Amendment sought to restore the requirement that the voucher program be evaluated using the strongest possible research design, thus limiting voucher students to no more than 50% of a school's total enrollment.

1. 1

   Change 1: Inserts new text at the end of section 6

   Inserts

   Inserted: (f) Limit on Percentage of Total Student Population of School Who Receive Opportunity Scholarships.--Section 3007(a) (sec. 38-1853.07(a), D.C. Official Code), as amended by subsection (b), is further amended--

   Inserted: (1) in paragraph (1), by striking "paragraphs (2), (3), and (5)" and inserting "paragraphs (2), (3), (5), and (6)"; and

   Inserted: (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:

   Inserted: "(6) Limit on percentage of total student population receiving opportunity scholarships.--

   Inserted: "(A) In general.--None of the funds provided under this Act for opportunity scholarships may be used by an eligible student to enroll in a participating school for a school year unless the school certifies to the eligible entity that, for the school year, the number of students enrolled in the school who receive opportunity scholarships under this Act does not exceed the number of students enrolled in the school who do not receive opportunity scholarships under this Act.

   Inserted: "(B) Exceptions.--In determining the number of students enrolled in a school who receive opportunity scholarships under this Act for a school year under subparagraph (A), there shall be excluded any student who was receiving an opportunity scholarship as of the date of the enactment of the Scholarships for Opportunity and Results Reauthorization Act and any student who is the sibling of a student who was receiving an opportunity scholarship as of the date of the enactment of such Act.".

   Original wording

   Add at the end of section 6 the following new subsection:

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   Change 2: Rewrites page 18, line 23 through page 19, line 5

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   Removes page 18, line 23 through page 19, line 5 of the printed bill. See that page

   Inserted: (i) is conducted using the strongest possible research design for determining the effectiveness of the opportunity scholarship program under this Act; and

   Original wording

   Page 18, strike line 23 and all that follows through page 19, line 5 and insert the following:

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   Change 3: Rewrites page 20, lines 4–9

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   Removes page 20, lines 4–9 of the printed bill. See that page

   Inserted: (C) work with the eligible entities to ensure that the parents of each student who applies for a scholarship under this Act (regardless of whether the student receives the scholarship) and the parents of each student participating in the scholarship program under this Act, agree that the student will participate, if requested by the Institute, in the measurements given annually by the Institute for the period for which the student applied for or received the scholarship, respectively, except that nothing in this subparagraph shall affect a student's priority for an opportunity scholarship as provided under section 3006.

   Original wording

   Page 20, strike lines 4 through 9 and insert the following:

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