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2	2	118THCONGRESS
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4	4	STSESSION S. 69
5	5	To amend the SOAR Act.
6	6	IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
7	7	JANUARY25, 2023
8	8	Mr. J
9	9	OHNSON(for himself, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mr. SCOTTof South Carolina,
10	10	and Mr. B
11	11	RAUN) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and
12	12	referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Af-
13	13	fairs
14	14	A BILL
15	15	To amend the SOAR Act.
16	16	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
17	17	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
18	18	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
19	19	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘SOAR Permanent Au-4
20	20	thorization Act’’. 5
21	21	SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO THE SOAR ACT. 6
22	22	The Scholarships for Opportunity and Results Act 7
23	23	(division C of Public Law 112–10) is amended— 8
24	24	(1) in section 3007 (sec. 38–1853.07 D.C. Offi-9
25	25	cial Code)— 10
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29	29	(A) in subsection (a)(5)(A)(i), by striking 1
30	30	subclause (I) and inserting the following: 2
31	31	‘‘(I) is fully accredited by an ac-3
32	32	crediting body with jurisdiction in the 4
33	33	District of Columbia or that is recog-5
34	34	nized by the Student and Visitor Ex-6
35	35	change English Language Program 7
36	36	administered by U.S. Immigration 8
37	37	and Customs Enforcement; or’’; 9
38	38	(B) by striking subsection (c) and redesig-10
39	39	nating subsection (d) as subsection (c); 11
40	40	(C) in subsection (b)— 12
41	41	(i) in the subsection heading, by strik-13
42	42	ing ‘‘
43	43	ANDPARENTALASSISTANCE’’ and in-14
44	44	serting ‘‘, P
45	45	ARENTALASSISTANCE, AND 15
46	46	S
47	47	TUDENTACADEMICASSISTANCE’’; 16
48	48	(ii) in the matter preceding paragraph 17
49	49	(1), by striking ‘‘$2,000,000’’ and insert-18
50	50	ing ‘‘$2,200,000’’; and 19
51	51	(iii) by adding at the end the fol-20
52	52	lowing: 21
53	53	‘‘(3) The expenses of providing tutoring service 22
54	54	to participating eligible students that need additional 23
55	55	academic assistance. If there are insufficient funds 24
56	56	to provide tutoring services to all such students in 25
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60	60	a year, the eligible entity shall give priority in such 1
61	61	year to students who previously attended an elemen-2
62	62	tary school or secondary school identified as one of 3
63	63	the lowest-performing schools under the District of 4
64	64	Columbia’s accountability system.’’; and 5
65	65	(D) in subsection (c), as redesignated by 6
66	66	subparagraph (B)— 7
67	67	(i) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking 8
68	68	‘‘subsections (b) and (c)’’ and inserting 9
69	69	‘‘subsection (b)’’; and 10
70	70	(ii) in paragraph (3), by striking 11
71	71	‘‘subsections (b) and (c)’’ and inserting 12
72	72	‘‘subsection (b)’’; 13
73	73	(2) in section 3008(h) (sec. 38–1853.08(h) 14
74	74	D.C. Official Code)— 15
75	75	(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘section 16
76	76	3009(a)(2)(A)(i)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 17
77	77	3009(a)’’; 18
78	78	(B) by striking paragraph (2) and insert-19
79	79	ing the following: 20
80	80	‘‘(2) A
81	81	DMINISTRATION OF TESTS .—The Insti-21
82	82	tute of Education Sciences may administer assess-22
83	83	ments to students participating in the evaluation 23
84	84	under section 3009(a) for the purpose of conducting 24
85	85	the evaluation under such section.’’; and 25
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89	89	(C) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘the na-1
90	90	tionally norm-referenced standardized test de-2
91	91	scribed in paragraph (2)’’ and inserting ‘‘a na-3
92	92	tionally norm-referenced standardized test’’; 4
93	93	(3) in section 3009(a) (sec. 38–1853.09(a) D.C. 5
94	94	Official Code)— 6
95	95	(A) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking ‘‘an-7
96	96	nually’’ and inserting ‘‘regularly’’; 8
97	97	(B) in paragraph (2)— 9
98	98	(i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 10
