S. 206: SOAR Act
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S. 206: SOAR Act
112th Congress · introduced 2011-01-26 · Education · Latest: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 112-195.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2011-01-26 · official record
- Who proposed it: Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [ID-CT] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 112-195. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
SOAR Act
Plain summary
Scholarships for Opportunity and Results Act 2011or SOAR Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award five-year grants on a competitive basis to nonprofit organizations to carry out a program to provide expanded school choice opportunities to students who are District of Columbia (DC) residents and who come from households: (1) receiving assistance under the supplemental nutrition assistance program under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008; or (2) with incomes not exceeding 185% of the poverty line, except in certain grandfathered circumstances. Prescribes special rules for funding opportunity scholarships for DC students. Prescribes requirements for schools participating in such grant programs. Requires each participating school to administer a nationally norm-referenced standardized test in reading and mathematics to each enrolled student receiving an opportunity scholarship. Repeals the DC School Choice Incentive Act of 2003 (title III of division C of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2004). Deems this Act as the reauthorization of the opportunity scholarship program under such Act.
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Sponsor: Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [ID-CT] · 8 cosponsors
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Susan M. Collins (R-ME)
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-112s206.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/112/s>
Record fed-us-cong112-s206 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112