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To authorize States to use funds provided for the Chafee Foster Care Independence Program to provide vouchers to cover tuition costs at private schools, and transportation costs to and from public schools, of foster children of all ages.
Other Bill Titles (1 more) 12/6/2007--Introduced.
School Choice for Foster Kids Act - Amends part E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of title IV of the Social Security Act to authorize states to use funds provided under the John H. Chafee Foster Care Independence program to provide vouchers to foster childr... moreSee Full Bill Text
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| Introduced |  | Voted on by House | | Voted on by Senate | | Considered By President | | Bill Becomes Law |
| December 06, 2007 |
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March 27, 2008 give me incandescent bulbs or give me death
hr 4311 - allow chafee independence funds to pay for private school tuition and transportation to and from public schools (possible back door to start vouchers for private schools??) here is the new added paragraph, you judge ...
Source: End the Echo weblog
March 27, 2008 If Incandescents Are Criminalized, Only Criminals Will Have ...
If you don't like incandescents, don't buy them, but don't interfere with my choices. Now excuse me, I have to go vote for HR 4311, a bill expanding a federal government program and circumventing the laws of states across the country."
Source: Ironicus Maximus
March 06, 2008 Anti-Gay FRC Promoting Michele Bachmann
Now she plans to bring that same hope to children across the country through HR 4311, the School Choice for Foster Kids Act. Building on a 1999 law that provides $60 million a year in education and job training vouchers for older foster ...
Source: Dump Michele Bachmann
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