SOAR Technical Corrections Act
Public Law 112-92 · H.R. 3237 · 112th Congress · began in the House
Signed by Barack Obama (D) on Feb 1, 2012 · Education
Sponsor: Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-SC-4)
Cosponsors: None
Passage votes
- HouseVoice vote
- SenateUnanimous consent
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Summary
The Congressional Research Service’s plain-language summary of what the law does.
SOAR Technical Corrections Act - Amends the Scholarships for Opportunity and Results Act to make technical corrections to the opportunity scholarship program that provides private school choice opportunities to disadvantaged students in the District of Columbia.
Limits the requirement that core subject teachers at participating schools have a baccalaureate or equivalent degree to those core subject teachers teaching participating students.
Directs the Institute of Education Sciences to administer nationally norm-referenced standardized tests to students participating in that evaluation, except where the school the student attends administers the same test. Requires participating schools that administer the test to provide the Secretary of Education with the test results for participating students.
Committees
The committees the bill was sent to, and what each did with it.
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Related bills
The record lists no related bills.
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Timeline
From introduction to signing, newest first: the committees, the floor and the president. 19 actions.
- Feb 1, 2012Became lawBecame law · Became Public Law No: 112-92.
- Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
- Jan 26, 2012FloorFloor · Presented to President.
- Jan 24, 2012FloorFloor · Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Jan 23, 2012FloorFloor · Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
- CommitteeCommittee · Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions discharged by Unanimous Consent.
- Dec 17, 2011CommitteeCommittee · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- Dec 7, 2011CommitteeCommittee · Received in the Senate.
- Dec 6, 2011FloorFloor · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- FloorFloor · On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
- FloorFloor · DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3237.
- FloorFloor · Considered under suspension of the rules.
- FloorFloor · Mr. Gowdy moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- CalendarCalendar · Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 214.
- CommitteeCommittee · Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. H. Rept. 112-315.
- Nov 3, 2011CommitteeCommittee · Ordered to be Reported (Amended).
- CommitteeCommittee · Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Oct 18, 2011CommitteeCommittee · Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
- IntroducedIntroduced · Introduced in House
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Amendments
No amendments to this bill are on record.
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Official record
The bill’s full text is on Congress.gov. Data through Oct 7, 2026.