Virginia House Bill 2225 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
Status: Introduced on January 13 2021 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2021-02-05 - Left in Education
Pending: House Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

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.

Empowerment Scholarship Accounts; established, report.

Del. Glenn Davis [R]

Del. Mark Cole [R]

Del. Dave LaRock [R]

Del. Bill Wiley [R]

2021-01-22 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (5-Y 3-N) (Y: 5 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-02-05	House	Left in Education
2021-01-22	House	Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (5-Y 3-N)
2021-01-19	House	Assigned Education sub: Pre-K-12
2021-01-13	House	Referred to Committee on Education
2021-01-13	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101098D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
22	1	222.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
22	1	222.5	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+sum+HB2225
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+ful+HB2225+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+vot+H0901V0071+HB2225