I 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8671 
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 
AUGUST 5, 2022 
Mr. OWENS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Education and Labor 
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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Raising Expectations 
with Child Opportunity Vouchers for Educational Recov-
ery Act’’ or the ‘‘RECOVER Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. USE OF UNOBLIGATED AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN 
ACT 
FUNDS 
FOR 
CHILD 
OPPORTUNITY 
SCHOLARSHIPS. 
Section 2001 of the American Rescue Plan Act of 
2021 (20 U.S.C. 3401 note) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (e)(1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘through the implementa-
tion of’’ and inserting ‘‘through— 
‘‘(A) the implementation of’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (A), as designated by 
subparagraph (A) of this paragraph, by striking 
‘‘; and’’ and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(C) by inserting after subparagraph (A), 
as designated by subparagraph (A) of this para-
graph, the following: 
‘‘(B) the distribution of Child Opportunity 
Scholarships; and’’; 
(2) in subsection (f)— 
(A) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(B) in paragraph (4), by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding after paragraph (4) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(5) may use any remaining amounts to dis-
tribute Child Opportunity Scholarships.’’; and 
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(3) in subsection (h)— 
(A) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and 
(3) as paragraphs (4) and (6), respectively; 
(B) by inserting after paragraph (1) the 
following: 
‘‘(2) the term ‘Child Opportunity Scholarship’ 
means direct financial assistance to the parent or 
guardian of an eligible student for a qualified edu-
cational expense in an amount reasonably commen-
surate to the negative educational impact intended 
to be addressed; 
‘‘(3) the term ‘eligible student’ means a child 
who is a member of a household with an income 
which is not greater than 300 percent of the Federal 
poverty level;’’; 
(C) in paragraph (4), as redesignated by 
subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘and’’ after the 
semicolon; and 
(D) by inserting after paragraph (4), as 
redesignated by subparagraph (A), the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(5) the term ‘qualified educational expense’ in-
cludes tutoring or educational classes outside the 
home, curriculum and curricular materials, books or 
instructional materials, technological education ma-
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terials, online educational materials, private school 
tuition, testing fees, diagnostic tools, and edu-
cational therapies for students with disabilities; 
and’’. 
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