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S 1429 109th Congress Senate

Improving Access to Education for Students Who Are Homeless or in Foster Care Act

Official title: A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to assist homeless students in obtaining postsecondary education, and for other purposes.

Introduced: July 20, 2005 Introduced by: Murray, Patty Democratic · Washington See on congress.gov
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It never became law before the 109th Congress (2005–2006) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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Jul 20, 2005
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8560-8562)
Jul 20, 2005
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8560)
Jul 20, 2005
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action July 20, 2005

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8560-8562)

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Improving Access to Education for Students Who Are Homeless or in Foster Care Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to include as independent students, for purposes of student financial assistance need analysis, students who: (1) are (or were until age 18) in foster care; or (2) are homeless and unaccompanied. Revises the dependency override process, and applications for independence determinations for students in special circumstances.

Includes students who are homeless or in foster care as eligible for certain HEA early outreach and student services programs.

Directs the Secretary of Education to award grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements, to partnerships of specified entities, for demonstration projects for highly mobile students to increase their secondary school success and graduation rate and their higher education enrollment and success.

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Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · Jul 27, 2005
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1429: Improving Access to Education for Students Who Are Homeless or in Foster Care Act. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-S-1429/
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"S. 1429: Improving Access to Education for Students Who Are Homeless or in Foster Care Act." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-S-1429/.
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