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SB 1015 Education Improvement Scholarships tax credits; pre-kindergarten eligibility.
Introduced by: William M. Stanley, Jr. | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)
Education Improvement Scholarships tax credits; pre-kindergarten eligibility. Expands the Education Improvement Scholarships tax credits program by including, as eligible scholarship recipients, children enrolled in or attending nonpublic pre-kindergarten programs whose parents or guardians were unable to obtain services for the children through the Virginia Preschool Initiative. The maximum annual scholarship that a child admitted to, enrolled in, or attending a nonpublic pre-kindergarten program will receive is the lesser of the child's actual educational expenses or the state's share of the grant per child under the Virginia Preschool Initiative for the locality in which the child resides.
Under current law, tax credits are awarded to individuals and businesses making donations to nonprofit scholarship foundations using the donated funds to award scholarships to certain students in grades K-12 attending nonpublic schools. Eligible scholarship recipients are students in grades K-12 with a finalized individualized education program (IEP) in place or whose annual household income is not in excess of 300 percent of the federal poverty guidelines.
The bill defines an eligible pre-kindergarten child and a nonpublic pre-kindergarten program and includes several other curriculum and administrative requirements that must be met by a nonpublic pre-kindergarten program in order for children attending the program to be eligible to receive scholarships under the tax credit program. Under the bill, the Virginia Council for Private Education or the Virginia Early Childhood Foundation will certify nonpublic pre-kindergarten programs meeting such curriculum and administrative requirements.
The bill also reduces the penalty for failure to fully disburse all donations received from 200 percent of the difference between 90 percent of the value of the donations it received and the amount disbursed to 100 percent of the difference.
FULL TEXT
- 08/03/18 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19100091D pdf | impact statement
- 01/31/19 Senate: Printed as engrossed 19100091D-E pdf | impact statement
- 02/18/19 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1015ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/26/19 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0817) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 08/03/18 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19100091D
- 08/03/18 Senate: Referred to Committee on Finance
- 01/29/19 Senate: Reported from Finance with amendments (11-Y 5-N)
- 01/30/19 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 01/31/19 Senate: Read second time
- 01/31/19 Senate: Reading of amendments waived
- 01/31/19 Senate: Committee amendments agreed to
- 01/31/19 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1015E
- 01/31/19 Senate: Printed as engrossed 19100091D-E
- 02/01/19 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (23-Y 15-N)
- 02/06/19 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/06/19 House: Read first time
- 02/06/19 House: Referred to Committee on Finance
- 02/11/19 House: Reported from Finance (12-Y 9-N)
- 02/12/19 House: Read second time
- 02/13/19 House: Read third time
- 02/13/19 House: Passed House (56-Y 42-N)
- 02/13/19 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (56-Y 42-N)
- 02/18/19 Senate: Enrolled
- 02/18/19 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1015ER)
- 02/18/19 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/19/19 Senate: Signed by President
- 02/20/19 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 20, 2019
- 02/20/19 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
- 03/26/19 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 817 (effective 7/1/19)
- 03/26/19 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0817)