[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1287 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1287

To amend the definition of independent student for purposes of the need 
 analysis in the Higher Education Act of 1965 to include older adopted 
                               students.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 22, 2005

  Mr. Coleman (for himself and Ms. Landrieu) introduced the following 
  bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, 
                     Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the definition of independent student for purposes of the need 
 analysis in the Higher Education Act of 1965 to include older adopted 
                               students.

    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 ``Fostering Adoption to Further 
Student Achievement Act''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENT TO INDEPENDENT STUDENT.

    Section 480(d) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1087vv(d)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (6), by striking ``or'' after the 
        semicolon;
            (2) in paragraph (7), by striking the period at the end and 
        inserting ``; or''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(8) was adopted from the foster care system when the 
        individual was 13 years of age or older.''.
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