Definitions

(a) Homeless and foster youth Section 103 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1003) is amended— (1) by redesignating paragraph (10), paragraphs (11) through (22), and paragraphs (23) through (24), as paragraph (11), paragraphs (13) through (24), and paragraphs (26) through (27), respectively; (2) by inserting after paragraph (9) the following: (10) Foster care youth The term foster care youth — (A) means children and youth whose care and placement are the responsibility of the State or Tribal agency that administers a State or Tribal plan under part B or E of title IV of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 621 et seq. and 670 et seq.), without regard to whether foster care maintenance payments are made under section 472 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 672) on behalf of such children and youth; and (B) includes individuals who were age 13 or older when their care and placement were the responsibility of a State or Tribal agency that administered a State or Tribal plan under part B or E of title IV of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 621 et seq. and 670 et seq.) and who are no longer under the care and responsibility of such a State or Tribal agency, without regard to any such individual’s subsequent adoption, guardianship arrangement, or other form of permanency outcome.; (3) by inserting after paragraph (11), as redesignated by paragraph (1), the following: (12) Homeless youth The term homeless youth has the meaning given the term homeless children and youths in section 725 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11434a).; and (4) by inserting after paragraph (24), as redesignated by paragraph (1), the following: (25) Unaccompanied The terms unaccompanied and unaccompanied youth have the meaning given the term unaccompanied youth in section 725 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11434a).. (b) Technical correction Section 480 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 is amended by striking subsections (m) and (n).