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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 745 

To allow the use of unspent educational funds under the American Rescue 

Plan Act of 2021 to address pandemic learning loss through Child 

Opportunity Scholarships. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 2, 2023 

Mr. OWENS (for himself and Mr. EDWARDS) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce 

A BILL 

To allow the use of unspent educational funds under the 

American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 to address pandemic 

learning loss through Child Opportunity Scholarships. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Raising Expectations 

5 with Child Opportunity Vouchers for Educational Recov6 ery Act’’ or the ‘‘RECOVER Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. USE OF UNOBLIGATED AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN 

2 ACT FUNDS FOR CHILD OPPORTUNITY 

3 SCHOLARSHIPS. 

4 Section 2001 of the American Rescue Plan Act of 

5 2021 (20 U.S.C. 3401 note) is amended— 

6 (1) in subsection (e)(1)— 

7 (A) by striking ‘‘through the implementa8 tion of’’ and inserting ‘‘through— 

9 ‘‘(A) the implementation of’’; 

10 (B) in subparagraph (A), as designated by 

11 subparagraph (A) of this paragraph, by striking 

12 ‘‘; and’’ and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 

13 (C) by inserting after subparagraph (A), 

14 as designated by subparagraph (A) of this para15 graph, the following: 

16 ‘‘(B) the distribution of Child Opportunity 

17 Scholarships; and’’; 

18 (2) in subsection (f)— 

19 (A) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

20 the end; 

21 (B) in paragraph (4), by striking the pe22 riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

23 (C) by adding after paragraph (4) the fol24 lowing: 

25 ‘‘(5) may use any remaining amounts to dis26 tribute Child Opportunity Scholarships.’’; and 


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1 (3) in subsection (h)— 

2 (A) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and 

3 (3) as paragraphs (4) and (6), respectively; 

4 (B) by inserting after paragraph (1) the 

5 following: 

6 ‘‘(2) the term ‘Child Opportunity Scholarship’ 

7 means direct financial assistance to the parent or 

8 guardian of an eligible student for a qualified edu9 cational expense in an amount reasonably commen10 surate to the negative educational impact intended 

11 to be addressed; 

12 ‘‘(3) the term ‘eligible student’ means a child 

13 who is a member of a household with an income 

14 which is not greater than 300 percent of the Federal 

15 poverty level;’’; 

16 (C) in paragraph (4), as redesignated by 

17 subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘and’’ after the 

18 semicolon; and 

19 (D) by inserting after paragraph (4), as 

20 redesignated by subparagraph (A), the fol21 lowing: 

22 ‘‘(5) the term ‘qualified educational expense’ in23 cludes tutoring or educational classes outside the 

24 home, curriculum and curricular materials, books or 

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1 terials, online educational materials, private school 

2 tuition, testing fees, diagnostic tools, and edu3 cational therapies for students with disabilities; 

4 and’’. 

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