3.0.0 5181 2026-02-20T19:40:08Z 2026-02-20T19:40:08Z House H HR 2025-09-08 119 https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5181 <pre>[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 146 (Monday, September 8, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="https://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Ms. FOXX:H.R. 5181.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8, Clause 17 of the United StatesConstitution.[Page H3893]</pre> hsgo00 Oversight and Government Reform Committee House Standing Markup By 2025-09-10T16:40:06Z Referred To 2025-09-08T16:02:20Z 119 3710 S 2026-01-28 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Related bill CRS 2025-09-10 hsgo00 Oversight and Government Reform Committee 1 House committee actions Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 25 - 20. Committee 2025-09-10 hsgo00 Oversight and Government Reform Committee 1 House committee actions Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held Committee 2025-09-08 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsgo00 Oversight and Government Reform Committee 2025-09-08 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2025-09-08 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress F000450 Rep. Foxx, Virginia [R-NC-5] Virginia Foxx R NC 5 N H001077 Rep. Higgins, Clay [R-LA-3] Clay Higgins R LA 3 2025-09-09 False 2025-10-16T21:00:00Z https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61820 As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on September 10, 2025 Education Academic performance and assessments 2025-09-29T14:02:11Z Congressional oversight 2025-09-29T14:02:24Z District of Columbia 2025-09-29T14:00:35Z Education programs funding 2025-09-29T14:00:45Z Elementary and secondary education 2025-09-29T14:01:04Z Government information and archives 2025-09-29T14:02:17Z Maryland 2025-09-29T14:00:51Z Preschool education 2025-09-29T14:01:00Z Student aid and college costs 2025-09-29T14:00:40Z Teaching, teachers, curricula 2025-09-29T14:02:07Z Virginia 2025-09-29T14:00:55Z Education 2025-09-10T12:10:36Z

00 2025-09-08 Introduced in House 2025-12-09T23:21:55Z <p><strong>SOAR Act Improvements Act</strong></p><p>This bill reauthorizes through FY2032 and modifies the District of Columbia (DC) Opportunity Scholarship Program, which is a federal program that funds private school scholarships for low-income students in&nbsp;DC.</p><p>Under&nbsp;the program, the Department of Education (ED) issues grants to nonprofit organizations to pay for income-qualified DC residents to attend DC private elementary or secondary schools of their choice. The bill expands the program to include pre-kindergarten students and authorizes ED to renew grants for up to five years without a new application.&nbsp;</p><p>Current law requires nonprofits to ensure that if more scholarship students apply to a particular school than the school can accommodate, students will be randomly selected for admission. The bill specifies that this only applies if random selection would not interfere with the school's regular admission standards or procedures.</p><p>Current law also requires schools to be properly accredited&nbsp;in order to participate in the program (i.e., enroll scholarship students). The bill authorizes a nonparticipating school to enroll scholarship students provided it obtains accreditation within five years of&nbsp;first pursuing participation in the program.</p><p>The bill also makes other administrative changes to the program, including (1) authorizing the majority of voting members of a nonprofit’s board to live in the DC metropolitan area, rather than in DC itself; (2)&nbsp;removing a cap on the use of funds for tutoring students; and (3) directing ED and the mayor of DC to periodically evaluate and publicly report on the program.</p>

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