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H.R.3661 / 110th Congress

Rural Students College, Career, and Community Readiness Act of 2007

Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness.

Official summary

Version 00 · Introduced in House · Sep 25, 2007

Rural Students College, Career, and Community Readiness Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of Education to award grants to up to two nonprofit organizations to conduct higher education and career readiness demonstration projects.

Requires grantees to partner with rural local educational agencies and schools to enroll a cohort of seventh grade students and a cohort of ninth grade students into the demonstration projects, which are to provide such students with approximately 25 hours of informational and educational services in each grade through grade 12 that prepare them for higher education and a successful career.

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Who introduced it

Rep. McCarthy, Carolyn [D-NY-4] · D–NY

Committees

  • Education and Workforce Committee
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  1. Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness.

  2. Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

  3. Introduced in House

  4. Introduced in House

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