‘‘(A) determining the eligibility of students 
to participate; 
‘‘(B) selecting the eligible students to re-
ceive scholarships; 
‘‘(C) determining the amount of the schol-
arships and issuing the scholarships to eligible 
students; 
‘‘(D) compiling and maintaining financial 
and programmatic records; and 
‘‘(E) conducting site visits as described in 
section 3005(b)(1)(l). 
‘‘(2) The expenses of educating parents about 
the entity’s program under this Act, and assisting 
parents through the application process under this 
Act, including— 
‘‘(A) providing information about the pro-
gram and the participating schools to parents 
of eligible students; 
‘‘(B) providing funds to assist parents of 
students in meeting expenses that might other-
wise preclude the participation of eligible stu-
dents in the program; and 
‘‘(C) streamlining the application process 
for parents.’’; and
(2) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub-
section (c). 
(d) CLARIFICATION OF USE OF FUNDS FOR STU-
DENT ACADEMIC ASSISTANCE.—Section 3007(c) (sec. 38– 
1853.07(c), D.C. Official Code), as redesignated by sub-
section (c)(2), is amended by striking ‘‘identified for im-
provement, corrective action, or restructuring under sec-
tion 1116 of the Elementary and Secondary Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6316)’’ and inserting ‘‘identified 
as one of the lowest-performing schools under the District 
of Columbia’s accountability system’’. 
(e) PERMITTING USE OF FUNDS REMAINING UNOB-
LIGATED FROM PREVIOUS FISCAL YEARS.—Section 3007 
(sec. 38–1853.07, D.C. Official Code), as amended by this 
section, is amended by adding at the end the following 
new subsection: 
‘‘(d) PERMITTING USE OF FUNDS REMAINING UN-
OBLIGATED FROM PREVIOUS FISCAL YEARS.—To the ex-
tent that any funds appropriated for the opportunity 
scholarship program under this Act for any fiscal year (in-
cluding a fiscal year occurring prior to the enactment of 
this subsection) remain unobligated at the end of the fiscal 
year, the Secretary shall make such funds available during 
the next fiscal year and (if still unobligated as of the end 
of that fiscal year) any subsequent fiscal year for scholar-
ships for eligible students, except that an eligible entity 
may use not more than 5 percent of the funds for adminis-
trative expenses, parental assistance, and tutoring, in ad-
dition to the amounts appropriated for such purposes 
under section 3007(b) and (c).’’. 
SEC. 7. PROGRAM EVALUATION. 
(a) REVISION OF EVALUATION PROCEDURES AND 
REQUIREMENTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 3009(a) (sec. 38– 
1853.09(a), D.C. Official Code) is amended to read 
as follows: 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.— 
‘‘(1) DUTIES
OF
THE
SECRETARY
AND
THE 
MAYOR.—The Secretary and the Mayor of the Dis-
trict of Columbia shall— 
‘‘(A) jointly enter into an agreement with 
the Institute of Education Sciences of the De-
partment of Education to evaluate annually the 
opportunity scholarship program under this 
Act; 
‘‘(B) jointly enter into an agreement to 
monitor and report on the use of funds author-
ized and appropriated for the District of Co-
lumbia Public Schools and the District of Co-
lumbia public charter schools under this Act; 
and 
‘‘(C) make the evaluations described in 
subparagraphs (A) and (B) public in accord-
ance with subsection (c). 
‘‘(2) DUTIES OF THE SECRETARY.—The Sec-
retary, through a grant, contract, or cooperative 
agreement, shall— 
‘‘(A) ensure that the evaluation under 
paragraph (1)(A)— 
‘‘(i) is conducted using an acceptable 
quasi-experimental research design for de-
termining the effectiveness of the oppor-
tunity scholarship program under this Act 
which does not use a control study group 
consisting of students who applied for but 
who did not receive opportunity scholar-
ships; and 
‘‘(ii) addresses the issues described in 
paragraph (4); and 
‘‘(B) disseminate information on the im-
pact of the program— 
‘‘(i) in increasing academic achieve-
ment and educational attainment of par-
ticipating eligible students; and
‘‘(ii) on students and schools in the 
District of Columbia. 
‘‘(3) DUTIES
OF
THE
INSTITUTE
OF
EDU-
CATION
SCIENCES.—The Institute of Education 
Sciences of the Department of Education shall— 
‘‘(A) assess participating eligible students 
in each of the grades 3 through 8, as well as 
one of the grades in the high school level, by su-
pervising the administration of the same read-
ing and math assessment used by the District 
of Columbia Public Schools to comply with sec-
tion 1111(b) of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311(b)); 
‘‘(B) measure the academic achievement of 
all participating students in the grades de-
scribed in subparagraph (A); and 
‘‘(C) work with the eligible entities to en-
sure that the parents of each student who re-
ceives a scholarship under this Act agree to per-
mit the student to participate in the evaluations 
and assessments carried out by the Institute 
under this subsection. 
‘‘(4) ISSUES TO BE EVALUATED.—The issues to 
be evaluated under paragraph (1)(A) shall include 
the following:
‘‘(A) A comparison of the academic 
achievement of participating eligible students in 
the measurements described in paragraph (3) to 
the academic achievement of a comparison 
group of students with similar backgrounds in 
the District of Columbia Public Schools. 
‘‘(B) The success of the program under 
this Act in expanding choice options for parents 
of participating eligible students and increasing 
the satisfaction of such parents and students 
with their choice. 
‘‘(C) The reasons parents of participating 
eligible students choose for their children to 
participate in the program, including important 
characteristics for selecting schools. 
‘‘(D) A comparison of the retention rates, 
high school graduation rates, college enrollment 
rates, college persistence rates, and college 
graduation rates of participating eligible stu-
dents with the rates of students in the compari-
son group described in subparagraph (A). 
