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SCHOLARSHIPS FOR OPPORTUNITY AND RESULTS REAUTHORIZATION ACT

Floor Speech

Date: Oct. 21, 2015
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: K-12 Education

Mr. ALLEN. Mr. Chairman, I rise today to support the Scholarships for
Opportunity and Results Reauthorization Act.

Speaker Boehner led the Nation over 10 years ago when he provided
flexibility to Washington, D.C., children and their parents through
School Choice. I believe that School Choice is paramount to increasing
educational gains for all children, but especially our Nation's
students who are most in need.

The SOAR Act gives scholarships to low-income students to attend a
private school, providing them an opportunity to access a quality
education that would otherwise be out of reach.

School Choice has proven to be successful in Washington, D.C., as
students using their scholarships have a 90 percent graduation rate
compared to the 58 percent graduation rate for D.C. public schools in
2013 and 2014.

We heard today that these statistics have been questioned, and we
hope that the public schools are improving. But with this act would
they actually be improving?

I encourage my colleagues to stand up for School Choice by supporting
the SOAR Act.


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