3.0.0 206 2023-01-11T13:20:46Z 2023-01-11T13:20:46Z Senate S S 2011-01-26 112 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Standing Hearings by 2011-02-16T17:39:29Z Referred to 2011-01-26T21:03:55Z Scholarships for Opportunity and Results Act 112 471 HR 2011-04-04 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 24. Related bill CRS 2011-02-16 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 112-195. Committee 2011-01-26 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S283-287) IntroReferral 2011-01-26 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S283) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2011-01-26 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. 2011-01-26 True F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2011-01-26 True A000360 Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN] Lamar Alexander R TN 2011-01-26 True E000194 Sen. Ensign, John [R-NV] JOHN ENSIGN R NV 2011-01-26 True C000567 Sen. Cochran, Thad [R-MS] Thad Cochran R MS 2011-03-16 False D000595 Sen. DeMint, Jim [R-SC] James DeMint R SC W. 2011-03-16 False R000595 Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] Marco Rubio R FL 2011-03-30 False T000461 Sen. Toomey, Patrick [R-PA] Patrick Toomey R PA J. 2011-04-14 False Education Academic performance and assessments Congressional oversight District of Columbia Education of the disadvantaged Education programs funding Elementary and secondary education Education 00 2011-01-26 Introduced in Senate 2011-03-04T22:21:04Z Scholarships for Opportunity and Results Act 2011or SOAR Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award five-year grants on a competitive basis to nonprofit organizations to carry out a program to provide expanded school choice opportunities to students who are District of Columbia (DC) residents and who come from households: (1) receiving assistance under the supplemental nutrition assistance program under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008; or (2) with incomes not exceeding 185% of the poverty line, except in certain grandfathered circumstances.

Prescribes special rules for funding opportunity scholarships for DC students.

Prescribes requirements for schools participating in such grant programs. Requires each participating school to administer a nationally norm-referenced standardized test in reading and mathematics to each enrolled student receiving an opportunity scholarship.

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 Display Title SOAR Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to reauthorize the DC Opportunity Scholarship Program, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced SOAR Act Short Titles as Introduced Scholarships for Opportunity and Results Act of 2011 Introduced in Senate 2011-01-26T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s206is/xml/BILLS-112s206is.xml 2011-02-16 Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 112-195. 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.