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Union Calendar No. 34 

115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1387 

[Report No. 115–62] 

To reauthorize the Scholarships for Opportunity and Results Act, and for 

other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 7, 2017 

Mr. CHAFFETZ (for himself, Mr. MEADOWS, Ms. FOXX, Mr. MESSER, Mr. 

FRELINGHUYSEN, Mr. WALBERG, Mr. ROKITA, Mr. HARRIS, and Mr. 

DESANTIS) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 

MARCH 27, 2017 

Additional sponsors: Mr. LIPINSKI and Mr. RUSSELL

MARCH 27, 2017 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 

and ordered to be printed 


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A BILL 

To reauthorize the Scholarships for Opportunity and Results 

Act, and for other purposes. 


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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; REFERENCES IN ACT. 

4 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 

5 ‘‘Scholarships for Opportunity and Results Reauthoriza6 tion Act’’ or the ‘‘SOAR Reauthorization Act’’. 

7 (b) REFERENCES IN ACT.—Except as otherwise ex8 pressly provided, whenever in this Act an amendment is 

9 expressed in terms of an amendment to or repeal of a sec10 tion or other provision, the reference shall be considered 

11 to be made to that section or other provision of the Schol12 arships for Opportunity and Results Act (division C of 

13 Public Law 112–10; sec. 38–1853.01 et seq., D.C. Official 

14 Code). 

15 SEC. 2. REPEAL. 

16 Section 817 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 

17 2016 (Public Law 114–113) is repealed, and any provision 

18 of law amended or repealed by such section is restored 

19 or revived as if such section had not been enacted into 

20 law. 

21 SEC. 3. PURPOSES. 

22 Section 3003 (sec. 38–1853.03, D.C. Official Code) 

23 is amended by striking ‘‘particularly parents’’ and all that 

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1 ondary school identified as one of the lowest-performing 

2 schools under the District of Columbia’s accountability 

3 system, with’’. 

4 SEC. 4. PROHIBITING IMPOSITION OF LIMITS ON TYPES OF 

5 ELIGIBLE STUDENTS PARTICIPATING IN THE 

6 PROGRAM. 

7 Section 3004(a) (sec. 38–1853.04(a), D.C. Official 

8 Code) is amended by adding at the end the following: 

9 ‘‘(3) PROHIBITING IMPOSITION OF LIMITS ON

10 ELIGIBLE STUDENTS PARTICIPATING IN THE PRO11 GRAM.— 

12 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out the 

13 program under this division, the Secretary may 

14 not limit the number of eligible students receiv15 ing scholarships under section 3007(a), and 

16 may not prevent otherwise eligible students 

17 from participating in the program under this 

18 division, based on any of the following: 

19 ‘‘(i) The type of school the student 

20 previously attended. 

21 ‘‘(ii) Whether or not the student pre22 viously received a scholarship or partici23 pated in the program, including whether 

24 an eligible student was awarded a scholar25 ship in any previous year but has not used 


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1 the scholarship, regardless of the number 

2 of years of nonuse. 

3 ‘‘(iii) Whether or not the student was 

4 a member of the control group used by the 

5 Institute of Education Sciences to carry 

6 out previous evaluations of the program 

7 under section 3009. 

8 ‘‘(B) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing 

9 in subparagraph (A) may be construed to waive 

10 the requirement under section 3005(b)(1)(B) 

11 that the eligible entity carrying out the program 

12 under this Act must carry out a random selec13 tion process, which gives weight to the priorities 

14 described in section 3006, if more eligible stu15 dents seek admission in the program than the 

16 program can accommodate.’’. 

