Helping Foster and Homeless Youth Achieve Act

Bill: 117-s-3350
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV]
Introduced: 2021-12-09
Policy area: Education
Latest action: action_date: 2021-12-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-12-09
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><strong>Helping Foster and Homeless Youth Achieve Act</strong></p> <p>This bill requires an institution of higher education, as a condition of receiving certain federal funding, to waive application fees for homeless children and youth and certain foster care youth.</p>

tv_txt: II 117th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 3350 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES December 9, 2021 Ms. Rosen (for herself and Mr. Portman ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions A BILL To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to condition an institution of higher education's receipt of Federal assistance on waiving the application for enrollment fee for homeless children and youths and students who were in foster care at any time when the students were 13 years of age or older.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Helping Foster and Homeless Youth Achieve Act . 2. Waiver of application fees for homeless children and youths and foster youth Part G of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1088 et seq. ) is amended by adding at the end the following: 493E. Waiver of application fees for homeless children and youths and foster youth In order for an institution of higher education, or a student enrolled at the institution, to receive Federal assistance under this Act, the institution shall waive the application for enrollment fee for homeless children and youths (as defined in section 725 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act ( 42 U.S.C. 11434a )) and for a student who was in foster care at any time when the individual was 13 years of age or older, as indicated on the Free Application for Federal Student Aid submitted by the student. .