3.0.0 235 2023-01-11T13:35:20Z 2023-01-11T13:35:20Z Senate S 2017-01-24 115 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-01-24T23:51:04Z CHOICE Act 115 691 HR 2017-02-17 Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel. Identical bill CRS 2017-01-24 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2017-01-24 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S001184 Sen. Scott, Tim [R-SC] Tim Scott R SC N M000355 Sen. McConnell, Mitch [R-KY] Mitch McConnell R KY 2017-01-24 True A000360 Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN] Lamar Alexander R TN 2017-01-24 True C001056 Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] John Cornyn R TX 2017-01-24 True C001098 Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX] Ted Cruz R TX 2017-01-24 True H000338 Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] ORRIN HATCH R UT GRANT 2017-01-24 True W000437 Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS] Roger Wicker R MS F. 2017-01-24 True B001236 Sen. Boozman, John [R-AR] John Boozman R AR 2017-01-24 True R000595 Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] Marco Rubio R FL 2017-01-30 False S001202 Sen. Strange, Luther [R-AL] Luther Strange R AL 2017-06-12 False 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 Education 00 2017-01-24 Introduced in Senate 2017-05-05T17:21:00Z Creating Hope and Opportunity for Individuals and Communities through Education Act or the CHOICE Act

This bill amends the Scholarships for Opportunity and Results Act to include among the eligibility criteria for opportunity scholarships, a requirement that a student in Washington, DC is enrolled, or will be enrolled for the next school year, in a public or private elementary or secondary school. (Opportunity scholarships are provided to low-income DC students to enable them to attend a participating private school of their choice.)

The bill also amends the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to allow states that have established a program which allows 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 their allocation of federal special education funds.

The bill authorizes grants to support the design and initial implementation of state programs that allow the parents of a disabled child to make a choice of the appropriate public or private school for their child.

The Department of Defense (DOD)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.DOD must select at least five military installations to participate in the program and choose those where military students would benefit from expanded education options.

The Department of Education must return to the Treasury specified amounts made available for salaries and expenses.

]]> CHOICE Act Display Title CHOICE Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to expand opportunity through greater choice in education, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced CHOICE Act Short Titles as Introduced Creating Hope and Opportunity for Individuals and Communities through Education Act Introduced in Senate 2017-01-24T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s235is/xml/BILLS-115s235is.xml 2017-01-24 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.