17 SEC. 5. REQUIRING ELIGIBLE ENTITIES TO UTILIZE INTER18 NAL FISCAL AND QUALITY CONTROLS. 

19 Section 3005(b)(1) (sec. 38–1853.05(b)(1), D.C. Of20 ficial Code) is amended— 

21 (1) in subparagraph (I), by striking ‘‘, except 

22 that a participating school may not be required to 

23 submit to more than 1 site visit per school year’’; 

24 (2) by redesignating subparagraphs (K) and 

25 (L) as subparagraphs (L) and (M), respectively; 


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1 (3) by inserting after subparagraph (J) the fol2 lowing: 

3 ‘‘(K) how the entity will ensure the finan4 cial viability of participating schools in which 

5 85 percent or more of the total number of stu6 dents enrolled at the school are participating el7 igible students that receive and use an oppor8 tunity scholarship;’’; 

9 (4) in subparagraph (L), as redesignated by 

10 paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; and 

11 (5) by adding at the end the following: 

12 ‘‘(N) how the eligible entity will ensure 

13 that it— 

14 ‘‘(i) utilizes internal fiscal and quality 

15 controls; and 

16 ‘‘(ii) complies with applicable financial 

17 reporting requirements and the require18 ments of this division; and’’. 

19 SEC. 6. CLARIFICATION OF PRIORITIES FOR AWARDING 

20 SCHOLARSHIPS TO ELIGIBLE STUDENTS. 

21 Section 3006(1) (sec. 38–1853.06(1), D.C. Official 

22 Code) is amended— 

23 (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘attended’’ 

24 and all that follows through the semicolon and in25 serting ‘‘attended an elementary school or secondary 


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1 school identified as one of the lowest-performing 

2 schools under the District of Columbia’s account3 ability system; and’’; 

4 (2) by striking subparagraph (B); 

5 (3) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as sub6 paragraph (B); and 

7 (4) in subparagraph (B), as redesignated by 

8 paragraph (3), by striking the semicolon at the end 

9 and inserting ‘‘or whether such students have, in the 

10 past, attended a private school;’’. 

11 SEC. 7. MODIFICATION OF REQUIREMENTS FOR PARTICI12 PATING SCHOOLS AND ELIGIBLE ENTITIES. 

13 (a) CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS; COMPLIANCE

14 WITH REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.—Section 3007(a)(4) 

15 (sec. 38–1853.07(a)(4), D.C. Official Code) is amended— 

16 (1) in subparagraph (E), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

17 the end; 

18 (2) by striking subparagraph (F) and inserting 

19 the following: 

20 ‘‘(F) ensures that, with respect to core 

21 subject matter, participating students are 

22 taught by a teacher who has a baccalaureate 

23 degree or equivalent degree, whether such de24 gree was awarded in or outside of the United 

25 States;’’; and 


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1 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

2 ‘‘(G) conducts criminal background checks 

3 on school employees who have direct and unsu4 pervised interaction with students; and 

5 ‘‘(H) complies with all requests for data 

6 and information regarding the reporting re7 quirements described in section 3010.’’. 

8 (b) ACCREDITATION.—Section 3007(a) (sec. 38– 

9 1853.07(a), D.C. Official Code), as amended by subsection 

10 (a), is further amended— 

11 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘paragraphs 

12 (2) and (3)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraphs (2), (3), and 

13 (5)’’; and 

14 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

15 ‘‘(5) ACCREDITATION REQUIREMENTS.— 

16 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—None of the funds 

17 provided under this division for opportunity 

18 scholarships may be used by a participating eli19 gible student to enroll in a participating private 

20 school unless the school— 

21 ‘‘(i) in the case of a school that is a 

22 participating school as of the date of en23 actment of the SOAR Reauthorization 

24 Act— 


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1 ‘‘(I) is fully accredited by an ac2 crediting body described in any of 

