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General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 6563
January Session, 2023
AN ACT INCREASING THE AGE OF ELIGIBILITY FOR THE
POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION FUNDING PROGRAM OFFERED BY
THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2023) (a) As used in this section: 1
(1) "Department" means the Department of Children and Families; 2
(2) "Postsecondary education program" means any program that 3
leads to an academic degree or certification in a vocation or 4
employment training; and 5
(3) "Postsecondary education funding program" means the program 6
offered by the department under which it funds the postsecondary 7
education of a youth who is committed to the department at the age of 8
eighteen or younger and meets the requirements established by the 9
department in its policies and regulations. 10
(b) The Commissioner of Children and Families shall amend the 11
department policies and regulations regarding the postsecondary 12
education funding program to (1) increase the age until which a youth 13
can voluntarily agree to receive and qualify for services and funding 14
from the department under the postsecondary education funding 15
program from twenty-one to twenty-six years of age, and (2) increase 16 Substitute Bill No. 6563
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the age until which a youth who is enrolled in a postsecondary 17
education program and continues to meet the requirements 18
established by the department is eligible for funding to complete such 19
postsecondary education program under the postsecondary education 20
funding program from twenty-three to twenty-eight years of age. 21
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2023 New section
HED Joint Favorable Subst.