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School Choice

S.266 – CHOICE Act

Introduced: 2/02/2023

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Lead Sponsor: Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC)
Short Title: CHOICE Act, Creating Hope and Opportunity for Individuals and Communities through Education Act
Introduced: 02/02/2023 (but was first introduced 117th Congress)
Latest Action: The CHOICE Act was referred to the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions on 02/02/2023.
House Version: No
Cosponsors: 5 (5 Republicans – 0 Democrats)
Rep: Tim Scott Press Release in 2021
Summary:
- This legislation would support parents by eliminating barriers to seek the information necessary to determine a best-fit school that can effectively serve their child’s needs.
- Expands school choice programs by permitting states that have established programs for parents of disabled children to use public or private funds for the cost of their children attending a private school to supplement those funds with federal special education funds.
- Authorizes grants to support the design and initial implementation of state programs that allow the parents of a disabled child to choose the appropriate public or private school for their child.
- Establishes a five-year pilot program, within the Department of Defense, to award scholarships that enable military dependent students, who live on military installations, to attend the public or private elementary or secondary schools their parents choose.

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Sen. Tim Scott: COVID taught us this lesson – school choice matters more than ever

On January 28, 2021

By Fox News

BY TIM SCOTT, U.S. Congressman

It is not a coincidence that support for school choice is steady and growing after the coronavirus pandemic

Over the last few years, the coronavirus pandemic has forced families of all backgrounds to make impossible choices.

People’s lives and livelihoods have been upended; we’ve changed the way we engage in our communities; and schools across the country have been shuttered, presenting unexpected challenges for working families. While the impact we’re feeling now is immediate, the unintended consequences of keeping our young people home for a year will be felt far into their futures and the future of our country.

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