H.R. 8671, RECOVER Act — Use of Unspent Educational Funds Under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 to Address Pandemic Learning Loss
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House bill 8671, the RECOVER Act, is a bill to allow the use of unspent educational funds under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 to address pandemic learning loss through Child Opportunity Scholarships. Owens introduced it on August 5, 2022, and it was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor. Section 2 amends section 2001 of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021. It defines a Child Opportunity Scholarship as direct financial assistance to the parent or guardian of an eligible student for a qualified educational expense, and defines an eligible student as a child in a household with an income not greater than 300 percent of the Federal poverty level. Qualified educational expenses include tutoring, books, testing fees, and private school tuition.
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“H.R. 8671, RECOVER Act — Use of Unspent Educational Funds Under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 to Address Pandemic Learning Loss.”
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117TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 8671
To allow the use of unspent educational funds under the American Rescue
Plan Act of 2021 to address pandemic learning loss through Child
Opportunity Scholarships.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
AUGUST 5, 2022
Mr. OWENS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Education and Labor
A BILL
To allow the use of unspent educational funds under the
American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 to address pandemic
learning loss through Child Opportunity Scholarships.
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 ‘‘Raising Expectations
5 with Child Opportunity Vouchers for Educational Recov-
6 ery Act’’ or the ‘‘RECOVER Act’’.
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1 SEC. 2. USE OF UNOBLIGATED AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN
2 ACT FUNDS FOR CHILD OPPORTUNITY
3 SCHOLARSHIPS.
4 Section 2001 of the American Rescue Plan Act of
5 2021 (20 U.S.C. 3401 note) is amended—
6 (1) in subsection (e)(1)—
7 (A) by striking ‘‘through the implementa-
8 tion of’’ and inserting ‘‘through—
9 ‘‘(A) the implementation of’’;
10 (B) in subparagraph (A), as designated by
11 subparagraph (A) of this paragraph, by striking
12 ‘‘; and’’ and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and
13 (C) by inserting after subparagraph (A),
14 as designated by subparagraph (A) of this para-
15 graph, the following:
16 ‘‘(B) the distribution of Child Opportunity
17 Scholarships; and’’;
18 (2) in subsection (f)—
19 (A) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘and’’ at
20 the end;
21 (B) in paragraph (4), by striking the pe-
22 riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
23 (C) by adding after paragraph (4) the fol-
24 lowing:
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25 ‘‘(5) may use any remaining amounts to dis-
26 tribute Child Opportunity Scholarships.’’; and
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1 (3) in subsection (h)—
2 (A) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and
3 (3) as paragraphs (4) and (6), respectively;
4 (B) by inserting after paragraph (1) the
5 following:
6 ‘‘(2) the term ‘Child Opportunity Scholarship’
7 means direct financial assistance to the parent or
8 guardian of an eligible student for a qualified edu-
9 cational expense in an amount reasonably commen-
10 surate to the negative educational impact intended
11 to be addressed;
12 ‘‘(3) the term ‘eligible student’ means a child
13 who is a member of a household with an income
14 which is not greater than 300 percent of the Federal
15 poverty level;’’;
16 (C) in paragraph (4), as redesignated by
17 subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘and’’ after the
18 semicolon; and
19 (D) by inserting after paragraph (4), as
20 redesignated by subparagraph (A), the fol-
21 lowing:
22 ‘‘(5) the term ‘qualified educational expense’ in-
23 cludes tutoring or educational classes outside the
24 home, curriculum and curricular materials, books or
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1 terials, online educational materials, private school
2 tuition, testing fees, diagnostic tools, and edu-
3 cational therapies for students with disabilities;
4 and’’.
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