3 subparagraphs (A) through (G) of 

4 section 2202(16) of the District of 

5 Columbia School Reform Act of 1995 

6 (Public Law 104–134; sec. 38– 

7 1802.02(16)(A)–(G), D.C. Official 

8 Code); or 

9 ‘‘(II) if such participating school 

10 does not meet the requirements of 

11 subclause (I)— 

12 ‘‘(aa) not later than 1 year 

13 after the date of enactment of 

14 the Consolidated Appropriations 

15 Act, 2016 (Public Law 114– 

16 113), the school is pursuing full 

17 accreditation by an accrediting 

18 body described in subclause (I); 

19 and 

20 ‘‘(bb) is fully accredited by 

21 such an accrediting body not 

22 later than 5 years after the date 

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1 tation in accordance with item 

2 (aa); and 

3 ‘‘(ii) in the case of a school that is not 

4 a participating school as of the date of en5 actment of the SOAR Reauthorization Act, 

6 is fully accredited by an accrediting body 

7 described in clause (i)(I) before becoming a 

8 participating school under this division. 

9 ‘‘(B) REPORTS TO ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—Not 

10 later than 5 years after the date of enactment 

11 of the SOAR Reauthorization Act, each partici12 pating school shall submit to the eligible entity 

13 a certification that the school has been fully ac14 credited in accordance with subparagraph (A). 

15 ‘‘(C) ASSISTING STUDENTS IN ENROLLING

16 IN OTHER SCHOOLS.—If a participating school 

17 fails to meet the requirements of this para18 graph, the eligible entity shall assist the parents 

19 of the participating eligible students who attend 

20 the school in identifying, applying to, and en21 rolling in another participating school under 

22 this division. 

23 ‘‘(6) TREATMENT OF STUDENTS AWARDED A

24 SCHOLARSHIP IN A PREVIOUS YEAR.—An eligible en25 tity shall treat a participating eligible student who 


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1 was awarded an opportunity scholarship in any pre2 vious year and who has not used the scholarship as 

3 a renewal student and not as a new applicant, with4 out regard as to— 

5 ‘‘(A) whether the eligible student has used 

6 the scholarship; and 

7 ‘‘(B) the year in which the scholarship was 

8 previously awarded.’’. 

9 (c) USE OF FUNDS FOR ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

10 AND PARENTAL ASSISTANCE.— 

11 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 3007 (sec. 38– 

12 1853.07, D.C. Official Code) is amended— 

13 (A) by striking subsections (b) and (c) and 

14 inserting the following: 

15 ‘‘(b) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES AND PARENTAL

16 ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary shall make $2,000,000 of 

17 the amount made available under section 3014(a)(1) for 

18 each fiscal year available to eligible entities receiving a 

19 grant under section 3004(a) to cover the following ex20 penses: 

21 ‘‘(1) The administrative expenses of carrying 

22 out its program under this division during the year, 

23 including— 

24 ‘‘(A) determining the eligibility of students 

25 to participate; 


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1 ‘‘(B) selecting the eligible students to re2 ceive scholarships; 

3 ‘‘(C) determining the amount of the schol4 arships and issuing the scholarships to eligible 

5 students; 

6 ‘‘(D) compiling and maintaining financial 

7 and programmatic records; 

8 ‘‘(E) conducting site visits as described in 

9 section 3005(b)(1)(I); and 

10 ‘‘(F)(i) conducting a study, including a 

11 survey of participating parents, on any barriers 

12 for participating eligible students in gaining ad13 mission to, or attending, the participating 

14 school that is their first choice; and 

15 ‘‘(ii) not later than the end of the first full 

16 fiscal year after the date of enactment of the 

17 SOAR Reauthorization Act, submitting a report 

18 to Congress that contains the results of such 

19 study. 

