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<dc:title>115 HR 610 IH: Choices in Education Act of 2017</dc:title>
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<dc:date>2017-01-23</dc:date>
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<distribution-code display="yes">I</distribution-code><congress display="yes">115th CONGRESS</congress><session display="yes">1st Session</session><legis-num display="yes">H. R. 610</legis-num><current-chamber>IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES</current-chamber><action display="yes"><action-date date="20170123">January 23, 2017</action-date><action-desc><sponsor name-id="K000362">Mr. King of Iowa</sponsor> (for himself, <cosponsor name-id="H001052">Mr. Harris</cosponsor>, and <cosponsor name-id="F000448">Mr. Franks of Arizona</cosponsor>) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the <committee-name committee-id="HED00">Committee on Education and the Workforce</committee-name></action-desc></action><legis-type>A BILL</legis-type><official-title display="yes">To distribute Federal funds for elementary and secondary education in the form of vouchers for
			 eligible students and to repeal a certain rule relating to nutrition
			 standards in schools.</official-title></form>
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		<title id="H5AA4299D7B6A47C7B2C5033686267F3D"><enum>I</enum><header>Choices in Education Act</header>
 <section id="HE201A509FDB84A6591907F405A84D173"><enum>101.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Choices in Education Act of 2017</short-title></quote>.</text> </section><section commented="no" id="H4855A6721DDA4846AECD259B60F396B7"><enum>102.</enum><header>Repeal of Elementary and Secondary Education Act and limitation on secretarial authority</header> <subsection id="H61E7F628CD6948C992BDC1C97B38E296"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Repeal</header><text>The Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/6301">20 U.S.C. 6301</external-xref> et seq.) is repealed.</text>
 </subsection><subsection id="H5A74B99B37BA416181846082C5BC44F7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Limitation on secretarial authority</header><text>The authority of the Secretary under this title is limited to evaluating State applications under section 104 and making payments to States under section 103. The Secretary shall not impose any further requirements on States with respect to elementary and secondary education beyond the requirements of this title.</text>
				</subsection></section><section id="H6C451B96362E4F0AA9B6B52BECC491E8"><enum>103.</enum><header>Block grants to states</header>
 <subsection id="HBFA5FA92C359488AAF2FDBF6F7B8CC30"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Grants to states</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">From amounts appropriated to carry out this title for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall award grants (from allotments made under subsection (b)) to qualified States to enable such States to carry out an education voucher program under section 105.</text>
 </subsection><subsection id="H6F8F256FF9734FE98992AAA6DBB8323B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Allotment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">From amounts described in subsection (a) for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall allot to each qualified State for that fiscal year an amount that bears the same ratio to those amounts as the number of eligible children in the qualified State (as determined by the Secretary on the basis of the most recent satisfactory data) bears to the number of all eligible children in all States in such school year.</text>
 </subsection><subsection id="HFB8C0E04D32A49B99888F5C08BFFBEB8"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Reallotment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If a State does not receive funds under subsection (b) for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall allot the remainder of such funds to each qualified State in an amount that bears the same ratio to such remainder for such year as the amount received under subsection (b) by such qualified State bears to the amount received under such subsection for such year by all qualified States.</text>
 </subsection><subsection id="H14F6090A4A8F4DCB847A44DAA28DDF8E"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Deficit reduction</header><text>Any amounts remaining after allotments are made under subsection (c) for a fiscal year shall not be available for any purpose other than deficit reduction.</text>
				</subsection></section><section id="HFE4AC56E6147456BB131767607D093CD"><enum>104.</enum><header>Application</header>
 <subsection id="HEB945DFF6E6047878F212716749D9970"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Application</header><text>To be eligible to receive a grant under this title, a State shall submit an application to the Secretary that includes assurances that the State will—</text>
 <paragraph id="H52DBEBF4520649C2B85223D54930F256"><enum>(1)</enum><text>comply with the requirements of section 105; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HEE298B724822483EB7CAA3402980907C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>make it lawful for parents of an eligible child to elect—</text>
 <subparagraph id="HF12B56881B464D9584764324561216FC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to enroll their child in any public or private elementary or secondary school in the State; or</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA23C5A19D0DD4C95B475194E7BA177B2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to home-school their child.</text>
