District of Columbia Student Opportunity Scholarship Act of 2002
Latest action · Jun 27, 2002 Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJun 27, 2002
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Establishes a District of Columbia Scholarship Fund, to be administered by the Secretary of the Treasury. Provides for a seven-member Corporation Board of Directors, with six members appointed by the President from House and Senate nominees, and one member appointed by the District Mayor.
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. Allows scholarships to be used for tuition, fees, and appropriate transportation to public, private, or independent schools (or beyond-school-hours enhancement programs) in the District and specified neighboring counties and cities in Maryland and Virginia. Requires the following order of scholarship award priorities to students who: (1) have received such a scholarship in a previous year (in the program's second and subsequent years); (2) District school or kindergarten enrollees; (3) victims of school violence; and (4) other eligible students. Requires use of a lottery whenever amounts are insufficient to provide a scholarship for each student in one of these categories.
Directs the Comptroller General to study and report on the District scholarship program. Provides for expedited judicial review of challenges to such program.
Cosponsors 67
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 27, 2002 to Sep 25, 2002; 19 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-CO | Bob Schaffer | Original | Jun 27, 2002 |
| R-CA | Christopher Cox | Original | Jun 27, 2002 |
| R-CT | Christopher Shays | Original | Jun 27, 2002 |
| R-IN | Dan Burton | Original | Jun 27, 2002 |
| R-FL | Dan Miller | Original | Jun 27, 2002 |
| R-IL | Donald A. Manzullo | Original | Jun 27, 2002 |
| R-OK | J. C. Watts Jr. | Original | Jun 27, 2002 |
| R-NY | James T. Walsh | Original | Jun 27, 2002 |
| R-AZ | Jeff Flake | Original | Jun 27, 2002 |
| R-IL | Jerry Weller | Original | Jun 27, 2002 |
| R-OH | John A. Boehner | Original | Jun 27, 2002 |
| R-AZ | John B. Shadegg | Original | Jun 27, 2002 |
| R-PA | Joseph R. Pitts | Original | Jun 27, 2002 |
| R-OH | Patrick J. Tiberi | Original | Jun 27, 2002 |
| R-MI | Peter Hoekstra | Original | Jun 27, 2002 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Referred Jun 27, 2002 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 27, 2002Introduced in House
- Jun 27, 2002Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H4338 | Eleanor Holmes Norton D-DC | Jul 8, 2002 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To provide scholarships for District of Columbia elementary and secondary students, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- District of Columbia Student Opportunity Scholarship Act of 2002
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.
- Abortion
- Academic performance
- Church schools
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Commerce
- Congress
- Congressional investigations
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Constitutional law
- Corporations
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Curricula
- District of Columbia
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education
- Education of disadvantaged children
- Educational facilities
- Educational statistics
- Educational tests
- Elementary and secondary education
- Elementary education
- Elementary school students
- Families
- Federal aid to education
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Government trust funds
- High school students
- Higher education
- Judicial review
- Law
- Maryland
- Nonprofit organizations
- Parent-school relationships
- Private schools
- Religion
- Scholarships
- School buildings
- School discipline
- School violence
- Secondary education
- Secondary school students
- Sex discrimination in education
- Social Welfare
- Student transportation
- Supreme Court
- Supreme Court jurisdiction
- Teachers
- Transportation and Public Works
- Travel costs
- Victims of crimes
- Virginia
- Women
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 27, 2002Introduced in House
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