3.0.0 1552 2017-12-13T22:02:43Z 2023-01-10T18:06:52Z Senate S S 2009-07-30 111 2009-07-31 Senate Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 145. Calendars 2009-07-30 Senate Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time. Calendars 2009-07-30 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8565-8566) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2009-07-30 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress L000304 Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [ID-CT] JOSEPH LIEBERMAN ID CT I. N C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2009-07-30 True F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2009-07-30 True V000126 Sen. Voinovich, George V. [R-OH] GEORGE VOINOVICH R OH V. 2009-07-30 True B001210 Sen. Byrd, Robert C. [D-WV] ROBERT BYRD D WV CARLYLE 2009-07-30 True E000194 Sen. Ensign, John [R-NV] JOHN ENSIGN R NV 2009-07-30 True A000360 Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN] Lamar Alexander R TN 2009-08-06 False Education Academic performance and assessments District of Columbia Education of the disadvantaged Education programs funding Elementary and secondary education Education 00 2009-07-30 Introduced in Senate 2009-11-09T22:34:23Z 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.

]]> SOAR Act Short Titles as Introduced SOAR Act Short Titles as Introduced Scholarships for Opportunity and Results Act of 2009 Display Title SOAR Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to reauthorize the DC opportunity scholarship program, and for other purposes. Placed on Calendar Senate 2009-07-31T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s1552pcs/xml/BILLS-111s1552pcs.xml 2009-07-31 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 145. 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.