 </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HB6CA801DC3CC4E579991ACA3E8639B90"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Approval</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 30 days after receiving an application from a State that meets the requirements of subsection (a), the Secretary shall approve such application.</text>
				</subsection></section><section id="H1D38633CB77D45C79A052535D54D3D55"><enum>105.</enum><header>Education voucher program requirements</header>
				<subsection id="H98C3D71C30D14C0492D2146AE9CFEC9B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Education voucher program</header>
 <paragraph id="H55875EDCE66C45BCBD563D2B23B10F92"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The State shall distribute funds received under this title among the local educational agencies in the State based on the number of eligible children enrolled in the public schools operated by each local educational agency and the number of eligible children within each local educational agency's geographical area whose parents elect to send their child to a private school or to home-school their child.</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph id="H124FE21A0C6F424E92A497456FCC2059"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Sense of Congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that States should distribute non-Federal funds for elementary and secondary education in a manner that promotes competition and choices in education.</text>
					</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H4685D551244D47E2AAE3BCF2CBF21563"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Identification of eligible children; allocation and distribution of funds</header>
					<paragraph id="HEBAAC08DED5348408C8A6B7609BB1C90"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Identification of eligible children</header>
 <subparagraph id="H4A72D76D696147459FD17674C8061072"><enum>(A)</enum><header>LEA Identification</header><text>On an annual basis, on a date to be determined by the Secretary, each local educational agency shall inform the State educational agency of—</text>
 <clause id="HE91133FD40964F80B12EC8EA9C699B1A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the number of eligible children enrolled in public schools served by the local educational agency; and</text>
 </clause><clause id="HD40329D4CCE44C108E3301FBD080EEA1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the number of eligible children within each local educational agency’s geographical area whose parents elect—</text>
 <subclause id="H98F3D764460B474E96A5C12C2B98CA75"><enum>(I)</enum><text>to send their child to a private school; or</text> </subclause><subclause id="H74B01D22DA5A466EA3DFE23A79FCC815"><enum>(II)</enum><text>to home-school their child.</text>
 </subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5BF5E851676A4564ABA960126788BFA0"><enum>(B)</enum><header>State identification</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">On an annual basis, on a date to be determined by the Secretary, each State educational agency shall inform the Secretary of the total number of children identified by all local educational agencies in the State under subparagraph (A).</text>
						</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HFCB12CE12E57439AA671A9664184AE79"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Amount of payment</header>
 <subparagraph id="HD2EB6672FAE44CE4A5AC8F4A09EE48CA"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to subparagraph (B), the amount of payment for each eligible child in a State shall be equal to—</text>
 <clause id="H8714E19BF22F49EAAE644862634110C3"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the total amount allotted to the State under this title; divided by</text> </clause><clause id="H9E1BE7FE2EC44A08BD8634B333125537"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the total number of eligible children in the State identified under paragraph (1).</text>
							</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB8936391EF2C44C3BE9094977A993F3F"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Limitations</header>
 <clause id="HBFCBCFD2B67948148DD512BCBB939333"><enum>(i)</enum><text>In the case of a payment made to the parent of an eligible child who elects to attend a private school, the amount of the payment described in subparagraph (A) for each eligible child shall not exceed the cost for tuition, fees, and transportation for the eligible child to attend the private school.</text>
 </clause><clause id="H3B5906E16A9A4194AA2304BF3E8DC5FE"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of a payment made to a parent of an eligible child who elects to home-school such child, the amount of the payment described in subparagraph (A) for each eligible child shall not exceed the cost of home-schooling the child.</text>
 </clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H21A5054EF26B4A9EBFF1B7C5BFE845B8"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Allocation to local educational agencies</header><text>Based on the identification of eligible children in paragraph (1), the State educational agency shall provide to a local educational agency an amount equal to the product of—</text>
 <subparagraph id="HE92BDC54683A41B2B68FF9786314D2A3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the amount available for each eligible child in the State, as determined in paragraph (2); multiplied by</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2E975A74499A4A67B7AC11FDA0848A31"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the number of eligible children identified by the local educational agency under paragraph (1)(A).</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H5AA4C895438B4DF48AC8D7E4BB081AB5"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Distribution to schools</header><text>From amounts allocated under paragraph (3), each local educational agency that receives funds under such paragraph shall distribute a portion of such funds to the public schools served by the local educational agency, which amount shall—</text>
