HR 3237 RFS112th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. .R.3237
IN THE SENATE OF
One Hundred Twelfth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE UNITED STATESDecember 7, 2011
Received
December 17, 2011
Read twice and referred to the CommitteeSECOND SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
AN ACT
Tuesday,
the third day of January, two thousand and twelve
An Act
To amend the SOAR Act by clarifying the scope of coverage of the Act.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
SEC. 2. USE OF FUNDS.
Section 3007(a)(4)(F) of the Scholarships for Opportunity and Results Act (Public Law 112-10; 125 Stat. 203) is amended to read as follows:
‘(F) ensures that, with respect to core academic subjects (as such term is defined in section 9101(11) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801(11)), participating students are taught by a teacher who has a baccalaureate degree or equivalent degree, whether such degree was awarded in or outside of the United States.’.
SEC. 3. NATIONALLY NORM-REFERENCED STANDARDIZED TESTS.
Section 3008(h) of the Scholarships for Opportunity and Results Act (Public Law 112-10; 125 Stat. 205) is amended by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following:
‘(2) ADMINISTRATION OF TESTS- The Institute of Education Sciences shall administer nationally norm-referenced standardized tests, as described in paragraph (3)(A) of section 3009(a), to students participating in the evaluation under section 3009(a) for the purpose of conducting the evaluation under such section, except where a student is attending a participating school that is administering the same nationally norm-referenced standardized test in accordance with the testing requirements described in paragraph (1).
‘(3) TEST RESULTS- Each participating school that administers the nationally norm-referenced standardized test described in paragraph (2) to an eligible student shall make the test results, with respect to such student, available to the Secretary as necessary for evaluation under section 3009(a).’.
SEC. 4. EVALUATIONS.
Section 3009(a)(3) of the Scholarships for Opportunity and Results Act (Public Law 112-10; 125 Stat. 206) is amended--
(1) in subparagraph (A), by inserting before the semicolon the following: ‘in a manner consistent with section 3008(h)’; and
(2) in subparagraph (C), by inserting ‘, if requested by the Institute of Education Sciences,’ after ‘will participate’.
PassedSpeaker of the House of Representatives December 6, 2011.Attest:
KAREN L. HAAS,
Clerk.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
U.S. Congress - Text of H.R.3237 as Enrolled Bill SOAR Technical Corrections Act
