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H.R.1486: To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to provide parental choice for those students that attend schools that are in need of improvement and have been identified for restructuring.

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September 07, 2007 25 new messages in 15 topics - digest

Empowering Parents Through Choice Act (HR 1486).[26] This legislation would provide low-income students trapped in schools labeled as "restructuring" or "failing" under NCLB with a scholarship to attend a private school of choice. ...

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June 04, 2007 Lawmakers Pay Serious Attention to Improving Supplemental ...

Empowering Parents through Choice Act (HR 1486/S. 1014) • No Child Left Behind Reform Act (NCLBRA) (HR 2087/S. 1194) • Improving Supplemental Education by Ensuring Parental Awareness Act (HR 2203). Commonalities among these bills ...

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May 30, 2007 RSC Policy Brief: School Choice and No Child Left Behind

Buck McKeon, ranking member on the Education Committee, recently introduced the Empowering Parents Through Choice Act (HR 1486), which would implement some of the President’s initiatives outlined above, including the Promise ...

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April 05, 2007 Public School Funding Threatened by Voucher Bill

The specter of vouchers and the danger of public schools losing millions in federal funds were again raised in March through the introduction of the Empowering Parents through Choice Act in the House and Senate (HR 1486/S. 1014). ...

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March 18, 2007 GOP congressman, w/Boehner as co-sponsor, seeks nationwide school ...

While Governor Ted Strickland was declaring the end to the EdChoice voucher program in Ohio, Ohio Congressman John Boehner had co-sponsored legislation, HR 1486, that was introduced on 3/13/07 by Republican Howard "Buck" McKeon (CA-25), ...

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March 12, 2007 Bill Action: Introduced: HR 1486: To amend the Elementary and ...

Howard McKeon [R-CA] introduced HR 1486: To amend the Elementary and Seconday Education Act of 1965 to provide parental choice for those students that attend schools that are in need of improvement and have been identified for ...

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March 12, 2007 HR 1486, To amend the Elementary and Seconday Education Act of ...

HR 1486 would amend the Elementary and Seconday Education Act of 1965 to provide parental choice for those students that attend schools that are in need of improvement and have been identified for restructuring....

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