20 ‘‘(2) The expenses of educating parents about 

21 the eligible entity’s program under this division, and 

22 assisting parents through the application process 

23 under this division, including— 

24 ‘‘(A) providing information about the pro25 gram and the participating schools to parents 


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1 of eligible students, including information on 

2 supplemental financial aid that may be available 

3 at participating schools; 

4 ‘‘(B) providing funds to assist parents of 

5 students in meeting expenses that might other6 wise preclude the participation of eligible stu7 dents in the program; and 

8 ‘‘(C) streamlining the application process 

9 for parents.’’; 

10 (B) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub11 section (c); and 

12 (C) by redesignating subsection (e), as 

13 added by section 162(b) of the Continuing Ap14 propriations Act, 2017 (division C of Public 

15 Law 114–223, as amended by section 101(3) of 

16 the Further Continuing and Security Assistance 

17 Appropriations Act, 2017 (Public Law 114– 

18 254)), as subsection (d). 

19 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 

20 3007(d) (sec. 38–1853.07(d), D.C. Official Code), as 

21 redesignated by paragraph (1)(C), is amended by 

22 striking ‘‘subsections (b), (c), and (d)’’ each place it 

23 appears in paragraphs (2)(B) and (3) and inserting 

24 ‘‘subsections (b) and (c)’’. 


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1 (d) CLARIFICATION OF USE OF FUNDS FOR STU2 DENT ACADEMIC ASSISTANCE.—Section 3007(c) (sec. 38– 

3 1853.07(c), D.C. Official Code), as redesignated by sub4 section (c)(1)(B), is amended by striking ‘‘previously at5 tended’’ and all that follows through the period at the end 

6 and inserting ‘‘previously attended an elementary school 

7 or secondary school identified as one of the lowest-per8 forming schools under the District of Columbia’s account9 ability system.’’. 

10 SEC. 8. PROGRAM EVALUATION. 

11 (a) REVISION OF EVALUATION PROCEDURES AND

12 REQUIREMENTS.— 

13 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 3009(a) (sec. 38– 

14 1853.09(a), D.C. Official Code) is amended to read 

15 as follows: 

16 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.— 

17 ‘‘(1) DUTIES OF THE SECRETARY AND THE

18 MAYOR.—The Secretary and the Mayor of the Dis19 trict of Columbia shall— 

20 ‘‘(A) jointly enter into an agreement with 

21 the Institute of Education Sciences of the De22 partment of Education to evaluate annually the 

23 opportunity scholarship program under this di24 vision; 


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1 ‘‘(B) jointly enter into an agreement to 

2 monitor and evaluate the use of funds author3 ized and appropriated for the District of Co4 lumbia public schools and the District of Co5 lumbia public charter schools under this divi6 sion; and 

7 ‘‘(C) make the evaluations described in 

8 subparagraphs (A) and (B) public in accord9 ance with subsection (c). 

10 ‘‘(2) DUTIES OF THE SECRETARY.—The Sec11 retary, through a grant, contract, or cooperative 

12 agreement, shall— 

13 ‘‘(A) ensure that the evaluation under 

14 paragraph (1)(A)— 

15 ‘‘(i) is conducted using an acceptable 

16 quasi-experimental research design for de17 termining the effectiveness of the oppor18 tunity scholarship program under this divi19 sion that does not use a control study 

20 group consisting of students who applied 

21 for but did not receive opportunity scholar22 ships; and 

23 ‘‘(ii) addresses the issues described in 

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1 ‘‘(B) disseminate information on the im2 pact of the program— 

3 ‘‘(i) on academic achievement and 

4 educational attainment of participating eli5 gible students who use an opportunity 

6 scholarship; and 

7 ‘‘(ii) on students and schools in the 

8 District of Columbia. 

9 ‘‘(3) DUTIES OF THE INSTITUTE ON EDU10 CATION SCIENCES.—The Institute of Education 

11 Sciences of the Department of Education shall— 

12 ‘‘(A) assess participating eligible students 

13 who use an opportunity scholarship in each of 

14 grades 3 through 8, as well as one of the grades 

15 at the high school level, by supervising the ad16 ministration of the same reading and mathe17 matics assessment used by the District of Co18 lumbia public schools to comply with section 

19 1111(b) of the Elementary and Secondary Edu20 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311(b)); 

21 ‘‘(B) measure the academic achievement of 

22 all participating eligible students who use an 

23 opportunity scholarship in the grades described 

24 in subparagraph (A); and 


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1 ‘‘(C) work with eligible entities receiving a 

2 grant under this division to ensure that the par3 ents of each student who is a participating eli4 gible student that uses an opportunity scholar5 ship agrees to permit their child to participate 

6 in the evaluations and assessments carried out 

7 by the Institute of Education Sciences under 

8 this subsection. 

