,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cdcd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,october #cj1        
#bjac,mr4 ,reed 7for himself1 ,mr4      
,southerland1 and ,mr4 ,young of        
,indiana7 introduced the following bill2
 which was referred to the ,committee on
 ,ways and ,means  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend 
part ,a of title ,,iv of the ,social    
,security ,act to require a ,state to   
deny assistance under the program of    
block grants to ,states for temporary   
assistance for needy families to a      
parent1 caretaker relative1 or legal    
guardian of a child who is not attending
 enough school1 and for other purposes4 
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,parental ,accountability for   
,reducing ,child ,poverty ,act4  #b4    
,denial of ,,tanf assistance to parent1 
caretaker relative1 or legal guardian of
 child not attending enough school  7a7 
,prohibition ,section #djh7;a7 of the   
,social ,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4   
#fjh7;a77 is amended by adding at the   

end the following3  7#ac7 ,no assistance
 for parent1 caretaker relative1 or     
legal guardian of child not attending   
enough school  7,a7 ,in general ,a      
,state to which a grant is made under   
section #djc shall not use any part of  
the grant to provide assistance to an   
individual who is a parent1 caretaker   
relative1 or legal guardian of a child  
who has attained #f years of age but has
 not attained #ai years of age1 unless1 
in the most recently completed school   
year-- 7i7 in the case of a child not   
referred to in clause 7ii71 the child   
attended school for at least the number 
of days that constituted the minimum    
school attendance then required under   
applicable ,state law for children who  
were then within the ,state's compulsory
 school attendance age range 7regardless
 of whether the age of the child was    
within that age range72 or  7ii7 in the 
case of a child who attended a school   
that was treated as a home school under 
,state law1 the child met all applicable

 ,state requirements with respect to    
such a school4  7,b7 ,exceptions ,a     
,state may elect to not apply           
subparagraph 7,a7 to a child-- 7i7 who  
is enrolled1 and making satisfactory    
progress1 in a vocational education     
institution or an institution of higher 
education 7as defined in section        
#aja7;a7 of the ,higher ,education ,act 
of #aife72 or  7ii7 whose failure to    
attend school for at least the number of
 days referred to in subparagraph 7,a7  
of this paragraph in a school year is   
attributable to-- 7,i7 medical reasons  
7including quarantine71 as certified by 
the administrator of the school attended
 by the child2 or  7,,ii7 a natural     
disaster in the ,united ,states1 or a   
major disaster or emergency designated  
by the ,president under the ,robert ,t4 
,stafford ,disaster ,relief and         
,emergency ,assistance ,act4  4  7b7    
,penalty ,section #dji7;a7 of such ,act 
7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #fji7;a77 is amended by  
adding at the end the following3  7#ag7 

,failure of state to deny assistance to 
parent1 caretaker relative1 or legal    
guardian of child not attending enough  
school ,the ,secretary shall reduce the 
grant payable to a ,state under section 
#djc7;a77#a7 for a fiscal year by the   
amount of any assistance paid by the    
,state in violation of section          
#djh7;a77#ac7 in the preceding fiscal   
year4  4  7c7 ,effective date ,the      
amendments made by this section shall   
take effect on ,october #a1 #bjae1 and  
shall apply to attendance in school     
years beginning on or after ,august #a1 
#bjad4