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S 1650 116th Congress Senate Education Adoption and foster care Education programs funding Higher education Homelessness and emergency shelter Indian social and development programs Student aid and college costs

Fostering Success in Higher Education Act of 2019

Introduced: May 23, 2019 See on congress.gov
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May 23, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
May 23, 2019
Introduced in Senate
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Fostering Success in Higher Education Act of 2019

This bill requires the Department of Education to provide formula grants to states for activities to improve college access, retention, and completion rates for foster and homeless youth. States that receive such grants must award subgrants to institutions of higher education to carry out these activities in partnership with child welfare agencies and organizations serving homeless youth.

What's happening now May 23, 2019

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 4674 Related bill College Affordability Act
  • HR 2966 Identical bill Fostering Success in Higher Education Act of 2019
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Smith, Tina
Minnesota · Jun 18, 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1650: Fostering Success in Higher Education Act of 2019. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-1650/
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"S. 1650: Fostering Success in Higher Education Act of 2019." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-1650/.
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S. 1650, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-1650/.
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