[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 562 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 562

     To improve transfer of earned school credits for foster youth.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 27, 2015

 Mr. Grayson introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                Committee on Education and the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
     To improve transfer of earned school credits for foster youth.

    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 ``Improving Education for Foster Youth 
Act''.

SEC. 2. IMPROVED CREDIT TRANSFER FOR CHILDREN IN FOSTER CARE.

    Subpart 2 of part E of title IX (20 U.S.C. 7901 et seq.) of the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.) 
is amended by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 9537. CREDIT TRANSFER OF CHILDREN IN FOSTER CARE.

    ``Each State that receives assistance under this Act shall 
implement policies ensuring that a child in foster care who is changing 
schools can transfer school credits and receive partial credits for 
coursework satisfactorily completed while attending a prior school or 
educational program.''.
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