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HR 4312 111th Congress House Education District of Columbia Education of the disadvantaged Education programs funding Elementary and secondary education Student aid and college costs

To permit the District of Columbia to use Federal funds to provide scholarships for enrollment in participating schools under the DC School Choice Incentive Act of 2003 to students who did not…

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To permit the District of Columbia to use Federal funds to provide scholarships for enrollment in participating schools under the DC School Choice Incentive Act of 2003 to students who did not receive such scholarships in the 2009-2010 school year.

Introduced: December 15, 2009 See on congress.gov
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Passed House
Passed Senate
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Became law
May 25, 2010
Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Post Office, and the District of Columbia.
Dec 15, 2009
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Dec 15, 2009
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2010, to permit the District of Columbia to use federal funds to provide opportunity scholarships to students who did not receive such scholarships in the 2009-2010 school year. (Also known as the D.C. Voucher program, the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship program provides scholarships to low-income students in the District of Columbia to attend private elementary and secondary schools in the city.)

What's happening now May 25, 2010

Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Post Office, and the District of Columbia.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Republican 2
Chaffetz, Jason
· Feb 22, 2010
 R
Cassidy, Bill
Louisiana · Dec 16, 2009
FRELINGHUYSEN, RODNEY
· Dec 15, 2009
 R
Issa, Darrell
California · Dec 15, 2009
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4312: To permit the District of Columbia to use Federal funds to provide scholarships for enrollment in participating schools under the DC School Choice Incentive Act of 2003 to students who did not receive such scholarships in the 2009-2010 school year.. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-4312/
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"H.R. 4312: To permit the District of Columbia to use Federal funds to provide scholarships for enrollment in participating schools under the DC School Choice Incentive Act of 2003 to students who did not receive such scholarships in the 2009-2010 school year.." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-4312/.
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H.R. 4312, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-4312/.
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[H.R. 4312: To permit the District of Columbia to use Federal funds to provide scholarships for enrollment in participating schools under the DC School Choice Incentive Act of 2003 to students who did not receive such scholarships in the 2009-2010 school year.](https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-4312/)
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