Foster Youth Success in College Act

Bill: 115-hr-5915
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Mitchell, Paul [R-MI-10]
Introduced: 2018-05-22
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Adoption and foster care

Education of the disadvantaged

Homelessness and emergency shelter

Student aid and college costs
Latest action: action_date: 2018-05-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Summaries:
action_date: 2018-05-22
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Foster Youth Success in College Act</b></p> <p>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.</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5915 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 A BILL To amend the TRIO programs to require priority to be given to homeless children and youth, and students in foster care.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Foster Youth Success in College Act . 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 .