VA HB1164 | 2024 | Regular Session

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
Status: Introduced on January 10 2024 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2024-02-13 - Left in Education
Pending: House Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Summary

Education Excellence for All Program established. Permits the parents of qualified students, defined in the bill, to apply for a one-year, renewable Education Excellence for All Savings Account, defined in the bill, 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 school division in which the qualified student resides, including the per pupil share of state sales tax funding in basic aid and any per pupil share of state special education funding for which the qualified student is eligible. The bill permits the parent of the qualified student to use the moneys in such account for certain qualified expenses of the qualified student, including tuition, deposits, fees, and required textbooks at a private elementary school or secondary school that is located in the Commonwealth. The bill also contains provisions relating to program and account administration by the Department of the Treasury and a third party that serves as program administrator pursuant to a contract with the Department.

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Title

Education Excellence for All Program; established, report.

Sponsors


Roll Calls

2024-01-30 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (6-Y 2-N) (Y: 6 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

History

DateChamberAction
2024-02-13HouseLeft in Education
2024-01-30HouseSubcommittee recommends laying on the table (6-Y 2-N)
2024-01-26HouseAssigned Education sub: K-12 Subcommittee
2024-01-10HouseReferred to Committee on Education
2024-01-10HousePrefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104266D

Same As/Similar To

SB533 (Similar To) 2024-01-25 - Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (9-Y 6-N)

Subjects


Code Citations

ChapterArticleSectionCitation TypeStatute Text
221222.1(n/a)See Bill Text
221222.7(n/a)See Bill Text

Virginia State Sources


Bill Comments

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