HR 5016
117th Congress
House
Education
Shift Back to Society Act of 2021
Introduced: August 13, 2021
Introduced by:
Hill, J. French
Republican
· Arkansas
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Everywhere this bill has been
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Introduced
In committee
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Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Aug 13, 2021
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Aug 13, 2021
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Shift Back to Society Act of 2021
This bill directs the Department of Education to establish a pilot program that awards matching grants to historically Black colleges and universities to provide educational programs for eligible offenders to facilitate reentry into the community.
An eligible offender is a convicted criminal offender who has been released from incarceration for not longer than one year or who is scheduled to be released from incarceration within one year.
The Government Accountability Office must report to Congress on the results of the pilot program.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Committees of jurisdiction
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