entity submit, as part of the 
        application for the project, a description of the activities 
        that will be undertaken to reach out to homeless children and 
        youths and foster care children and youth as part of the 
        project; and
            ``(7) require an assurance that such entity will prepare 
        and submit the report required under section 402H(e) at the 
        conclusion of the project regarding homeless children and 
        youths and foster care children and youth.''.

SEC. 3. UPWARD BOUND.

    Section 402C(e) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1070a-13(e)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (4), by striking ``and'' after the 
        semicolon;
            (2) in paragraph (5), by striking the period at the end and 
        inserting a semicolon; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(6) require an assurance that the entity carrying out the 
        project has reviewed and revised policies and practices as 
        needed to remove barriers to the participation and retention in 
        the project of homeless children and youths (as such term is 
        defined in section 725 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless 
        Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11434a)), including unaccompanied 
        youths, and foster care children and youth;
            ``(7) require that such entity submit, as part of the 
        application, a description of the activities that will be 
        undertaken to reach out to homeless children and youths and 
        foster care children and youth regarding the project; and
            ``(8) require an assurance that such entity will prepare 
        and submit the report required under section 402H(e) at the 
        conclusion of the project regarding homeless children and 
        youths and foster care children and youth.''.

SEC. 4. REPORTS AND EVALUATIONS.

    Section 402H of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070a-
18) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(e) Reports Regarding Homeless Children and Youths and Foster 
Care Children and Youth.--
            ``(1) In general.--Each entity carrying out a project under 
        section 402B or 402C shall, at the conclusion of the project, 
        prepare and submit a report to the Secretary that includes--
                    ``(A) data on the number of homeless children and 
                youths (as such term is defined in section 725 of the 
                McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
                11434a)) and foster care children and youth served 
                through the project; and
                    ``(B) a description of any strategies or program 
                enhancements that were used in the project and that 
                were effective in meeting the needs of homeless 
                children and youths and foster care children and youth.
            ``(2) Reports to congress.--The Secretary annually shall 
        submit to the Congress a report summarizing the information 
        provided in the reports submitted under paragraph (1).''.
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