3.0.0 1014 2023-01-11T19:47:58Z 2023-01-11T19:47:58Z Senate S S 2007-03-28 110 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-03-28T21:46:16Z Empowering Parents Through Choice Act 110 1486 HR 2007-06-27 Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education. Identical bill CRS 2007-03-28 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2007-03-28 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress A000360 Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN] Lamar Alexander R TN N E000194 Sen. Ensign, John [R-NV] JOHN ENSIGN R NV 2007-03-28 True M001162 Sen. Martinez, Mel [R-FL] Mel Martinez R FL 2007-03-28 True D000595 Sen. DeMint, Jim [R-SC] James DeMint R SC W. 2007-03-28 True V000127 Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA] David Vitter R LA 2007-09-19 False K000352 Sen. Kyl, Jon [R-AZ] Jon Kyl R AZ Llewellyn 2007-11-13 False Education Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Compensatory education Congressional reporting requirements Education of the disadvantaged Educational accountability Educational tests Elementary and secondary education Elementary education Federal aid to education Government Operations and Politics Language arts Mathematics Nondiscrimination provisions Nonprofit organizations Private schools Reading Religion Religious liberty Scholarships School choice School districts Science, Technology, Communications Scientific education Secondary education Social Welfare Education 00 2007-03-28 Introduced in Senate 2007-04-27T19:27:40Z Empowering Parents Through Choice Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require local educational agencies (LEAs) to provide students with Promise Scholarships, covering the cost of attending private elementary or secondary schools chosen by their parents, if their schools are subject to restructuring for failing to make adequate yearly progress (AYP) pursuant to state academic performance standards.

Requires: (1) each scholarship to remain in effect until the student completes the grade that is the last grade taught at the school from which the student transfers; and (2) such students to be assessed in reading, language arts, mathematics, and science at the same grade levels as public school students to determine if the schools and LEAs are making AYP.

Directs the Secretary of Education to award competitive grants to states, LEAs, or nonprofit organizations to support projects that enable students from low-income families that have been attending schools subject to restructuring, as well as their siblings, to receive: (1) Opportunity Scholarships to attend the private elementary or secondary school of their parents' choice or a public school of their parents' choice outside their school district, if allowed by state law; and (2) intensive, sustained supplemental educational services on an annual basis.

Requires grantees to: (1) continue each scholarship until the student completes the grade that is the last grade taught at the school from which the student transferred, or the student's family income exceeds a specified poverty level higher than the level required for initial eligibility; and (2) fund the scholarships before funding supplemental educational services.

]]> Empowering Parents Through Choice Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to provide parental choice for those students that attend schools that are in need of improvement and have been identified for restructuring. Introduced in Senate IS Display Title Empowering Parents Through Choice Act Short Titles as Introduced Empowering Parents Through Choice Act Introduced in Senate 2007-03-28T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s1014is/xml/BILLS-110s1014is.xml 2007-03-28 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.