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S 1552 111th Congress Senate Education Academic performance and assessments District of Columbia Education of the disadvantaged Education programs funding Elementary and secondary education

SOAR Act

Introduced: July 30, 2009 See on congress.gov
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Jul 31, 2009
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 145.
Jul 30, 2009
Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
Jul 30, 2009
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8565-8566)
Jul 30, 2009
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Scholarships for Opportunity and Results Act of 2009 or the SOAR Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award five-year grants on a competitive basis to nonprofit organizations to carry out activities to provide expanded school choice opportunities to students who are DC residents and who come from households: (1) receiving assistance under the supplemental nutrition assistance program under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008; and (2) with incomes not exceeding 185% of the poverty line, except in certain grandfathered circumstances.

Prescribes requirements for schools participating in such grant programs, including administering nationally norm-referenced standardized tests in reading and mathematics to participating students.

Repeals the DC School Choice Incentive Act of 2003 (title III of division C of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2004). Deems this Act as the reauthorization of the opportunity scholarship program under such Act.

What's happening now July 31, 2009

Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 145.

 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1