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H.R. 5915 115th Congress House

Foster Youth Success in College Act

Official title: To amend the TRIO programs to require priority to be given to homeless children and youth, and students in foster care.

Introduced: May 22, 2018 See on congress.gov
Education Adoption and foster careEducation of the disadvantagedHomelessness and emergency shelterStudent aid and college costs
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Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
May 22, 2018
Introduced in House
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 Latest action May 22, 2018

Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Foster Youth Success in College Act

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.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5915: Foster Youth Success in College Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-5915/
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"H.R. 5915: Foster Youth Success in College Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-5915/.
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H.R. 5915, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-5915/.
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