S. 1403

Referred to Committee

Expanding On-Campus Child Care to Help Student Parents Succeed Act

Introduced 5/9/2019•116th Congress•Senate

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

5/9/2019 • Senate

Summary

Expanding On-Campus Child Care to Help Student Parents Succeed Act

This bill permanently reauthorizes and revises the Child Care Access Means Parents in School Program. (The program awards grants to support the participation of low-income parents in postsecondary education through the provision of campus-based child care services.)

Among other revisions to the program, the bill allows grant funds to be used for additional purposes (e.g., child care subsidies and support services) and specifies additional grant application requirements.

Introduced in Senate • 5/9/2019

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Topics & Subjects

Policy Area: Education

Child care and developmentEducation of the disadvantagedEducation programs fundingEducational facilities and institutionsGovernment information and archivesHigher educationPreschool educationTeaching, teachers, curricula