HR 10 · 114th Congress · Education
SOAR Reauthorization Act
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EnactedLatest: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 561.(2016-07-14)
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Scholarships for Opportunity and Results Reauthorization Act or the SOAR Reauthorization Act This bill amends the District of Columbia Code to prohibit the Department of Education from limiting the number of eligible students receiving District of Columbia Opportunity Scholarship Program (OSP) scholarships, and from preventing otherwise eligible students from participating in the OSP because of: the type of school the student previously attended; or whether or not the individual previously received the scholarship or participated in OSP, or was a member of the control group used by the Institute of Education Sciences to carry out previous OSP evaluations. An eligible nonprofit organization's application for an OSP grant must include how it will ensure that it utilizes internal fiscal and quality controls. Priorities for the award of scholarships to eligible students are modified to give priority to students who: in the preceding school year attended a school identified as low-achieving according to the DC Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE) (currently certain elementary or secondary schools identified for improvements, corrective action, or restructuring), and ce…
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CBO Cost Estimate
Congressional Budget OfficeH.R. 10, Scholarships for Opportunity and Results Reauthorization Act
Oct 16, 2015As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on October 9, 2015
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Cosponsors (14)
1 Democrat13 Republicans