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Eleanor Holmes Norton: I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is…

On the recordOctober 21, 2015
I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Add at the end of section 6 the following new subsection: (f) Limit on Percentage of Total Student Population of School Who Receive Opportunity Scholarships.--Section 3007(a) (sec. 38-1853.07(a), D.C. Official Code), as amended by subsection (b), is further amended-- (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``paragraphs (2), (3), and (5)'' and inserting ``paragraphs (2), (3), (5), and (6)''; and (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: ``(6) Limit on percentage of total student population receiving opportunity scholarships.-- ``(A) In general.--None of the funds provided under this Act for opportunity scholarships may be used by an eligible student to enroll in a participating school for a school year unless the school certifies to the eligible entity that, for the school year, the number of students enrolled in the school who receive opportunity scholarships under this Act does not exceed the number of students enrolled in the school who do not receive opportunity scholarships under this Act.…
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Eleanor Holmes Norton
Democratic · District of Columbia
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Oct 21, 2015

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