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H.R. 2027 100th Congress House

Project ACCESS

Official title: A bill to authorize the nine regional educational laboratories to receive funds from the Department of Education to develop and operate demonstration programs … Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to authorize the nine regional educational laboratories to receive funds from the Department of Education to develop and operate demonstration programs based in local educational agencies to provide rural secondary school students with information, assistance, and personal support related to the preparation, choice, and selection of postsecondary educational programs and institutions of higher education as well as career planning.

Introduced: April 9, 1987 See on congress.gov
Education Agriculture and Rural AffairsEducational counselingEducational innovationsHigher education
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Regional educational laboratoriesRural affairs legislationRural conditionsRural schoolsSecondary school studentsVocational guidance
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May 8, 1987
Referred to Subcommittee on Select Education.
Apr 9, 1987
Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
Apr 9, 1987
Introduced in House
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 Latest action May 8, 1987

Referred to Subcommittee on Select Education.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Project ACCESS - Establishes a two-year demonstration program that will provide a wide array of services to secondary school students in rural sections of the country to encourage entry into and successful completion of postsecondary education programs, career planning, and return to the rural community.

Authorizes the Secretary of Education, in accordance with specified provisions of the Higher Education Amendments of 1986, to support development of Project ACCESS Program capability in any or all of the nine Educational Research Laboratories. Sets forth application requirements and services to be incorporated as part of the programming under Project Access.

Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 and 1989 to supplement the contracts now held by the nine regional educational laboratories administered by the Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI) for purposes of this program. Subjects this program to ratable reductions.

Requires regional educational laboratories wishing to develop and operate a demonstration Project ACCESS Program to request a modification of their existing OERI contracts. Sets forth required contents of such proposed contract modifications.

Requires OERI to prepare and submit a report to the Congress on the impact of this demonstration program, including recommendations of the regional laboratories, by November 30, 1988.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2027: Project ACCESS. 100th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/100-HR-2027/
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