H.R. 5810 (110th): Mentor-Mentee Teen Pregnancy Reduction Act of 2008

Introduced:
Apr 15, 2008 (110th Congress, 2007–2009)
Sponsor:
Rep. Nydia Velázquez [D-NY12]
Status:
Died (Referred to Committee)
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This bill was re-introduced as H.R. 4034 (112th) on Feb 15, 2012.

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This bill was introduced on April 15, 2008, in a previous session of Congress, but was not enacted.

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Introduced Apr 15, 2008
Cosponsors
none
Committees

House Education and the Workforce

House Energy and Commerce

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Full Title

To amend title V of the Social Security Act to provide grants for school-based mentoring programs for at risk teenage girls to prevent and reduce teen pregnancy, and to provide student loan forgiveness for mentors participating in such programs.

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Last updated Apr 15, 2008.
10 pages

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4/15/2008--Introduced.
Mentor-Mentee Teen Pregnancy Reduction Act of 2008 - Amends title V (Maternal and Child Health Services) of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award competitive grants to local educational agencies or community-based organizations for the creation of school-based programs that provide mentoring to at-risk teenage girls to prevent and reduce teen pregnancy. Requires program mentors to be women who: (1) have received at least a baccalaureate degree from an institution of higher education; (2) are mentoring no more than two program mentees; and (3) are trained and screened to encourage mentees to engage in responsible, goal-orientated behavior, delay their sexual activity, and increase their participation in school. Authorizes the Secretary to provide student loan forgiveness, under the Federal Family Education Loan, Direct Loan, or Perkins Loan programs of the Higher Education Act of 1965, to program mentors who serve for at least 200 hours in an academic year.

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