105th Congress > House > Vote 747
Clerk session vote number: 119
Description: District of Columbia Student Opportunity Scholarship Act
Bill summary: District of Columbia Student Opportunity Scholarship Act of 1997 - Authorizes the establishment of the District of Columbia Scholarship Corporation as a private, nonprofit corporation to administer, publicize, and evaluate the District of Columbia (District) scholarship program and to determine student and school eligibility for program participation.
Establishes the District of Columbia Scholarship Fund, to be administered by the Secretary of the Treasury, through which annual funds shall be
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provided to the District and used by the Corporation for the program. Authorizes appropriations to the Fund for FY 1998 through 2002.
Provides for: (1) organization and management of a Corporation Board of Directors, as well as related offices and staff; and (2) the annual audit of Corporation records.
Authorizes the Corporation to award tuition scholarships and enhanced achievement scholarships to District students in kindergarten through grade 12 with family incomes not exceeding 185 percent of the national poverty line. Provides for: (1) certification requirements for educational institutions for eligibility to participate; (2) payments from the Corporation to participating institutions; (3) scholarship payments and amounts; (4) participation requirements for such institutions; (5) annual institution reporting requirements; (6) program appraisal by the Comptroller General, performed through an independent evaluation agency (with an authorization of appropriations for such appraisal); (7) an annual program progress report from the Corporation to the appropriate congressional committees; and (8) judicial review of actions challenging the program.
Authorizes appropriations for the Scholarship Fund.
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Bill titles: A bill entitled the "District of Columbia Student Opportunity Scholarship Act of 1997".
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