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General Assembly Committee Bill No. 35
January Session, 2021
LCO No. 2588
Referred to Committee on COMMITTEE ON CHILDREN
Introduced by:
(KID)
AN ACT CONCERNING FI NANCIAL ASSISTANCE F OR POST-
SECONDARY EDUCATION EXPENSES FOR CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS
ADOPTED THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILDR EN AND
FAMILIES' FOSTER CARE PROGRAM.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (Effective from passage) Not later than October 1, 2021, the 1
Commissioner of Children and Families shall amend the Department of 2
Children and Families policy 25-2, effective January 2, 2019, concerning 3
financial assistance for post-secondary education expenses, by 4
expanding the eligibility criteria to receive assistance under said policy 5
to include any individual adopted through the department's foster care 6
program on or after January 1, 2001, provided (1) such individual meets 7
all other eligibility requirements of said policy, and (2) any assistance 8
received by such individual shall not exceed such individual's 9
demonstrated financial need, as determined by the Federal Student Aid 10
Office of the United States Department of Education. 11
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 from passage New section
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Statement of Purpose:
To expand the policy for financial assistance for post-secondary
education expenses to youths adopted on or after January 1, 2001
through the Department of Children and Families foster care program.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
underlined.]
Co-Sponsors: SEN. ANWAR, 3rd Dist.; REP. WINKLER, 56th Dist.
S.B. 35