US Congress Senate Bill 235 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 10-0)
Status: Introduced on January 24 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-01-24 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Pending: Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

CHOICE Act Creating Hope and Opportunity for Individuals and Communities through Education Act This bill amends the Scholarships for Opportunity and Results Act to include among the eligibility criteria for opportunity scholarships, a requirement that a student in Washington, DC is enrolled, or will be enrolled for the next school year, in a public or private elementary or secondary school. (Opportunity scholarships are provided to low-income DC students to enable them to attend a participating private school of their choice.) The bill also amends the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to allow states that have established a program which allows the parents of disabled children to use public or private funds for assistance with the cost of their children attending a private school, to supplement those funds with their allocation of federal special education funds. The bill authorizes grants to support the design and initial implementation of state programs that allow the parents of a disabled child to make a choice of the appropriate public or private school for their child. The Department of Defense (DOD) must carry out a five-year pilot program to award scholarships to enable military dependent students who live on military installations to attend the public or private elementary or secondary schools their parents choose. DOD must select at least five military installations to participate in the program and choose those where military students would benefit from expanded education options. The Department of Education must return to the Treasury specified amounts made available for salaries and expenses.

CHOICE Act Creating Hope and Opportunity for Individuals and Communities through Education Act

Sen. Tim Scott [R-SC]	Sen. Mitch McConnell [R-KY]	Sen. Lamar Alexander [R-TN]	Sen. John Cornyn [R-TX]
Sen. Ted Cruz [R-TX]	Sen. Orrin Hatch [R-UT]	Sen. Roger Wicker [R-MS]	Sen. John Boozman [R-AR]
Sen. Marco Rubio [R-FL]	Sen. Luther Strange [R-AL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-01-24	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

HB691 (Same As) 2017-02-17 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/235/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/s235/BILLS-115s235is.pdf