Lieberman Introduces Opportunity Scholarship Reauthorization Bill

Lindsey Burke / July 31, 2009

D.C. families filled a Senate conference room on Thursday to applaud Senator Joseph Lieberman’s (I-CT) introduction of a bill reauthorizing the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship program. The Scholarships for Opportunity and Results (SOAR) Act would reauthorize the program for another five years, and allows new students to continue to enter the program over that time period. Senators Lieberman, Collins (R-ME), and Voinovich (R-OH) unveiled the bipartisan bill alongside former Mayor Anthony Williams, and former D.C. City Councilmember Kevin Chavous.

If passed, the SOAR Act would reauthorize the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship program, which this year is helping more than 1,700 low-income children to attend a safe and effective (more…)