Colleges must help homeless and foster youth go to college
H.R. 9960 — Higher Education Access and Success for Homeless and Foster Youth Act of 2026 · Filed by Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA) · 1 cosponsor · Introduced Jul 27, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
The bill tells colleges to hire staff to help homeless and foster youth students. These students pay in-state tuition rates. They get first choice for campus housing. The bill puts these students into federal mentoring and work-study programs. The Department of Education must train colleges on how to help.
Who it affects
Homeless and foster youth who want to go to college benefit most. Colleges must follow new rules and hire liaisons to help.
One thing to notice
Colleges must do new work to help these students. The bill does not say who pays for that work.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
1 cosponsor: 1 Republicans.
- Jul 27, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Jul 27, 2026 — Referred to House Committee on Education and Workforce · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- liaisons — Staff members who help connect students to services and support.
- in-state tuition — The lower tuition rate that state residents pay to state colleges.
- work-study — A federal program that lets students work part-time jobs on campus to help pay for college.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (18,301 characters) on Jul 31, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,707 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-09-23.
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