HR 2111 · 99th Congress · Families

A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to improve the access to higher education of low-income parents in need of child care services and for other purposes.

Introduced 1985-04-18· Sponsored by Rep. Burton, Sala [D-CA-5]· House

Bill Progress

Introduced
2
Committee
3
House Vote
4
Senate
5
Enacted
Latest: Referred to Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education.(1985-05-06)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to add a new title XII, School-Based Child Care Programs. (Redesignates the current title XII as title XIII.) Authorizes appropriations for FY 1986 through 1990 for grants to institutions of higher education for: (1) construction, reconstruction, and renovation of facilities, located at such institutions, to be used to provide child care services (free for students from families with incomes less than 150 percent of the poverty level, and with a sliding-scale of fees based on income for other students participating); (2) child care services through vouchers for disadvantaged college students (with two-thirds of the participants to be low-income students who are first generation college students, and the remainder, to be either low-income or first generation college students); and (3) child care personnel work-experience programs (which provide experience for students by arranging part-time employment for them in licensed child care programs).…

Summarized by Claude AI · Non-partisan · For informational purposes only

Cosponsors (3)

3 Democrats