[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
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[H.R. 3237 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.3237

                      One Hundred Twelfth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
            the third day of January, two thousand and twelve


                                 An Act


 
  To amend the SOAR Act by clarifying the scope of coverage of the Act.

    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 ``SOAR Technical Corrections Act''.
SEC. 2. USE OF FUNDS.
    Section 3007(a)(4)(F) of the Scholarships for Opportunity and 
Results Act (Public Law 112-10; 125 Stat. 203) is amended to read as 
follows:
            ``(F) ensures that, with respect to core academic subjects 
        (as such term is defined in section 9101(11) of the Elementary 
        and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801(11)), 
        participating students are taught by a teacher who has a 
        baccalaureate degree or equivalent degree, whether such degree 
        was awarded in or outside of the United States.''.
SEC. 3. NATIONALLY NORM-REFERENCED STANDARDIZED TESTS.
    Section 3008(h) of the Scholarships for Opportunity and Results Act 
(Public Law 112-10; 125 Stat. 205) is amended by striking paragraph (2) 
and inserting the following:
        ``(2) Administration of tests.--The Institute of Education 
    Sciences shall administer nationally norm-referenced standardized 
    tests, as described in paragraph (3)(A) of section 3009(a), to 
    students participating in the evaluation under section 3009(a) for 
    the purpose of conducting the evaluation under such section, except 
    where a student is attending a participating school that is 
    administering the same nationally norm-referenced standardized test 
    in accordance with the testing requirements described in paragraph 
    (1).
        ``(3) Test results.--Each participating school that administers 
    the nationally norm-referenced standardized test described in 
    paragraph (2) to an eligible student shall make the test results, 
    with respect to such student, available to the Secretary as 
    necessary for evaluation under section 3009(a).''.
SEC. 4. EVALUATIONS.
    Section 3009(a)(3) of the Scholarships for Opportunity and Results 
Act (Public Law 112-10; 125 Stat. 206) is amended--
        (1) in subparagraph (A), by inserting before the semicolon the 
    following: ``in a manner consistent with section 3008(h)''; and
        (2) in subparagraph (C), by inserting ``, if requested by the 
    Institute of Education Sciences,'' after ``will participate''.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.