Virginia House Bill 293 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 9-0)
Status: Introduced on January 11 2022 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2022-02-15 - Left in Education
Pending: House Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Education Savings Account Program; establishment. Establishes the Education Savings Account Program (the Program), to be administered by the Department of Education (the Department) with assistance from each local school board, whereby the parent of any elementary or secondary school student who (i) is a member of a household whose annual income does not exceed two times the annual household income that would qualify the student for free or reduced-price lunch and (ii) was eligible to attend a public school in the Commonwealth in the preceding semester or is starting elementary or secondary school in the Commonwealth for the first time is eligible to receive an education savings account, for as long as the student is of school age and the amount of which is determined pursuant to a calculation set forth in the bill, to cover certain enumerated educational expenses for his child. The bill requires the Department to establish rules and regulations for the Program and contains conditions, limitations, and other requirements for the Program, including provisions relating to the accountability and educational autonomy of individuals and entities receiving account funds to cover qualified expenses.

Education Savings Account Program; established.

Del. Nicholas Freitas [R]	Del. Mike Cherry [R]	Del. Glenn Davis [R]	Del. Dave LaRock [R]
Del. Chris Runion [R]	Del. Phillip Scott [R]	Del. Anne Ferrell Tata [R]	Del. Wendell Walker [R]
Del. Wren Williams [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-02-15	House	Left in Education
2022-01-11	House	Referred to Committee on Education
2022-01-11	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102132D

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?221+sum+HB293
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB293+hil
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+oth+HB293F122+PDF