# 119-hr-83: Ending Common Core and Expanding School Choice Act

119-hr-83, Ending Common Core and Expanding School Choice Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5] (R-AZ); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-04-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-83
- Congress: 119
- Title: Ending Common Core and Expanding School Choice Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-01-03
- Sponsor: Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5] (R-AZ)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Education
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**Redirects federal Title I money so it would follow low‑income children to the school they attend.** It would set per‑pupil payments tied to a poverty‑based eligible‑child count and bar the federal government from imposing academic standards, annual assessments, or curricula. - Families and parents: Parents of eligible children ages 5 to 17 could receive per‑pupil federal funds to pay for qualified elementary and secondary expenses, including tuition for public, charter, or accredited private schools and fees for state‑approved supplemental programs. State Educational Agencies could verify use and may require funds be held in an educational savings account. - State Educational Agencies and funding: States would get allocations based strictly on the number of eligible children using Census Bureau poverty thresholds updated by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers. Each state ould divide the amount appropriated by its eligible child count to set a per‑pupil payment and must use that amount for qualified expenses as directed by state law. - Schools and accountability: Funds would be allowed to follow students to public, charter, or private schools or to supplemental services. The bill would prohibit federal officers from mandating instructional content, standards, assessments, or accountability systems and would repeal Part B (state assessment grants).

## Provisions PRIA read

- School money follows low-income students: benefit, medium. If enacted, federal K–12 aid would follow low‑income children to the school they attend. A child aged 5–17 from a family below the poverty line would qualify. Each year, states would get money based on how many eligible children live there, then set a per‑student amount. That money could pay school…
- Ends federal state testing grants: cost, high. The bill would repeal federal grants that help states run K–12 assessments. States would lose that stream of money. Testing and related activities could need new state funds or be scaled back.
- No federal control of K-12 standards: mixed, high. This bill would bar the federal government from mandating state or local standards, tests, curricula, or instruction. It would forbid requiring Common Core or similar shared standards. It would also block tying this program’s funds to using annual tests, standards, or accountability systems. States…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-25: FairTax Act of 2025
- 119-hr-9200: Secure the Border Act of 2026
- 119-hr-624: RIFLE Act of 2025
- 119-hr-8206: Homeland Security and Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026
- 119-hr-6225: PAUSE Act of 2025
- 119-hr-1897: ESA Amendments Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-hr-83 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/83)

## Related
- [119-hr-25: FairTax Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-25)
- [119-hr-9200: Secure the Border Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9200)
- [119-hr-624: RIFLE Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-624)
- [119-hr-8206: Homeland Security and Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-8206)
- [119-hr-6225: PAUSE Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6225)
- [119-hr-1897: ESA Amendments Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1897)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-83 (as of 2026-04-21).