3.0.0 3397 2023-01-11T13:18:24Z 2023-01-11T13:18:24Z House H HR 2009-07-29 111 hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee House Standing hsed13 Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcomittee Referred to 2009-10-22T20:43:22Z Referred to 2009-07-29T14:05:25Z Northern Mariana Islands College Access Act of 2010 111 4526 HR 2010-02-23 Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness. Related bill CRS 2009-10-22 hsed13 Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcomittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness. Committee 2009-07-29 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee 2009-07-29 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2009-07-29 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress S001177 Del. Sablan, Gregorio Kilili Camacho [D-MP-At Large] Gregorio Sablan D MP Kilili Camacho N Education Congressional oversight Education programs funding Higher education Northern Mariana Islands Student aid and college costs U.S. territories and protectorates Vocational and technical education Education 00 2009-07-29 Introduced in House 2009-09-03T13:58:57Z Northern Mariana Islands College Access Act of 2009 - Directs the Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands to use federal funds authorized by this Act to award grants to public four-year institutions of higher education (IHEs) located in the states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, or Guam to cover the difference between the in-state and out-of-state tuition and fees for students who have: (1) been domiciled in the Northern Mariana Islands for at least the 12 months preceding their enrollment in the IHE; and (2) received on or after January 1, 2008, a secondary school diploma or its equivalent while domiciled there.

Requires the Comptroller General to monitor the progam's effectiveness in expanding educational opportunities for such students.

Directs the Secretary of Education to provide financial assistance to Northern Marianas College so it can award a subgrant to an IHE to plan and implement a vocational training program at the College that awards certificates of completion in areas that include: (1) food preparation, services, and the culinary arts; (2) hospitality management; (3) carpentry; (4) electrical skills; (5) plumbing; and (6) other construction skills.

]]> Northern Mariana Islands College Access Act of 2009 Display Title Northern Mariana Islands College Access Act of 2009 Official Title as Introduced To establish a program that enables college-bound residents of the Northern Mariana Islands to have greater choices among institutions of higher education, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Northern Mariana Islands College Access Act of 2009 Introduced in House 2009-07-29T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111hr3397ih/xml/BILLS-111hr3397ih.xml 2009-10-22 Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.