[Congressional Bills 112th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 3237 Introduced in House (IH)] 112th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3237 To amend the SOAR Act by clarifying the scope of coverage of the Act. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES October 18, 2011 Mr. Gowdy introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL 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. This Act may be cited as the ``SOAR Technical Corrections Act''. 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 participating students are taught by core subject matter teachers who have 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 paragraphs (1) and (2) and inserting the following: ``(1) In general.--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. ``(2) Test results.--Each participating school that administers the nationally norm-referenced standardized test described in paragraph (1) 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''. <all>