HR 471 · 112th Congress · Education
SOAR Act
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EnactedLatest: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 24.(2011-04-04)
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Scholarships for Opportunity and Results Act or SOAR Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award five-year grants on a competitive basis to nonprofit organizations to carry out a program to provide expanded school choice opportunities to students who are District of Columbia (DC) residents and who come from households: (1) receiving assistance under the supplemental nutrition assistance program under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008; or (2) with incomes not exceeding 185% of the poverty line, except in certain grandfathered circumstances. Requires the Secretary to provide funds to the Mayor of the District of Columbia, if the Mayor agrees to specified requirements, for: (1) the DC public schools to improve public education, and (2) the DC public charter schools to improve and expand quality public charter schools. Prescribes requirements for schools participating in such grant programs. Requires each participating school to administer a nationally norm-referenced standardized test in reading and mathematics to each enrolled student receiving an opportunity scholarship. Repeals the DC School Choice Incentive Act of 2003. Prescribes special rules for funding opportunity sc…
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CBO Cost Estimate
Congressional Budget OfficeH.R. 471, Scholarships for Opportunity and Results Act
Mar 14, 2011Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on March 10, 2011
Full CBO report ↗Official non-partisan budget analysis by the Congressional Budget Office
Cosponsors (20)
1 Democrat19 Republicans