S 145 116th Congress Senate Education Appropriations Congressional oversight Department of Education District of Columbia Education of the disadvantaged Education programs funding Elementary and secondary education Employment discrimination and employee rights Executive agency funding and structure Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Military personnel and dependents Religion Special education Student aid and college costs

CHOICE Act

Introduced: January 16, 2019 Introduced by: Scott, Tim Republican · South Carolina See on congress.gov

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Jan 16, 2019

Introduced in Senate

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

This bill expands school choice programs for elementary and secondary school students.

The bill

requires, to qualify for an opportunity scholarship, that a student in the District of Columbia be currently enrolled, or be enrolled for the next school year, in a public or private elementary or secondary school (opportunity scholarships are provided to low-income District students to enable them to attend a participating private school of their choice);
permits states that have established programs allowing 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 federal special education funds; and
authorizes grants to support the design and initial implementation of state programs that allow the parents of a disabled child to choose the appropriate public or private school for their child.

The Department of Defense 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.

What's happening now January 16, 2019

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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