9 ‘‘(4) ISSUES TO BE EVALUATED.—The issues to 

10 be evaluated under paragraph (1)(A) shall include 

11 the following: 

12 ‘‘(A) A comparison of the academic 

13 achievement of participating eligible students 

14 who use an opportunity scholarship on the 

15 measurements described in paragraph (3)(B) to 

16 the academic achievement of a comparison 

17 group of students with similar backgrounds in 

18 the District of Columbia public schools and the 

19 District of Columbia public charter schools. 

20 ‘‘(B) The success of the program under 

21 this division in expanding choice options for 

22 parents of participating eligible students and 

23 increasing the satisfaction of such parents and 

24 students with their choice. 


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1 ‘‘(C) The reasons parents of participating 

2 eligible students choose for their children to 

3 participate in the program, including important 

4 characteristics for selecting schools. 

5 ‘‘(D) A comparison of the retention rates, 

6 high school graduation rates, college enrollment 

7 rates, college persistence rates, and college 

8 graduation rates of participating eligible stu9 dents who use an opportunity scholarship with 

10 the rates of students in the comparison group 

11 described in subparagraph (A). 

12 ‘‘(E) A comparison of the college enroll13 ment rates, college persistence rates, and col14 lege graduation rates of students who partici15 pated in the program in 2004, 2005, 2011, 

16 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015 as the result of 

17 winning the Opportunity Scholarship Program 

18 lottery with such enrollment, persistence, and 

19 graduation rates for students who entered but 

20 did not win such lottery in those years and who, 

21 as a result, served as the control group for pre22 vious evaluations of the program under this di23 vision. Nothing in this subparagraph may be 

24 construed to waive section 3004(a)(3)(A)(iii) 

25 with respect to any such student. 


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1 ‘‘(F) A comparison of the safety of the 

2 schools attended by participating eligible stu3 dents who use an opportunity scholarship and 

4 the schools in the District of Columbia attended 

5 by students in the comparison group described 

6 in subparagraph (A), based on the perceptions 

7 of the students and parents. 

8 ‘‘(G) An assessment of student academic 

9 achievement at participating schools in which 

10 85 percent of the total number of students en11 rolled at the school are participating eligible 

12 students who receive and use an opportunity 

13 scholarship. 

14 ‘‘(H) Such other issues with respect to 

15 participating eligible students who use an op16 portunity scholarship as the Secretary considers 

17 appropriate for inclusion in the evaluation, such 

18 as the impact of the program on public elemen19 tary schools and secondary schools in the Dis20 trict of Columbia. 

21 ‘‘(5) PROHIBITING DISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL

22 INFORMATION.— 

23 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Any disclosure of per24 sonally identifiable information obtained under 

25 this division shall be in compliance with section 


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1 444 of the General Education Provisions Act 

2 (commonly known as the ‘Family Educational 

3 Rights and Privacy Act of 1974’) (20 U.S.C. 

4 1232g). 

5 ‘‘(B) STUDENTS NOT ATTENDING PUBLIC

6 SCHOOL.—With respect to any student who is 

7 not attending a public elementary school or sec8 ondary school, personally identifiable informa9 tion obtained under this division shall only be 

10 disclosed to— 

11 ‘‘(i) individuals carrying out the eval12 uation described in paragraph (1)(A) for 

13 such student; 

14 ‘‘(ii) the group of individuals pro15 viding information for carrying out the 

16 evaluation of such student; and 

17 ‘‘(iii) the parents of such student.’’. 

