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HB 389 Virginia Parental Choice Education Savings Accounts; established, report, effective clause.
Introduced by: Dave A. LaRock | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Parental Choice Education Savings Accounts. Permits the parents of certain students with disabilities to apply to their resident school division for a Parental Choice Education Savings Account, to consist of the student's Standards of Quality per pupil funds and to be used for certain expenses of the student, including (i) tuition, fees, or required textbooks at a private 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; (ii) educational therapies or services for the student from a practitioner or provider, including paraprofessionals or educational aides; (iii) tutoring services; (iv) curriculum; (v) tuition or fees for a private online learning program; (vi) fees for a nationally standardized norm-referenced achievement test, an Advanced Placement examination, or any examination taken to gain admission to an institution of higher education; or (vii) tuition fees or required textbooks at a public two-year or four-year institution of higher education in the Commonwealth or at an accredited private institution of higher education in the Commonwealth. The bill also contains provisions for the audit and revocation of such accounts. The bill contains a reenactment clause.
FULL TEXT
- 01/06/16 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16101680D pdf | impact statement
- 02/12/16 House: Committee substitute printed 16105467D-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 03/09/16 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB389ER) pdf | impact statement
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/06/16 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16101680D
- 01/06/16 House: Referred to Committee on Education
- 01/15/16 House: Assigned Education sub: Education Innovation
- 01/19/16 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 4-N)
- 01/19/16 House: Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
- 01/20/16 House: Reported from Education (13-Y 9-N)
- 01/20/16 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 01/25/16 House: Assigned App. sub: Elementary & Secondary Education
- 02/11/16 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (3-Y 2-N)
- 02/12/16 House: Reported from Appropriations with substitute (14-Y 8-N)
- 02/12/16 House: Committee substitute printed 16105467D-H1
- 02/13/16 House: Read first time
- 02/15/16 House: Read second time
- 02/15/16 House: Committee substitute agreed to 16105467D-H1
- 02/15/16 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB389H1
- 02/16/16 House: Read third time and passed House (53-Y 46-N)
- 02/16/16 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (53-Y 46-N)
- 02/17/16 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/17/16 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 02/25/16 Senate: Reported from Education and Health (8-Y 7-N)
- 02/25/16 Senate: Rereferred to Finance
- 03/02/16 Senate: Reported from Finance with amendments (9-Y 5-N)
- 03/03/16 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/03/16 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 03/04/16 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 03/07/16 Senate: Read third time
- 03/07/16 Senate: Reading of amendments waived
- 03/07/16 Senate: Committee amendments agreed to
- 03/07/16 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 03/07/16 Senate: Passed Senate with amendments (20-Y 19-N)
- 03/08/16 House: Placed on Calendar
- 03/08/16 House: Senate amendments agreed to by House (52-Y 47-N)
- 03/08/16 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (52-Y 47-N)
- 03/09/16 House: Enrolled
- 03/09/16 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB389ER)
- 03/09/16 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/10/16 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/11/16 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 3/11/16
- 03/11/16 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, Sunday, April 10, 2016
- 04/05/16 Governor: Vetoed by Governor
- 04/20/16 House: Placed on Calendar
- 04/20/16 House: Passed by for the day - Governor's veto sustained