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H.R. 2270 116th Congress House

Removing Barriers to Foster Youth Success in College Act

Official title: To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require assurances by recipients of assistance under section 402B or 402C of that Act with respect to activities f… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require assurances by recipients of assistance under section 402B or 402C of that Act with respect to activities for homeless children and youths and foster care children and youth, and for other purposes.

Introduced: April 10, 2019 See on congress.gov
Education Adoption and foster careChild care and developmentCongressional oversightEducation of the disadvantaged
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Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Apr 10, 2019
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Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Removing Barriers to Foster Youth Success in College Act

This bill revises certain federal TRIO programs to address the participation of children and youths who are homeless or in foster care in such programs.

Specifically, in approving applications for entities to carry out projects under the Talent Search or Upward Bound programs, the Department of Education (ED) shall require an entity to

  • assure that it has reviewed and revised its policies and practices to remove barriers to the participation and retention of children and youths who are homeless or in foster care in such project,
  • submit with its application a description of project activities that will reach out to such children and youths, and
  • assure that it will submit a report on specified data and strategies to ED at the conclusion of the project.
 Related & companion bills 2
  • S 789 Higher Education Access and Success for Homeless and Foster Youth Act
  • HR 1724 Higher Education Access and Success for Homeless and Foster Youth Act
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 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 2 Republican 1
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Gottheimer, Josh
New Jersey · Jan 10, 2020
Bass, Karen
· May 2, 2019
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Bacon, Don
Nebraska · Apr 10, 2019
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Carbajal, Salud O.
California · Apr 10, 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2270: Removing Barriers to Foster Youth Success in College Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-2270/
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"H.R. 2270: Removing Barriers to Foster Youth Success in College Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-2270/.
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