[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 17]
[House]
[Page 23904]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




         SUPPORT THE HOMELESS EDUCATION IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 2007

  (Mrs. BIGGERT asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mrs. BIGGERT. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to address an issue that 
means a great deal to me, the education of homeless youth.
  Shortly before the August recess, this House overwhelmingly passed a 
resolution commemorating the 20th anniversary of the McKinney-Vento 
Homeless Assistance Act. In addition to recognizing the positive impact 
of McKinney-Vento, this resolution called on policymakers to unite 
behind certain common goals for the future. One of those goals is to 
improve the access of homeless children and youth to education in the 
public schools.
  In order to meet this goal, I invite my colleagues to cosponsor a 
bill that I recently introduced with Representatives Sarbanes and 
Grijalva, H.R. 3205, the Homeless Education Improvement Act of 2007. 
The bill will extend and improve the successful homeless children and 
youth programs in NCLB.
  Mr. Speaker, being without a home should not mean being without an 
education. I strongly encourage my colleagues to cosponsor the Homeless 
Education Act.

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