3.0.0 114 2023-01-11T13:47:32Z 2023-01-11T13:47:32Z Senate S 2021-01-28 117 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2021-01-28T20:16:21Z 2021-01-28 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. IntroReferral 2021-01-28 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress J000293 Sen. Johnson, Ron [R-WI] Ron Johnson R WI N F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2021-01-28 True S001184 Sen. Scott, Tim [R-SC] Tim Scott R SC 2021-01-28 True B001310 Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN] Mike Braun R IN 2021-01-28 True Education Academic performance and assessments District of Columbia Education programs funding Elementary and secondary education Higher education State and local government operations Student aid and college costs Teaching, teachers, curricula Education 00 2021-01-28 Introduced in Senate 2021-03-17T14:02:30Z SOAR Permanent Authorization Act

This bill permanently reauthorizes and amends the Scholarships for Opportunity and Results (SOAR) Program, which provides education funding for the District of Columbia, including for private school vouchers, public schools, and public charter schools.

The bill requires participating private schools to be fully accredited by (1) an accrediting body with jurisdiction in the District that is recognized by the Student and Visitor Exchange English Language Program administered by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or (2) any international accrediting body designated by the Department of Education (ED).

The bill revises the manner in which tutoring services provided under the program are funded.

The bill revises several requirements concerning SOAR evaluations, including concerning (1) frequency; (2) ED's and the Institute of Education Sciences' duties; and (3) the issues to be evaluated, including high school and college performance measurements.

]]> SOAR Permanent Authorization Act Display Title SOAR Permanent Authorization Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the SOAR Act. Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced SOAR Permanent Authorization Act Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s114is/xml/BILLS-117s114is.xml 2021-01-28 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. 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.