H.R. 787 · 116th Congress
SOAR Reauthorization Act of 2019
Key: what the circles and colors mean
Each circle is a bill. The ring fills as it moves through Congress:
Under the number: the Yea · Nay count of its final (or latest) recorded vote. On a member's page, the small badge is how that member voted: Y Yea / Aye, N Nay / No, P Present, – Not voting.
Gold and violet are only for Yea and Nay; they never mean a party. A member's party is the letter on their photo.
Never voted on. It didn't reach a floor vote before the 116th Congress ended, so it expired. A bill has to be introduced again to be considered in a new Congress.
R
WalkerSponsor21 cosponsors · 21 R
R
Allen
MB
R
Burgess
JB
R
Banks
JD
R
Duncan
VF
R
Foxx
GG
R
Grothman
GG
R
Graves
DH
R
Hunter
AH
R
Harris
DL
R
Lesko
AM
R
Mooney
PM
R
Mitchell
RN
R
Norman
BP
R
Posey
GP
R
Palmer
JR
R
Ratcliffe
GT
R
Thompson
RW
R
Weber
SK
R
King
BF
R
Flores
MT
R
Turner18 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.
This bill reauthorizes through FY2024 and amends the Scholarships for Opportunity and Results (SOAR) Program, which provides education funding for the District of Columbia, including for private school vouchers, public schools, and public charter schools.
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Jan 24, 2019
SOAR Reauthorization Act of 2019
This bill reauthorizes through FY2024 and amends the Scholarships for Opportunity and Results (SOAR) Program, which provides education funding for the District of Columbia, including for private school vouchers, public schools, and public charter schools.
The bill requires participating private schools to be fully accredited by (1) an accrediting body with jurisdiction in the District that is recognized by the Student and Visitor Exchange English Language Program administered by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or (2) any international accrediting body designated by the Department of Education (ED).
The bill revises the manner in which tutoring services provided under the program are funded.
The bill revises several requirements concerning SOAR evaluations, including concerning (1) frequency; (2) ED's and the Institute of Education Sciences' duties; and (3) the issues to be evaluated, including high school and college performance measurements.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: SOAR Reauthorization Act of 2019
Latest action (Jan 24, 2019): Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
Policy area: Education · Origin: House · Introduced: Jan 24, 2019
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.