18 (2) TRANSITION OF EVALUATION.— 

19 (A) TERMINATION OF PREVIOUS EVALUA20 TIONS.—The Secretary of Education shall— 

21 (i) terminate the evaluations con22 ducted under section 3009(a) of the Schol23 arships for Opportunity and Results Act 

24 (sec. 38–1853.09(a), D.C. Official Code), 

25 as in effect on the day before the date of 


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1 enactment of this Act, after obtaining data 

2 for the 2017–2018 school year; and 

3 (ii) submit any reports required for 

4 the 2017–2018 school year or preceding 

5 years with respect to the evaluations in ac6 cordance with section 3009(b) of such Act. 

7 (B) NEW EVALUATIONS.— 

8 (i) IN GENERAL.—Effective beginning 

9 with respect to the 2018–2019 school year, 

10 the Secretary shall conduct new evalua11 tions in accordance with the provisions of 

12 section 3009(a) of the Scholarships for Op13 portunity and Results Act (sec. 38– 

14 1853.09(a), D.C. Official Code), as amend15 ed by this Act. 

16 (ii) MOST RECENT EVALUATION.—As 

17 a component of the new evaluations de18 scribed in clause (i), the Secretary shall 

19 continue to monitor and evaluate the stu20 dents who were evaluated in the most re21 cent evaluation under such section prior to 

22 the date of enactment of this Act, includ23 ing by monitoring and evaluating the test 

24 scores and other information of such stu25 dents. 


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1 (b) DUTY OF MAYOR TO ENSURE INSTITUTE HAS

2 ALL INFORMATION NECESSARY TO CARRY OUT EVALUA3 TIONS.—Section 3011(a)(1) (sec. 38–1853.11(a)(1), D.C. 

4 Official Code) is amended to read as follows: 

5 ‘‘(1) INFORMATION NECESSARY TO CARRY OUT

6 EVALUATIONS.—Ensure that all District of Colum7 bia public schools and District of Columbia public 

8 charter schools make available to the Institute of 

9 Education Sciences of the Department of Education 

10 all of the information the Institute requires to carry 

11 out the assessments and perform the evaluations re12 quired under section 3009(a).’’. 

13 SEC. 9. FUNDING FOR DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PUBLIC 

14 SCHOOLS AND PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS. 

15 (a) MANDATORY WITHHOLDING OF FUNDS FOR

16 FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH CONDITIONS.—Section 

17 3011(b) (sec. 38–1853.11(b), D.C. Official Code) is 

18 amended to read as follows: 

19 ‘‘(b) ENFORCEMENT.—If, after reasonable notice and 

20 an opportunity for a hearing, the Secretary determines 

21 that the Mayor has failed to comply with any of the re22 quirements of subsection (a), the Secretary may withhold 

23 from the Mayor, in whole or in part— 

24 ‘‘(1) the funds otherwise authorized to be ap25 propriated under section 3014(a)(2), if the failure to 


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1 comply relates to the District of Columbia public 

2 schools; 

3 ‘‘(2) the funds otherwise authorized to be ap4 propriated under section 3014(a)(3), if the failure to 

5 comply relates to the District of Columbia public 

6 charter schools; or 

7 ‘‘(3) the funds otherwise authorized to be ap8 propriated under both paragraphs (2) and (3) of 

9 section 3014(a), if the failure relates to both the 

10 District of Columbia public schools and the District 

11 of Columbia public charter schools.’’. 

