S. 1949 · 115th Congress
Affordable Housing for Educational Achievement Demonstration Act
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Patty Murray
- Introduced
- 2017-10-05
- Latest action
- 2017-10-05 · Introduced in Senate
Summary
Affordable Housing for Educational Achievement Demonstration Act or the AHEAD Act
This bill requires the Department of Education and the Department of Housing and Community Development to jointly award competitive grants to specified partnerships for demonstration projects that (1) improve academic achievement and life outcomes for children from low-income families; and (2) either increase socioeconomic or racial diversity in one or more local educational agencies or create housing and educational stability for homeless children and youths, or both.