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SB 1243 Va. Parental Choice Education Savings Accounts; established, definitions, report, effective clause.
Introduced by: Siobhan S. Dunnavant | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
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 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.
FULL TEXT
- 01/10/17 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102447D pdf | impact statement
- 01/26/17 Senate: Committee substitute printed 17104318D-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/03/17 Senate: Printed as engrossed 17104318D-ES1 pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/10/17 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102447D
- 01/10/17 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 01/26/17 Senate: Reported from Education and Health with substitute (8-Y 7-N)
- 01/26/17 Senate: Committee substitute printed 17104318D-S1
- 01/26/17 Senate: Rereferred to Finance
- 02/01/17 Senate: Reported from Finance with amendment (11-Y 5-N)
- 02/02/17 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/03/17 Senate: Read second time
- 02/03/17 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/03/17 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 17104318D-S1
- 02/03/17 Senate: Reading of amendment waived
- 02/03/17 Senate: Committee amendment agreed to
- 02/03/17 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendment SB1243ES1
- 02/03/17 Senate: Printed as engrossed 17104318D-ES1
- 02/06/17 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 19-N)
- 02/06/17 Senate: Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/06/17 Senate: Defeated by Senate (20-Y 20-N)
- 02/06/17 Senate: Chair votes No