12 (b) RULES FOR USE OF FUNDS PROVIDED FOR SUP13 PORT OF PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS.—Section 3011 

14 (sec. 38–1853.11, D.C. Official Code) is amended— 

15 (1) by redesignating subsections (b) and (c) as 

16 subsections (c) and (d), respectively; and 

17 (2) by inserting after subsection (a) the fol18 lowing new subsection: 

19 ‘‘(b) SPECIFIC RULES REGARDING FUNDS PROVIDED

20 FOR SUPPORT OF PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS.—The fol21 lowing rules shall apply with respect to the funds provided 

22 under this division for the support of District of Columbia 

23 public charter schools: 

24 ‘‘(1) The Secretary may direct the funds pro25 vided for any fiscal year, or any portion thereof, to 


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1 the Office of the State Superintendent of Education 

2 of the District of Columbia. 

3 ‘‘(2) The Office of the State Superintendent of 

4 Education of the District of Columbia may transfer 

5 the funds to subgrantees that are— 

6 ‘‘(A) specific District of Columbia public 

7 charter schools or networks of such schools; or 

8 ‘‘(B) District of Columbia-based nonprofit 

9 organizations with experience in successfully 

10 providing support or assistance to District of 

11 Columbia public charter schools or networks of 

12 such schools. 

13 ‘‘(3) The funds provided under this division for 

14 the support of District of Columbia public charter 

15 schools shall be available to any District of Columbia 

16 public charter school in good standing with the Dis17 trict of Columbia Charter School Board, and the Of18 fice of the State Superintendent of Education of the 

19 District of Columbia and the District of Columbia 

20 Charter School Board may not restrict the avail21 ability of such funds to certain types of schools on 

22 the basis of the school’s location, governing body, or 

23 the school’s facilities.’’. 


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1 SEC. 10. REVISION OF CURRENT MEMORANDUM OF UNDER2 STANDING. 

3 Not later than the beginning of the 2018–2019 school 

4 year, the Secretary of Education and the Mayor of the 

5 District of Columbia shall revise the memorandum of un6 derstanding which is in effect under section 3012(d) of 

7 the Scholarships for Opportunity and Results Act as of 

8 the day before the date of the enactment of this Act to 

9 address the following: 

10 (1) The amendments made by this Act. 

11 (2) The need to ensure that participating 

12 schools under the Scholarships for Opportunity and 

13 Results Act meet fire code standards and maintain 

14 certificates of occupancy. 

15 (3) The need to ensure that District of Colum16 bia public schools and District of Columbia public 

17 charter schools meet the requirements under such 

18 Act to comply with all reasonable requests for infor19 mation necessary to carry out the evaluations re20 quired under section 3009(a) of such Act. 

21 SEC. 11. DEFINITIONS. 

22 Section 3013 (sec. 38–1853.13, D.C. Official Code) 

23 is amended— 

24 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through 

25 (10) as paragraphs (2) through (11), respectively; 


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1 (2) by inserting before paragraph (2), as redes2 ignated by paragraph (1), the following: 

3 ‘‘(1) CORE SUBJECT MATTER.—The term ‘core 

4 subject matter’ means— 

5 ‘‘(A) mathematics; 

6 ‘‘(B) science; and 

7 ‘‘(C) English, reading, or language arts.’’; 

8 and 

9 (3) in paragraph (4)(B), as redesignated by 

10 paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘household with a’’ be11 fore ‘‘student’’. 

12 SEC. 12. EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA13 TIONS. 

14 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3014(a) (sec. 38– 

15 1853.14, D.C. Official Code) is amended by striking ‘‘and 

16 for each of the 4 succeeding fiscal years’’ and inserting 

17 ‘‘and for each fiscal year through fiscal year 2022’’. 

18 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 

19 subsection (a) shall take effect on September 30, 2016. 

20 SEC. 13. EFFECTIVE DATE. 

21 Except as otherwise provided, the amendments made 

22 by this Act shall apply with respect to school year 2018– 

23 2019 and each succeeding school year. 


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Union Calendar No. 34 

115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1387 

[Report No. 115–62] 

A BILL 

To reauthorize the Scholarships for Opportunity 

and Results Act, and for other purposes. 

MARCH 27, 2017 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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