 <subparagraph id="H9D855D02B98B44E4BC53B56F36342940"><enum>(A)</enum><text>be based on the number of eligible children enrolled in such schools and included in the count submitted under paragraph (1)(A); and</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE0DB6EBFB8B8475CB011F099D2E485C6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>be distributed in a manner that would, in the absence of such Federal funds, supplement the funds made available from non-Federal resources for the education of eligible children, and not to supplant such funds.</text>
						</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H9E1C462E6EF44121B2E84F47E2A9D434"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Distribution to parents</header>
 <subparagraph id="H14BB7EF6EECC437BADC06DE6410EAA0A"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>From the amounts allocated under paragraph (3), each local educational agency that receives funds under such paragraph shall distribute a portion of such funds, in an amount equal to the amount described in paragraph (2), to the parents of each eligible child within the local educational agency’s geographical area who elect to send their child to a private school or to home-school their child (as the case may be) and whose child is included in the count of such eligible children under paragraph (1)(A), which amount shall be distributed in a manner so as to ensure that such payments will be used for appropriate educational expenses.</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF99323A5075A40298FA529EE18C7182B"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Reservation</header><text>A local educational agency described in this paragraph may reserve not more than 1 percent of the funds available for distribution under subparagraph (A) to pay administrative costs associated with carrying out the activities described in such subparagraph.</text>
 </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H62056013FDDC439A84A6A7DFF0995730"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Rule of construction</header><text>Payments to parents under subsection (b)(5) shall be considered assistance to the eligible child and shall not be considered assistance to the school that enrolls the eligible child. The amount of any payment under this section shall not be treated as income of the child or his or her parents for purposes of Federal tax laws or for determining eligibility for any other Federal program.</text>
 </subsection></section><section id="H807228FD093F4254AF691B9C814AE195"><enum>106.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title:</text> <paragraph id="HA1C06A8ED38545BFB0583565039D2959"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Eligible child</header><text>The term <term>eligible child</term> means a child aged 5 to 17, inclusive.</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph id="H06A589CA23154AADB6EB7B81984182AC"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Parent</header><text>The term <term>parent</term> includes a legal guardian or other person standing in loco parentis (such as a grandparent or stepparent with whom the child lives, or a person who is legally responsible for the child's welfare).</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph id="H90C968DA01EF4103A623EDC95154FA03"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text>The term <term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of Education.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HD9B4023DA6254FF985A2961D0D89F090"><enum>(4)</enum><header>State</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>State</term> means each of the 50 States and the District of Columbia.</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph id="HE7B1F5D1A2B94009AE2EE73BB22957F4"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Qualified state</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>qualified State</term> means a State that has an application approved by the Secretary under section 104.</text> </paragraph></section></title><title id="H942B81A4E1274D829BA433E24A6A3D88"><enum>II</enum><header>No Hungry Kids Act</header> <section id="HFBEB74D06F60408BA779D2B19CE2D2AB"><enum>201.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited as the <quote><short-title>No Hungry Kids Act</short-title></quote>.</text>
 </section><section id="H1D70A73A26DC444887A107E415B936BB"><enum>202.</enum><header>Repeal of rule</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The rule prescribed by the Food and Nutrition Service of the Department of Agriculture relating to nutrition standards in the national school lunch and school breakfast programs published on January 26, 2012 (77 Fed. Reg. 4088 et seq.), and revising parts 210 and 220 of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations, shall have no force or effect.</text>
 </section><section id="H89FDCCF76CDB412497D45F3E43173A77"><enum>203.</enum><header>Limits on certain nutritional requirements</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 9(a)(1)(A)(i) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1758">42 U.S.C. 1758(a)(1)(A)(i)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting before the semicolon the following: <quote>, to establish a calorie maximum for individual school lunches, or to prohibit a child from eating a lunch provided by the child’s parent or legal guardian</quote>.</text>
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