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Union Calendar No. 214 

112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3237 

[Report No. 112–315] 

To amend the SOAR Act by clarifying the scope of coverage of the Act. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

OCTOBER 18, 2011 

Mr. GOWDY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on Oversight and Government Reform 

DECEMBER 6, 2011 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 


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A BILL 

To amend the SOAR Act by clarifying the scope of coverage 

of the Act. 


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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. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘SOAR Technical Cor5 rections Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. USE OF FUNDS. 

7 Section 3007(a)(4)(F) of the Scholarships for Oppor8 tunity and Results Act (Public Law 112–10; 125 Stat. 

9 203) is amended to read as follows: 

10 ‘‘(F) ensures that participating students 

11 are taught by core subject matter teachers who 

12 have a baccalaureate degree or equivalent de13 gree, whether such degree was awarded in or 

14 outside of the United States.’’. 

15 SEC. 3. NATIONALLY NORM-REFERENCED STANDARDIZED 

16 TESTS. 

17 Section 3008(h) of the Scholarships for Opportunity 

18 and Results Act (Public Law 112–10; 125 Stat. 205) is 

19 amended by striking paragraphs (1) and (2) and inserting 

20 the following: 

21 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Institute of Education 

22 Sciences shall administer nationally norm-referenced 

23 standardized tests, as described in paragraph (3)(A) 

24 of section 3009(a), to students participating in the 

25 evaluation under section 3009(a) for the purpose of 


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1 conducting the evaluation under such section, except 

2 where a student is attending a participating school 

3 that is administering the same nationally norm-ref4 erenced standardized test. 

5 ‘‘(2) TEST RESULTS.—Each participating 

6 school that administers the nationally norm-ref7 erenced standardized test described in paragraph (1) 

8 to an eligible student shall make the test results, 

9 with respect to such student, available to the Sec10 retary as necessary for evaluation under section 

11 3009(a).’’. 

12 SEC. 4. EVALUATIONS. 

13 Section 3009(a)(3) of the Scholarships for Oppor14 tunity and Results Act (Public Law 112–10; 125 Stat. 

15 206) is amended— 

16 (1) in subparagraph (A), by inserting before the 

17 semicolon the following: ‘‘in a manner consistent 

18 with section 3008(h)’’; and 

19 (2) in subparagraph (C), by inserting ‘‘, if re20 quested by the Institute of Education Sciences,’’ 

21 after ‘‘will participate’’. 

22 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

23 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘SOAR Technical Correc24 tions Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. USE OF FUNDS. 

2 Section 3007(a)(4)(F) of the Scholarships for Oppor3 tunity and Results Act (Public Law 112–10; 125 Stat. 203) 

4 is amended to read as follows: 

5 ‘‘(F) ensures that participating students are 

6 taught by core subject matter teachers who have 

7 a baccalaureate degree or equivalent degree, 

8 whether such degree was awarded in or outside 

9 of the United States.’’. 

10 SEC. 3. NATIONALLY NORM-REFERENCED STANDARDIZED 

11 TESTS. 

12 Section 3008(h) of the Scholarships for Opportunity 

13 and Results Act (Public Law 112–10; 125 Stat. 205) is 

14 amended by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the fol15 lowing: 

16 ‘‘(2) ADMINISTRATION OF TESTS.—The Institute 

17 of Education Sciences shall administer nationally 

18 norm-referenced standardized tests, as described in 

19 paragraph (3)(A) of section 3009(a), to students par20 ticipating in the evaluation under section 3009(a) for 

21 the purpose of conducting the evaluation under such 

22 section, except where a student is attending a partici23 pating school that is administering the same nation24 ally norm-referenced standardized test. 

25 ‘‘(3) TEST RESULTS.—Each participating school 

26 that administers the nationally norm-referenced 


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1 standardized test described in paragraph (2) to an el2 igible student shall make the test results, with respect 

3 to such student, available to the Secretary as nec4 essary for evaluation under section 3009(a).’’. 

5 SEC. 4. EVALUATIONS. 

6 Section 3009(a)(3) of the Scholarships for Opportunity 

7 and Results Act (Public Law 112–10; 125 Stat. 206) is 

8 amended— 

9 (1) in subparagraph (A), by inserting before the 

10 semicolon the following: ‘‘in a manner consistent with 

11 section 3008(h)’’; and 

12 (2) in subparagraph (C), by inserting ‘‘, if re13 quested by the Institute of Education Sciences,’’ after 

14 ‘‘will participate’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 214 

112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3237 

[Report No. 112–315] 

A BILL 

To amend the SOAR Act by clarifying the scope of 

coverage of the Act. 

DECEMBER 6, 2011 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Comand ordered to be printed mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 


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