Postsecondary Adult Vocational Education Act

To expand the educational and work opportunities of welfare recipients under the program of block grants to States for temporary assistance for needy families.

Subjects

Social Welfare

Summary

Postsecondary Adult Vocational Education Act - Amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act to: (1) provide that 24 months of higher education and participation in a Federal work-study program are permissible work activities under TANF; and (2) repeal the limitation on the number of teen heads of household whose vocational educational training may count as work. Limits the number of persons whose higher education may count as work.

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Legislative Actions

1999-11-17
Introduced in House
1999-11-17
Introduced in House
1999-11-17
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
1999-11-17
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
1999-11-17
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
1999-11-17
Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
2000-02-08
Referred to the Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education, Training and Life-Long Learning.

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