HB1605
Virginia Parental Choice Education Savings Accounts; established, report.
Summary
As Passed Both Chambers. Parental Choice Education Savings Accounts established.
Permits the parent of a public preschool, elementary, or secondary school student who meets certain criteria to apply to the school division in which the student resides for a one-year, renewable Parental Choice Education Savings Account that consists of an amount that is equivalent to a certain percentage of all ... (More) applicable annual Standards of Quality per pupil state funds appropriated for public school purposes and apportioned to the resident school division in which the student resides, including the per pupil share of state sales tax funding in basic aid and any state per pupil share of special education funding to which the student is eligible. The bill permits the parent to use the moneys in such account for certain education-related expenses of the student, including tuition, deposits, fees, and required textbooks at a private, sectarian or nonsectarian elementary or secondary school or preschool that is located in the Commonwealth and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, or national origin. The bill also contains provisions relating to auditing, rescinding, and reviewing expenses made from such accounts. The bill contains a reenactment clause. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/03/2017 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100986D
- 01/03/2017 - House: Referred to Committee on Education
- 01/13/2017 - House: Assigned Education sub: Education Innovation
- 01/24/2017 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (4-Y 3-N)
- 01/25/2017 - House: Reported from Education with amendment (12-Y 9-N)
- 01/25/2017 - House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 01/25/2017 - House: Assigned App. sub: Elementary & Secondary Education
- 01/27/2017 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB1605)
- 01/31/2017 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 0-N)
- 02/01/2017 - House: Reported from Appropriations (12-Y 7-N)
- 02/03/2017 - House: Read first time
- 02/06/2017 - House: Read second time
- 02/06/2017 - House: Committee amendment agreed to
- 02/06/2017 - House: Engrossed by House as amended HB1605E
- 02/06/2017 - House: Printed as engrossed 17100986D-E
- 02/07/2017 - House: Read third time and passed House (49-Y 47-N)
- 02/07/2017 - House: VOTE: PASSAGE (49-Y 47-N) Close Floor Vote
- 02/08/2017 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/08/2017 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 02/14/2017 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB1605E)
- 02/16/2017 - Senate: Reported from Education and Health with substitute (8-Y 7-N)
- 02/16/2017 - Senate: Committee substitute printed 17105590D-S1
- 02/16/2017 - Senate: Rereferred to Finance
- 02/16/2017 - Senate: Reported from Finance with amendment (7-Y 4-N)
- 02/20/2017 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/2017 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB1605S1)
- 02/21/2017 - Senate: Read third time
- 02/21/2017 - Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/21/2017 - Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 17105590D-S1
- 02/21/2017 - Senate: Reading of amendment waived
- 02/21/2017 - Senate: Committee amendment agreed to
- 02/21/2017 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendment HB1605S1
- 02/21/2017 - Senate: Passed Senate with substitute with amendment (21-Y 19-N) Close Floor Vote
- 02/22/2017 - House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/22/2017 - House: Senate substitute with amendment agreed to by House 17105590D-S1 (50-Y 49-N)
- 02/22/2017 - House: VOTE: ADOPTION (50-Y 49-N) Close Floor Vote
- 03/07/2017 - House: Enrolled
- 03/07/2017 - House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1605ER)
- 03/07/2017 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB1605ER)
- 03/07/2017 - House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/10/2017 - Senate: Signed by President
- 03/13/2017 - House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 3/13/17
- 03/13/2017 - Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
- 03/16/2017 - Governor: Vetoed by Governor
- 04/05/2017 - House: Placed on Calendar
- 04/05/2017 - House: House sustained Governor's veto
