H. R. 8182: To Direct the Secretary of Education to Establish a Grant Program to Make Grants to the Parents of Students (116th Congress)
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H.R. 8182, the Creating Hope and Opportunity through Increased Choice in Education Act or the CHOICE Act, was introduced in the House of Representatives on September 8, 2020 by Mr. Bishop of North Carolina and referred to the Committee on Education and Labor. It directs the Secretary of Education to set up an Opportunity Grant Program of grants to parents of students whose local educational agency will not provide in-person instruction in a manner consistent with school year 2019-2020. Grants equal 100, 90 or 80 percent of per-pupil funding depending on household income. Funds may pay private school tuition and fees, tutoring, home school expenses and educational materials.
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“H. R. 8182: To Direct the Secretary of Education to Establish a Grant Program to Make Grants to the Parents of Students (116th Congress).”
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116TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 8182
To direct the Secretary of Education to establish a grant program to make
grants to the parents of students served by local educational agencies
that will not provide in-person instruction in a manner consistent with
school year 2019–2020, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEPTEMBER 8, 2020
Mr. BISHOP of North Carolina introduced the following bill; which was
referred to the Committee on Education and Labor
A BILL
To direct the Secretary of Education to establish a grant
program to make grants to the parents of students
served by local educational agencies that will not provide
in-person instruction in a manner consistent with school
year 2019–2020, and for other purposes.
1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Creating Hope and
5 Opportunity through Increased Choice in Education Act’’
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6 or the ‘‘CHOICE Act’’.
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1 SEC. 2. OPPORTUNITY GRANT PROGRAM.
2 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish a
3 grant program (to be known as the ‘‘Opportunity Grant
4 Program’’) to make grants to parents of eligible students
5 for the purposes described in subsection (d).
6 (b) APPLICATION.—
7 (1) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible to receive a
8 grant under this section, a parent of an eligible stu-
9 dent shall submit to the Secretary an application
10 demonstrating—
11 (A) the household income of such eligible
12 student; and
13 (B) with respect to school year 2020–2021,
14 that the local educational agency serving such
15 eligible student will not provide in-person in-
16 struction in a manner consistent with school
17 year 2019–2020.
18 (2) OTHER REQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary
19 shall accept applications under paragraph (1) on an
20 annual rolling basis and make such application avail-
21 able as a standardized form in electronic and written
22 format.
23 (c) AMOUNT OF GRANTS.—Subject to the availability
24 of appropriations, each parent of an eligible student who
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25 the Secretary determines qualifies for a grant under this
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1 section shall receive a grant under this section in an
2 amount that—
3 (1) in the case of an eligible student with a
4 household income less than or equal to 100 percent
5 of the reduced price lunch rate income, is equal to
6 100 percent of the per-pupil funding with respect to
7 the local educational agency serving such eligible
8 student, as determined by the Secretary;
9 (2) in the case of an eligible student with a
10 household income greater than 100 percent but less
11 than or equal to 150 percent of the reduced price
12 lunch rate income, is equal to 90 percent of the per-
13 pupil funding with respect to the local educational
14 agency serving such eligible student, as determined
15 by the Secretary; and
16 (3) in the case of an eligible student with a
17 household income greater than 150 percent but less
18 than or equal to 200 percent of the reduced price
19 lunch rate income, is equal to 80 percent of the per-
20 pupil funding with respect to the local educational
21 agency serving such eligible student, as determined
22 by the Secretary.
23 (d) USE OF FUNDS.—Any amounts made available
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24 to a parent under this section may be used—
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1 (1) with respect to an eligible student, to pay
2 the tuition and fees for a private elementary school
3 or a private secondary school that is a qualified edu-
4 cation provider approved under subsection (e);
5 (2) for private tutoring (including through a
6 learning pod or microschool);
7 (3) for the home school expenses of such eligi-
8 ble student;
9 (4) to purchase educational materials, including
10 instruction materials and textbooks for such eligible
11 student;
12 (5) for purchasing electronic devices to facili-
13 tate the education of such eligible student; or
14 (6) for such other purposes as the Secretary de-
15 termines appropriate.
16 (e) REGISTRY OF QUALIFIED EDUCATION PRO-
17 VIDERS.—
18 (1) IN GENERAL.—With respect to each State,
19 the Secretary shall establish and maintain a registry
20 of qualified education providers approved by the Sec-
21 retary for purposes of subsection (d)(1).
22 (2) APPROVAL.—With respect to each State,
23 the Secretary shall approve as a qualified education
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24 provider any private elementary school or private
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1 secondary school that demonstrates to the Secretary
2 that such school is licensed to operate in such State.
3 (f) RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-
4 tion shall be construed—
5 (1) to impact any aspect of private, religious, or
6 home education providers;
7 (2) to exclude private, religious, or home edu-
8 cation providers from receiving funds pursuant to a
9 grant under this section; or
10 (3) to require a qualified educational service
11 provider to alter any creed, practice, admissions pol-
12 icy, or curriculum in order to receive funds pursuant
13 to a grant under this section.
14 (g) FUNDING.—From any amounts appropriated for
15 section 18003 of division B of the CARES Act on or after
16 the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall, not-
17 withstanding any other provision of title XVIII of division
18 B of the CARES Act (Public Law 116–136), use 10 per-
19 cent of such amounts to carry out this section and award
20 opportunity grants to parents with approved applications
21 in accordance with this section.
22 (h) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
23 (1) ELIGIBLE STUDENT.—The term ‘‘eligible
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24 student’’ means a student—
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1 (A) served by a local educational agency
2 that, with respect to school year 2020–2021,
3 will not provide in-person instruction in a man-
4 ner consistent with school year 2019–2020; and
5 (B) from a household with a household in-
6 come that is less than 200 percent of the re-
7 duced price lunch rate income.
8 (2) ESEA TERMS.—The terms ‘‘local edu-
9 cational agency’’, ‘‘parent’’, and ‘‘Secretary’’ have
10 the meanings given such terms in section 8101 of
11 the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of
12 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801).
13 (3) HOUSEHOLD INCOME.—The term ‘‘house-
14 hold income’’ has the meaning given such term in
15 section 36B(d)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of
16 1986 (26 U.S.C. 36B(d)(2)).
17 (4) REDUCED PRICE LUNCH RATE INCOME.—
18 The term ‘‘reduced price lunch rate income’’ means
19 185 percent of the applicable family size income lev-
20 els contained in the nonfarm income poverty guide-
21 lines prescribed by the Office of Management and
22 Budget, as adjusted annually in accordance with
23 subparagraph (B) of section 9(b)(1) of the Richard
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1 B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C.
2 1758(b)(1)).
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