3.0.0 145 2022-11-01T14:17:31Z 2022-11-01T14:17:31Z Senate S 2019-01-16 116 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-01-16T17:46:22Z 2019-01-16 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2019-01-16 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 2019-01-16 True A000360 Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN] Lamar Alexander R TN 2019-01-16 True B001236 Sen. Boozman, John [R-AR] John Boozman R AR 2019-01-16 True C001098 Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX] Ted Cruz R TX 2019-01-16 True C001056 Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] John Cornyn R TX 2019-01-16 True R000595 Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] Marco Rubio R FL 2019-01-16 True S001197 Sen. Sasse, Ben [R-NE] Ben Sasse R NE 2019-01-16 True B001243 Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN] Marsha Blackburn R TN 2019-01-16 True B001310 Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN] Mike Braun R IN 2019-01-16 True W000437 Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS] Roger Wicker R MS F. 2019-01-22 False L000594 Sen. Loeffler, Kelly [R-GA] Kelly Loeffler R GA 2020-08-13 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 2019-01-16 Introduced in Senate 2020-03-23T15:26:58Z Creating Hope and Opportunity for Individuals and Communities through Education Act or the CHOICE Act

This bill expands school choice programs for elementary and secondary school students.

The bill

  • requires, to qualify for an opportunity scholarship, that a student in the District of Columbia be currently enrolled, or be enrolled for the next school year, in a public or private elementary or secondary school (opportunity scholarships are provided to low-income District students to enable them to attend a participating private school of their choice);
  • permits states that have established programs allowing 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 federal special education funds; and
  • authorizes grants to support the design and initial implementation of state programs that allow the parents of a disabled child to choose the appropriate public or private school for their child.

The Department of Defense 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.

]]> CHOICE Act Display Title CHOICE Act Short Title(s) as Introduced CHOICE Act Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Creating Hope and Opportunity for Individuals and Communities through Education Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to expand opportunity through greater choice in education, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-01-16T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s145is/xml/BILLS-116s145is.xml 2019-01-16 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.