3.0.0 2163 2023-01-11T13:39:21Z 2023-01-11T13:39:21Z Senate S 2017-11-28 115 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-11-28T21:07:01Z Educational Freedom Accounts Act 115 4576 HR 2017-12-06 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. Identical bill CRS 2017-11-28 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2017-11-28 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001098 Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX] Ted Cruz R TX N L000577 Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT] Mike Lee R UT 2017-11-28 True L000575 Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK] James Lankford R OK 2017-12-05 False Education Bank accounts, deposits, capital District of Columbia Education of the disadvantaged Education programs funding Educational technology and distance education Elementary and secondary education Higher education Preschool education Public contracts and procurement Religion Special education Student aid and college costs Student records Teaching, teachers, curricula Transportation costs Vocational and technical education Education 00 2017-11-28 Introduced in Senate 2019-08-05T20:24:57Z Educational Freedom Accounts Act

This bill (1) establishes an educational savings account program for District of Columbia children who are eligible to receive a free public education in the District, but whose parents choose not to enroll them in a public school or home schooling; and (2) specifies the use of such funds, including for private schools.

]]> Educational Freedom Accounts Act Display Title Educational Freedom Accounts Act Short Titles as Introduced Educational Freedom Accounts Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to expand school choice in the District of Columbia. Introduced in Senate 2017-11-28T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s2163is/xml/BILLS-115s2163is.xml 2017-11-28 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. 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.