[3] In 2011, Speaker of the House John Boehner and Senator Joe Lieberman introduced the Scholarships for Opportunity and Results (SOAR) Act to restore funding for the program and again allow new students to participate.
The entirety of the SOAR Act was included in the 2011 long-term continuing resolution, the passage of which resulted in a five-year reauthorization of the D.C.
[5] In February 2012, President Barack Obama announced his budget proposal for 2013, which did not include new funding for the program.
[5] Beginning in 2015, the program is being administered by Serving Our Children DC https://servingourchildrendc.org The program has received support from a number of prominent D.C. politicians, including former mayor Anthony A. Williams, former D.C. Council member Kevin P. Chavous and former D.C. Board of Education president Peggy Cooper Cafritz.
[10] In 2010, a randomized controlled trial conducted under the auspices of the Department of Education examined the impacts of the OSP students.
While the study reported that there "is no conclusive evidence that the OSP affected student achievement," the program was found to have a significant impact on graduation rates.