Education Counts Act of 2002

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Bill Number

HR 3730

Introduced

Feb 12, 2002

Latest Action

Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.

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Topics

Aid to dependent children Cash welfare block grants Education Families Government Operations and Politics Higher education Labor and Employment Social Welfare Student employment Welfare work participation Welfare-to-work Youth

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Summary

Education Counts Act of 2002 - Amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)) of title IV of the Social Security Act to treat as permissible work activities for welfare recipients: (1) up to 48 months of postsecondary education or vocational educational training; and (2) participation in a Work-Study program under the Higher Education Act of 1965.

Revises the TANF educational cap to remove teen parents from the 30 percent limitation on the number of individuals in all families and in two-parent families who are treated as engaged in work by reason of participation in postsecondary education (currently, vocational educational training).

Actions

May 9, 2002

Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
Feb 12, 2002

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.
Feb 12, 2002

Introduced in House

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