[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3237 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3237


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            December 7, 2011

                                Received

                           December 17, 2011

 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
                              and Pensions

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                                 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''.

            Passed the House of Representatives December 6, 2011.

            Attest:

                                                 KAREN L. HAAS,

                                                                 Clerk.