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2021 SESSION
HB 2225 Empowerment Scholarship Accounts; established, report.
Introduced by: Glenn R. Davis | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Empowerment Scholarship Accounts established. Permits the parents of certain children to apply to the school division in which the child resides for a one-year, renewable Empowerment Scholarship 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 for 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 and fees at a private elementary school or secondary school that is located in the Commonwealth. The bill also contains provisions relating to auditing, rescinding, and reviewing expenses made from such accounts.
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HISTORY
- 01/13/21 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101098D
- 01/13/21 House: Referred to Committee on Education
- 01/19/21 House: Assigned Education sub: Pre-K-12
- 01/22/21 House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (5-Y 3-N)
- 02/05/21 House: Left in Education