Foster Youth Higher Education Opportunities Act

Foster Youth Higher Education Opportunities Act - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to inform students who indicate on their Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) form that they are or were in the foster care system of their potential eligibility for federal student aid, including the specific federal programs under which they may be eligible for assistance.

Requires the Secretary to provide foster youth with that same information on the Department of Education's website.

[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6669 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6669

  To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide information to 
  foster youth on their potential eligibility for Federal student aid.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 13, 2012

 Mr. Lewis of Georgia (for himself, Mr. Franks of Arizona, Mr. Rangel, 
 Mr. McDermott, Mr. Crowley, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Ms. Jackson Lee of 
Texas, Ms. Norton, Ms. Bass of California, Mr. Hastings of Florida, Ms. 
Wilson of Florida, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Towns, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Mr. 
    Fattah, Mr. Clay, Ms. Richardson, Mrs. Davis of California, Mr. 
    Langevin, Mr. Schiff, and Ms. Lee of California) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and 
                             the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide information to 
  foster youth on their potential eligibility for Federal student aid.

    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 ``Foster Youth Higher Education 
Opportunities Act''.

SEC. 2. INFORMING FOSTER YOUTH OF THEIR POTENTIAL ELIGIBILITY FOR 
              FEDERAL STUDENT AID.

    Section 483 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1090) is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(i) Informing Foster Youth of Their Potential Eligibility for 
Federal Student Aid.--The Secretary shall inform each student who 
indicates on a FAFSA form, in either paper or electronic format, that 
the student is a foster youth or was in the foster care system of the 
student's potential eligibility for Federal student aid, including the 
specific Federal programs under which such student may be eligible to 
receive assistance such as the John H. Chafee Foster Care Independence 
Program under section 477 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
677).''.

SEC. 3. INFORMATION FOR FOSTER YOUTH ON DEPARTMENT WEB SITE.

    Section 485E(b) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1092f(b)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(5) Information for foster youth on department web 
        site.--The Secretary shall include on the Department's Web site 
        information for foster youth regarding such youth's potential 
        eligibility for Federal student aid, including the specific 
        Federal programs under which such youth may be eligible to 
        receive assistance.''.
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