‘‘(E) A report on the college enrollment 
rates, college persistence rates, and college 
graduation rates of students who participated 
in the program in 2004, 2005, 2011, 2012,
2013, 2014, and 2015 as the result of winning 
the Opportunity Scholarship Program lottery as 
well as the rates of students who entered but 
did not win such lottery in those years and who, 
as a result, served as the control group for pre-
vious evaluations of the program under this 
Act. Nothing in this subparagraph may be con-
strued to waive section 3004(a)(3)(A)(iii) with 
respect to any such student. 
‘‘(F) A comparison of the safety of the 
schools attended by participating eligible stu-
dents and the schools in the District of Colum-
bia attended by students in the comparison 
group described in subparagraph (A), based on 
the perceptions of the students and parents. 
‘‘(G) Such other issues with respect to par-
ticipating eligible students as the Secretary con-
siders appropriate for inclusion in the evalua-
tion, such as the impact of the program on pub-
lic elementary schools and secondary schools in 
the District of Columbia. 
‘‘(5) PROHIBITING DISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL 
INFORMATION.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Any disclosure of per-
sonally identifiable information shall be in com-
pliance with section 444 of the General Edu-
cation Provisions Act (commonly known as the 
‘Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 
1974’) (20 U.S.C. 1232g). 
‘‘(B) STUDENTS NOT ATTENDING PUBLIC 
SCHOOLS.—With respect to any student who is 
not attending a public elementary school or sec-
ondary school, personally identifiable informa-
tion may not be disclosed outside of the group 
of individuals carrying out the evaluation for 
such student or the group of individuals pro-
viding information for carrying out the evalua-
tion of such student, other than to the parents 
of such student.’’. 
(2) TRANSITION
FROM
CURRENT
EVALUA-
TION.—The Secretary of Education shall terminate 
the current evaluations conducted under section 
3009(a) of the Scholarships for Opportunity and Re-
sults Act (sec. 38–1853.09, D.C. Official Code), as 
in effect prior to the date of enactment of this Act, 
after obtaining data for the 2015–2016 school year, 
and shall submit the reports required with respect to 
the evaluations in accordance with section 3009(b) 
of such Act. Effective with respect to the 2016–2017 
school year, the Secretary shall conduct new evalua-
tions in accordance with the provisions of section 
3009(a) of such Act as amended by this Act, and as 
a component of the new evaluations, the Secretary 
shall continue to monitor and evaluate the students 
who were evaluated in the most recent evaluation 
under such section prior to the enactment of this 
Act, along with their corresponding test scores and 
other information. 
(b) DUTY OF MAYOR TO ENSURE INSTITUTE HAS 
ALL INFORMATION NECESSARY TO CARRY OUT EVALUA-
TIONS.—Section 3011(a)(1) (sec. 38–1853.11(a)(1), D.C. 
Official Code) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(1) INFORMATION NECESSARY TO CARRY OUT 
EVALUATIONS.—Ensure that all District of Colum-
bia public schools and District of Columbia public 
charter schools make available to the Institute of 
Education Sciences of the Department of Education 
all of the information the Institute requires to carry 
out the assessments and perform the evaluations re-
quired under section 3009(a).’’. 
SEC. 8. FUNDING FOR DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PUBLIC 
SCHOOLS AND PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS. 
(a) MANDATORY WITHHOLDING
OF FUNDS
FOR 
FAILURE
TO
COMPLY
WITH
CONDITIONS.—Section
3011(b) (sec. 38–1853.11(b), D.C. Official Code) is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(b) ENFORCEMENT.—If, after reasonable notice and 
an opportunity for a hearing, the Secretary determines 
that the Mayor has failed to comply with any of the re-
quirements of subsection (a), the Secretary may withhold 
from the Mayor, in whole or in part— 
‘‘(1) the funds otherwise authorized to be ap-
propriated under section 3014(a)(2), if the failure to 
comply relates to the District of Columbia public 
schools; 
‘‘(2) the funds otherwise authorized to be ap-
propriated under section 3014(a)(3), if the failure to 
comply relates to the District of Columbia public 
charter schools; or 
‘‘(3) the funds otherwise authorized to be ap-
propriated under both section 3014(a)(2) and sec-
tion 3014(a)(3), if the failure relates to both the 
District of Columbia public schools and the District 
of Columbia public charter schools.’’. 
(b) RULES FOR USE OF FUNDS PROVIDED FOR SUP-
PORT
OF PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS.—Section 3011 
(sec. 38–1853.11, D.C. Official Code) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub-
section (d); and
SEC. 9. REVISION OF CURRENT MEMORANDUM OF UNDER-
STANDING. 
The Secretary of Education and the Mayor of the 
District of Columbia shall revise the memorandum of un-
derstanding which is in effect under section 3012(d) of 
the Scholarships for Opportunity and Results Act (sec. 
38–1853.12(d), D.C. Official Code) as of the day before 
the date of the enactment of this Act to address the fol-
lowing: 
(1) The amendments made by this Act. 
(2) The need to ensure that participating 
schools under such Act meet fire code standards and 
maintain certificates of occupancy. 
(3) The need to ensure that District of Colum-
bia public schools and District of Columbia public 
charter schools meet the requirements under such 
Act to comply with all reasonable requests for infor-
mation necessary to carry out the evaluations re-
quired under section 3009(a) of such Act. 
SEC. 10. EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA-
TIONS. 
Section 3014(a) (sec. 38–1853.14(a), D.C. Official 
Code) is amended by striking ‘‘each of the 4 succeeding 
fiscal years’’ and inserting ‘‘each of the 9 succeeding fiscal 
years’’.
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 10 
AN ACT 
To reauthorize the Scholarships for Opportunity 
and Results Act, and for other purposes.