Shift Back to Society Act of 2021
Summary
Shift Back to Society Act of 2021 This bill directs the Department of Education to establish a pilot program that awards matching grants to historically Black colleges and universities to provide educational programs for eligible offenders to facilitate reentry into the community. An eligible offender is a convicted criminal offender who has been released from incarceration for not longer than one year or who is scheduled to be released from incarceration within one year. The Government Accountability Office must report to Congress on the results of the pilot program.
Bill status
in committee
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Introduction
Aug 2021
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Introduced Aug 13, 2021
Last action Aug 13, 2021
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Committee
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Aug 13, 2021
Committee
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
lower
Aug 13, 2021
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 13 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
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Party
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J. French Hill
RRepublican
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Alma S. Adams
DDemocratic
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André Carson
DDemocratic
Co
David J. Trone
DDemocratic
Co
Dean Phillips
DDemocratic
Co
Deborah K. Ross
DDemocratic
Co
Don Bacon
RRepublican
Co
Dwight Evans
DDemocratic
Co
Eleanor Holmes Norton
DDemocratic
Co
Jason Crow
DDemocratic
Co
Michael R. Turner
RRepublican
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