<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Courtesy of the <i>U.S. Congress</i> at:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/610?r=1">https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/610?r=1</a></div><div><br></div><div>---------------------------------</div><div><br></div><div><b>H.R.610 - To distribute Federal funds for elementary and secondary education in the form of vouchers for eligible students and to repeal a certain rule relating to nutrition standards in schools.</b></div><div><br></div><div><div>Introduced in House (01/23/2017)</div><div><br></div><div><b><i>Choices in Education Act of 2017</i></b></div><div><br></div><div>This bill repeals the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 and limits the authority of the Department of Education (ED) such that ED is authorized only to award block grants to qualified states.</div><div><br></div><div>The bill establishes an education voucher program, through which each state shall distribute block grant funds among local educational agencies (LEAs) based on the number of eligible children within each LEA's geographical area. From these amounts, each LEA shall: (1) distribute a portion of funds to parents who elect to enroll their child in a private school or to home-school their child, and (2) do so in a manner that ensures that such payments will be used for appropriate educational expenses.</div><div><br></div><div>To be eligible to receive a block grant, a state must: (1) comply with education voucher program requirements, and (2) make it lawful for parents of an eligible child to elect to enroll their child in any public or private elementary or secondary school in the state or to home-school their child.</div><div><br></div></div><div>---------------------------------<br><br><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><font color="#000000" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">http://www.MoscowCares.com</a></font></div><div><br></div><div><i>Hazeltine Avenue Elementary School</i> (Van Nuys, Calif.) - Class of '63</div><div><br></div><div><i>Alfred Nobel Junior High School </i>(Northridge, Calif.) - Class of '66</div><div><br></div><div><i>Chatsworth High School </i>(Chatsworth, Calif.) - Class of '69</div><div><br></div><div><i>University of Idaho </i>(Moscow, Idaho) - Class of '96</div><div><br></div><div>ALL are public schools. ALL are fond, successful memories of mine.</div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div><br></div></div></div></body></html>