To provide funds to schools that provide educational services to homeless children and youth.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
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Version 00 · Introduced in House · Mar 1, 2001
Requires a State or local educational agency that receives funds under certain provisions of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act to provide such funds, to the extent practicable, to any State-accredited public elementary or secondary school that provides educational services to homeless children and youth.Allows a homeless parent or guardian to exercise the right to choose to enroll a child or youth in a public elementary or secondary school accredited by the State designed exclusively for the education of homeless children and youth, if available.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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