HB294
Education improvement scholarship tax credit; eligible students in need of safer school environment.
Summary
As Passed House of Origin. Education improvement scholarship tax credits; eligible students in need of a safer school environment.
Declares eligible for a scholarship from a scholarship foundation that receives an education improvement scholarship tax credit, on the same basis as any other eligible student, eligible students in need of a safer school environment, defined in the bill as any student who, while enrolled in a public elementary or ... (More) secondary school in kindergarten through grade 12, was the victim of assault, battery, bullying, harassment, hazing, kidnapping, or robbery on school property, on a school bus, or at a school-sponsored activity, as substantiated by an investigation and written report by the school principal. The bill provides that (i) eligible students in need of a safer school environment are permitted to use such scholarships to cover the expenses associated with attending another public school within or outside of his school division of residence and (ii) there are no family income restrictions on scholarships for eligible students in need of a safer school environment. The bill clarifies that no public elementary or secondary school or local school division is prohibited or precluded from offering various educational alternatives to an eligible student in need of a safer school environment. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/11/2022 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102136D
- 01/11/2022 - House: Referred to Committee on Education
- 01/19/2022 - House: Assigned Education sub: K-12
- 01/25/2022 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N)
- 01/31/2022 - House: House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- 01/31/2022 - House: Reported from Education with substitute (12-Y 10-N)
- 01/31/2022 - House: Committee substitute printed 22105322D-H1
- 02/02/2022 - House: Read first time
- 02/03/2022 - House: Read second time
- 02/03/2022 - House: Committee substitute agreed to 22105322D-H1
- 02/03/2022 - House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB294H1
- 02/04/2022 - House: Read third time and passed House (52-Y 48-N)
- 02/04/2022 - House: VOTE: Passage (52-Y 48-N) Close Floor Vote
- 02/07/2022 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/07/2022 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 02/09/2022 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB294H1)
- 02/24/2022 - Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (9-Y 6-N)
