[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2591 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2591

   To provide certain secondary school students with eligibility for 
 certain campus-based student assistance under title IV of the Higher 
                         Education Act of 1965.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

              October 8 (legislative day, October 2), 1998

  Mr. Kerrey introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
         referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
   To provide certain secondary school students with eligibility for 
 certain campus-based student assistance under title IV of the Higher 
                         Education Act of 1965.

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

SECTION 1. SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN VOCATIONAL OR TECHNICAL 
              PROGRAMS.

    Section 484 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1091) is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(s) Secondary School Students in Vocational or Technical 
Programs.--Notwithstanding subsection (a)(1) or any other provision of 
law, an institution of higher education that awards an associate degree 
may award a secondary school student assistance under the provisions of 
subpart 3 of part A, part C, and part E, of this title that are not 
inconsistent with this subsection, if the student is--
            ``(1) from a low-income family; and
            ``(2) concurrently enrolled in a secondary school, and in a 
        vocational or technical program at the institution, for the 
        period for which the assistance is sought.''.
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