[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3214 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3214

  To amend title IV of the Social Security Act to enhance educational 
 opportunity, increase school attendance, and promote self-sufficiency 
                       among welfare recipients.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 5, 1993

   Mr. Knollenberg introduced the following bill; which was referred 
  jointly to the Committees on Ways and Means and Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title IV of the Social Security Act to enhance educational 
 opportunity, increase school attendance, and promote self-sufficiency 
                       among welfare recipients.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Children's Education Opportunity 
Act''.

SEC. 2. STATE OPTION TO ESTABLISH LEARNFARE PROGRAMS.

    (a) In General.--Section 402(a) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 602(a)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph (44);
            (2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (45) and 
        inserting ``and;''; and
            (3) by inserting after paragraph (45) the following:
            ``(46) at the option of the State, provide that--
                    ``(A) the needs of an individual will not be taken 
                into consideration (or will be only partly taken into 
                consideration) under paragraph (7) for any month if--
                            ``(i) the individual has attained the age 
                        specified in the applicable State compulsory 
                        school attendance law at which a child must 
                        begin to attend school, but has not attained 17 
                        years of age; and
                            ``(ii) the State agency determines that the 
                        individual has failed without good cause to 
                        regularly attend an elementary, secondary, 
                        vocational school, or other appropriate school; 
                        and
                    ``(B) an individual whose needs are not taken into 
                consideration (or are only partly taken into 
                consideration) by reason of subparagraph (A) shall, 
                nevertheless, be considered to be receiving aid under 
                this part for purposes of determining--
                            ``(i) the eligibility for such aid of any 
                        other individual to whom paragraph (7) applies; 
                        and
                            ``(ii) eligibility for medical assistance 
                        under the State plan approved under title 
                        XIX.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect on January 1, 1994, and shall apply to payments under part 
A of title IV and title XIX of the Social Security Act for calendar 
quarters beginning on or after such date.

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