Hawaii Senate Bill 3127 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 27 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-01-29 - Referred to EDU, WAM.
Pending: Senate Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Establishes the Hawaii tax credit scholarship program to benefit students with disabilities by providing scholarships to cover transportation costs and any other educational fees associated with a student attending a public school that is not in the service area where the student resides or a nonpublic special education school or program. Establishes eligibility criteria for students to apply for the scholarship program, responsibilities of the department of taxation and department of education, and eligibility criteria for nonprofit scholarship-funding organizations. Applies to tax years beginning after 12/31/16.

Hawaii Tax Credit Scholarship Program; Students with Disabilities; Nonpublic Special Education School or Program

Sen. Donna Kim [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-01-29	Senate	Referred to EDU, WAM.
2016-01-29	Senate	Passed First Reading.
2016-01-27	Senate	Introduced.

HB2652 (Same As) 2016-02-09 - The committee(s) on HED recommend(s) that the measure be deferred.

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=3127&year=2016
Text	http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2016/bills/SB3127_.HTM