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
[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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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
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