S 3995 · 109th Congress · Education

Education Opportunity Act

Introduced 2006-09-29· Sponsored by Sen. DeMint, Jim [R-SC]· Senate

Bill Progress

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Committee
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Senate Vote
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House
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Enacted
Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.(2006-09-29)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Education Opportunity Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Education to award grants to low-income secondary school juniors and seniors for the cost of taking nonremedial courses offered by institutions of higher education which award such students transferable postsecondary credits for such courses. States the sense of the Senate that funding for this program should not affect funding for the Pell Grant program.…

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Cosponsors (1)

1 Democrat
Sen. Obama, Barack [D-IL]IL