VA SB1290 | 2023 | Regular Session

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 10 2023 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2023-01-26 - Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (9-Y 6-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Summary

School Choice Educational Savings Accounts. Permits the parents of qualified students to apply to the local school division in which the qualified student resides for a one-year, renewable School Choice Educational Savings Account that consists of a monetary 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 qualified student resides. The bill sets out the education-related qualifying expenditures for which the parent of a qualified student may use the funds in the savings account, including tuition, deposits, fees, and required textbooks and instructional materials at (i) a private elementary or secondary school located in the Commonwealth, (ii) certain nonpublic online learning programs, and (iii) institutions of higher education and requires the Department of Education to establish certain policies, procedures, and processes relating to the savings accounts.

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Title

School Choice Educational Savings Accounts; permits parents of qualified students to apply.

Sponsors


Roll Calls

2023-01-26 - Senate - Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (9-Y 6-N) (Y: 9 N: 6 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

History

DateChamberAction
2023-01-26SenatePassed by indefinitely in Education and Health (9-Y 6-N)
2023-01-17SenateAssigned Education sub: Public Education
2023-01-10SenateReferred to Committee on Education and Health
2023-01-10SenatePrefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101216D

Subjects


Code Citations

ChapterArticleSectionCitation TypeStatute Text
221222.1(n/a)See Bill Text
221222.6(n/a)See Bill Text

Virginia State Sources


Bill Comments

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