In
case
you
missed
it,
yesterday U.S.
Senator
Tim
Scott
(R-SC)
introduced
his
CHOICE
Act,
“meant
to
create
greater
educational
options
on
military
bases,
among
the
disabled
and
in
low-income
neighborhoods.
The
filing
comes
as
school
choice
advocates
across
the
country
have
declared
this
to
be
National
School
Choice
Week.
Scott,
R-S.C.,
sponsored
—
and
got
passed
—
a
school
choice
week
resolution
earlier
this
month
in
the
Senate.
Meanwhile,
hundreds
gathered
Tuesday
in
Columbia
to
back
school
choice
options
in
South
Carolina.
The
rally
included
a
one-block
march
of
students
and
supporters
who
traveled
from
a
hotel
downtown
to
the
Statehouse…
Scott’s
bill
is
formally
called
the
Creating
Hope
and
Opportunity
for
Individuals
and
Communities
through
Education
Act.
It
has
multiple
[co]sponsors
in
the
new
Republican
majority.
Among
the
bill’s
offerings
are
that
it:
Encourages
states
to
establish
school
choice
programs
for
students
with
disabilities
by
providing
startup
funds
to
support
the
design
and
initial
implementation
of
a
disability
choice
program.
Creates
a
pilot
program
under
the
Department
of
Defense
on
at
least
five
bases
that
don’t
have
so-called
Department
of
Defense
Education
Activity
schools
to
provide
scholarships
to
students
in
military
families
on
base.
They
would
reach
up
to
$8,000
for
elementary
students
and
$12,000
for
high
school.
Expands
the
“DC
Opportunity
Scholarship
Program,”
which
has
served
more
than
5,000
low-income
children
in
Washington,
D.C.,
by
requiring
excess
carry-over
funds
not
needed
for
the
continuation
of
current
participants’
scholarships,
to
be
used
to
increase
promotion
and
outreach
and
support
more
scholarships.” |