2013 District of Columbia Code
Division VI — EDUCATION, LIBRARIES, AND PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS
Title 38 — EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS
Subtitle IV-A — PUBLIC EDUCATION - SCHOOL CHOICE
Chapter 18N — SCHOLARSHIPS FOR OPPORTUNITY AND RESULTS
Section 38-1853.03 — Purpose.
The purpose of this chapter is to provide low-income parents residing in the District of Columbia, particularly parents of students who attend elementary schools or secondary schools identified for improvement, corrective action, or restructuring under section 1116 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6316), with expanded opportunities for enrolling their children in other schools in the District of Columbia, at least until the public schools in the District of Columbia have adequately addressed shortfalls in health, safety, and security, and the students in the District of Columbia public schools are testing in mathematics and reading at or above the national average.
History
(Apr. 15, 2011, 125 Stat. 200, Pub. L. 112-10, Div. C, § 3003.)
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