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We are in the midst of National School Choice Week â€" January 23rd to 29th â€" which is being celebrated across the nation. It has been exciting to see so many events being held and so many people attending and speaking out in support of a quality education for all children. 

It’s been an incredible week here in the District for the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program. The OSP provides children from low-income families the necessary option of enrolling their children in D.C. private schools. Currently the program is serving about 1000 children and is in danger of being phased out over the next two years. The SOAR Act, introduced January 26 in the Senate by Senator Joe Lieberman and the House by Speaker John Boehner, would reauthorize OSP for five years, allow new low-income students to enter the program, increase the scholarship amounts to approximately two-thirds of the public school per pupil amount, and continue a rigorous program evaluation.   

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