US Congress House Bill 771 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Introduced on January 24 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-01-24 - Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Pending: House Education and Labor Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Choices in Education Act of 2019 repeals the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 and replaces it with a program of block grants to states to carry out an education voucher program. It also limits the authority of the Department of Education to evaluating state applications for block grants and making grant payments to states. No Hungry Kids Act repeals a rule of the Food and Nutrition Service of the Department of Agriculture setting nutrition standards for the national school lunch and breakfast programs.

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.

Rep. Steve King [R-IA]

Rep. Ralph Norman [R-SC]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-01-24	House	Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
2019-01-24	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/771/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr771/BILLS-116hr771ih.pdf