99	99	clause (i) and inserting the following: 11
100	100	‘‘(i) is rigorous; and’’; and 12
101	101	(ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 13
102	102	‘‘impact of the program’’ and all that fol-14
103	103	lows through the end of the subparagraph 15
104	104	and inserting ‘‘impact of the program on 16
105	105	academic progress and educational attain-17
106	106	ment.’’; 18
107	107	(C) in paragraph (3)— 19
108	108	(i) in the paragraph heading, by strik-20
109	109	ing ‘‘
110	110	ON EDUCATION’’ and inserting ‘‘OF 21
111	111	EDUCATION’’; 22
112	112	(ii) in subparagraph (A)— 23
113	113	(I) by inserting ‘‘the academic 24
114	114	progress of’’ after ‘‘assess’’; and 25
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118	118	(II) by striking ‘‘in each of 1
119	119	grades 3’’ and all that follows through 2
120	120	the end of the subparagraph and in-3
121	121	serting ‘‘; and’’; 4
122	122	(iii) by striking subparagraph (B); 5
123	123	and 6
124	124	(iv) by redesignating subparagraph 7
125	125	(C) as subparagraph (B); and 8
126	126	(D) in paragraph (4)— 9
127	127	(i) in subparagraph (A)— 10
128	128	(I) by striking ‘‘A comparison of 11
129	129	the academic achievement of partici-12
130	130	pating eligible students who use an 13
131	131	opportunity scholarship on the meas-14
132	132	urements described in paragraph 15
133	133	(3)(B) to the academic achievement’’ 16
134	134	and inserting ‘‘The academic progress 17
135	135	of participating eligible students who 18
136	136	use an opportunity scholarship com-19
137	137	pared to the academic progress’’; and 20
138	138	(II) by inserting ‘‘, which may in-21
139	139	clude students’’ after ‘‘students with 22
140	140	similar backgrounds’’; 23
141	141	(ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 24
142	142	‘‘increasing the satisfaction of such parents 25
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146	146	and students with their choice’’ and insert-1
147	147	ing ‘‘those parents’ and students’ satisfac-2
148	148	tion with the program’’; 3
149	149	(iii) by striking subparagraph (D) 4
150	150	through (F) and inserting the following: 5
151	151	‘‘(D) The high school graduation rates, 6
152	152	college enrollment rates, college persistence 7
153	153	rates, and college graduation rates of partici-8
154	154	pating eligible students who use an opportunity 9
155	155	scholarship compared with the rates of public 10
156	156	school students described in subparagraph (A), 11
157	157	to the extent practicable. 12
158	158	‘‘(E) The college enrollment rates, college 13
159	159	persistence rates, and college graduation rates 14
160	160	of students who participated in the program as 15
161	161	the result of winning the Opportunity Scholar-16
162	162	ship Program lottery compared to the enroll-17
163	163	ment, persistence, and graduation rates for stu-18
164	164	dents who entered but did not win such lottery 19
165	165	and who, as a result, served as the control 20
166	166	group for previous evaluations of the program 21
167	167	under this division. Nothing in this subpara-22
168	168	graph may be construed to waive section 23
169	169	3004(a)(3)(A)(iii) with respect to any such stu-24
170	170	dent. 25
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174	174	‘‘(F) The safety of the schools attended by 1
175	175	participating eligible students who use an op-2
176	176	portunity scholarship compared with the schools 3
177	177	attended by public school students described in 4
178	178	subparagraph (A), to the extent practicable.’’; 5
179	179	and 6
180	180	(iv) in subparagraph (G), by striking 7
181	181	‘‘achievement’’ and inserting ‘‘progress’’; 8
182	182	and 9
183	183	(4) in section 3014 (sec. 38–1853.14, D.C. Of-10
184	184	ficial Code)— 11
185	185	(A) in subsection (a), in the matter pre-12
186	186	ceding paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘$60,000,000 13
187	187	for fiscal year 2012 and for each fiscal year 14
188	188	through fiscal year 2023’’ and inserting 15
189	189	‘‘$75,000,000 for fiscal year 2024 and for each 16
190	190	succeeding fiscal year’’; and 17
191	191	(B) in subsection (b), by striking 18
192	192	‘‘$60,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$75,000,000’’. 19
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