Senators Alexander (R-TN) and Scott (R-SC) offer Education Proposals to Close the 'Income Inequality' Gap (includes copies of Bill)

As President Obama continues to highlight what he calls the "income inequality" gap, two GOP senators say they've got a way to close it. 

Sens. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., and Tim Scott, R-S.C., are offering companion proposals aimed at giving parents more options when it comes to how federal tax dollars are spent on K-12 education.

Alexander's Scholarships for Kids Act

Alexander's Scholarships for Kids Act would direct billions in federal education dollars to states, which could then individually decide how to allow parents to use that money. 

"If you had to ask Americans one single thing that was likely to make the most opportunity in helping you move from the back of the line to the front, it would be a good education," he said. 

Alexander is hopeful parents could use public money to move their children from failing public schools to charter or private schools - or simply to better-performing public schools.

READ: Scott's CHOICE Act

Scott's CHOICE Act is aimed at giving more education flexibility to military families, those with children facing physical challenges and students in impoverished areas. Scott, who grew up in a single-parent home, says he realized how important education was when he nearly flunked out of high school and a mentor took him under his wing. 

"Too many of our kids are sold a bill of goods that there is no chance to escape poverty when, in fact, school choice provides a bridge for that student who has potential to realize it," he said.

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