Chip Roy: “I have an amendment at the desk for H.R. 5. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the…”

“I have an amendment at the desk for H.R. 5. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Add at the end the following: TITLE VII--SUPPORT CHILDREN HAVING OPEN OPPORTUNITIES FOR LEARNING SEC. 701. FEDERAL FUNDING UNDER THE ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT OF 1965 TO FOLLOW THE STUDENT. Title VIII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: ``PART H--FUNDS TO FOLLOW THE STUDENT ``SEC. 8701. FUNDS TO FOLLOW THE STUDENT. ``(a) In General.-- ``(1) Funds to follow the student.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law and to the extent permitted under State law, a State educational agency shall allocate grant funds provided under title I, for the purposes of ensuring that funding under such title follows children, whether learning in person or remotely, to the public school, private school, or home school they attend-- ``(A) among the local educational agencies in the State based on the number of eligible children enrolled in the public schools operated by each local educational agency; and ``(B) directly to the eligible children, through education savings accounts, residing in the State who are enrolled in private schools or home schools.…”