[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2072 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2072

 To authorize States to use funds provided for the Chafee Foster Care 
  Independence Program to provide vouchers to cover tuition costs at 
 private schools, and transportation costs to and from public schools, 
                    of foster children of all ages.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 23, 2009

   Mrs. Bachmann (for herself, Mr. Cooper, Mr. Pitts, Mr. Franks of 
  Arizona, Mr. Tiahrt, Mr. Lamborn, Mr. Bartlett, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. 
  Herger, Mr. Pence, Mrs. Emerson, Mr. Paul, Ms. Ginny Brown-Waite of 
  Florida, Mr. Garrett of New Jersey, Mr. Cantor, Mr. Sam Johnson of 
   Texas, Mr. Brown of South Carolina, Ms. Fallin, Mr. Marchant, Mr. 
 Campbell, and Mr. King of Iowa) introduced the following bill; which 
            was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
 To authorize States to use funds provided for the Chafee Foster Care 
  Independence Program to provide vouchers to cover tuition costs at 
 private schools, and transportation costs to and from public schools, 
                    of foster children of all ages.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``School Choice for Foster Kids Act''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORITY OF STATES TO USE FUNDS PROVIDED FOR THE CHAFEE FOSTER 
              CARE INDEPENDENCE PROGRAM TO PROVIDE VOUCHERS TO COVER 
              TUITION COSTS AT PRIVATE SCHOOLS AND TRANSPORTATION COSTS 
              TO AND FROM PUBLIC SCHOOLS, OF FOSTER CHILDREN OF ALL 
              AGES.

    Section 477 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 677) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(6), by inserting ``and to make 
        available vouchers for tuition costs at private schools and 
        transportation costs to and from public schools, to youths in 
        foster care regardless of their age'' before the period;
            (2) in subsection (h)(2), by striking all that follows 
        ``vouchers'' and inserting ``as provided in subsection (i).''; 
        and
            (3) in subsection (i), by redesignating paragraphs (5) and 
        (6) as paragraphs (6) and (7), respectively, and inserting 
        after paragraph (4) the following:
            ``(5) Vouchers under the program may be available to youths 
        in foster care, regardless of age, for the cost of tuition at a 
        private school offering elementary or secondary education, or 
        the cost of transportation to and from a public school offering 
        such education.''.
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