,,ii  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #biih  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,december #aa1 
#bjad ,mr4 ,vitter introduced the       
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,health1 
,education1 ,labor1 and ,pensions  ,a   
,,bill  ,to allow for the portability of
 funds under title ,i of the ,elementary
 and ,secondary ,education ,act of      
#aife4  #a4 ,short title  ,this ,act may
 be cited as the ,expanding ,school     
,choice ,act4  #b4 ,title ,i portability
 ,part ,a of title ,i of the ,elementary
 and ,secondary ,education ,act of #aife
 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 #fcaa et seq47 is       
amended by adding at the end the        
following3  #aabh4 ,title ,i funds      
follow the low-income child ,state      
option  7a7 ,in general ,notwithstanding
 any other provision of this title or   
any other provision of law and to the   
extent permitted under ,state law1 a    
,state educational agency may allocate  
grant funds under this part among the   

local educational agencies in the ,state
 based on the number of eligible        
children enrolled in the public schools 
served by each local educational agency 
and the ,state-accredited private       
schools within each local educational   
agency's geographic jurisdiction4  7b7  
,eligible child  7#a7 ,definition ,in   
this section1 the term eligible child   
means a child aged #e to #ag1 inclusive1
 from a family with an income below the 
poverty level on the basis of the most  
recent satisfactory data published by   
the ,department of ,commerce4  7#b7     
,criteria of poverty ,in determining the
 families with incomes below the poverty
 level for the purposes of this section1
 a ,state educational agency shall use  
the criteria of poverty used by the     
,census ,bureau in compiling the most   
recent decennial census1 as the criteria
 have been updated by increases in the  
,consumer ,price ,index for ,all ,urban 
,consumers1 published by the ,bureau of 
,labor ,statistics4  7c7 ,student       

enrollment in public and private schools
  7#a7 ,identification of eligible      
children ,on an annual basis1 on a date 
to be determined by the ,state          
educational agency1 each local          
educational agency that receives grant  
funding in accordance with subsection   
7a7 shall inform the ,state educational 
agency of the number of eligible        
children enrolled in public schools     
served by the local educational agency  
and the ,state-accredited private       
schools within the local educational    
agency's geographic jurisdiction4  7#b7 
,allocation to local educational        
agencies ,based on the identification of
 eligible children in paragraph 7#a71   
the ,state educational agency shall     
provide to a local educational agency an
 amount equal to the sum of the amount  
available for each eligible child in the
 ,state multiplied by the number of     
eligible children identified by the     
local educational agency under paragraph
 7#a74  7#c7 ,distribution to schools   

,each local educational agency that     
receives funds under paragraph 7#b7     
shall distribute such funds to the      
public schools served by the local      
educational agency and ,state-accredited
 private schools within the local       
educational agency's geographic         
jurisdiction--  7,a7 based on the number
 of eligible children enrolled in such  
schools2 and  7,b7 in a manner that     
would1 in the absence of such ,federal  
funds1 supplement the funds made        
available from non-,federal resources   
for the education of pupils             
participating in programs under this    
subpart1 and not to supplant such funds4
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