Virginia Senate Bill 1427 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Engrossed on February 2 2017 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2017-02-13 - Failed to report (defeated) in Finance (10-Y 12-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Educational Improvement Scholarships tax credit; pre-kindergarten eligibility. Expands the educational improvement scholarships tax credit program by including as eligible scholarship recipients children enrolled in or attending nonpublic pre-kindergarten programs. The maximum annual scholarship that a child enrolled in or attending a nonpublic pre-kindergarten program will receive is the lesser of the child's actual educational expenses or the state share of the grant per child under the Virginia Preschool Initiative for the locality in which the child resides. Under current law, tax credits are awarded to individuals and businesses making donations to nonprofit scholarship foundations using the donated funds to award scholarships to certain students in grades K-12 attending nonpublic schools. Eligible scholarship recipients are students in grades K-12 with a finalized individualized education program (IEP) in place or whose annual household income is not in excess of 300 percent of the federal poverty guidelines. The bill defines an eligible pre-kindergarten child as a child who is (i) a resident of Virginia, (ii) an at-risk four-year-old unserved by Head Start programs, and (iii) enrolled in or attending a nonpublic pre-kindergarten program. In addition, the family of the child (a) cannot have annual household income in excess of 300 percent of the current poverty guidelines or 400 percent of such guidelines if an IEP has been written and finalized for the child, (b) must be homeless as defined in 42 U.S.C. § 11302, or (c) must include parents or guardians of the child who are school dropouts. The bill defines a nonpublic pre-kindergarten program as a preschool program designed for child development and kindergarten preparation (1) that complies with nonpublic school accreditation requirements administered by the Virginia Council for Private Education (VCPE) or (2) that is participating in Virginia Quality (a partnership between the Virginia Early Childhood Foundation and the Office of Early Childhood Development of the Department of Social Services) with a current designation of at least Level 3 under such rating system. The bill includes several other curriculum and administrative requirements that must be met by a nonpublic pre-kindergarten program in order for children attending the program to be eligible to receive scholarships under the tax credit program. Under the bill, VCPE or the Virginia Early Childhood Foundation will certify nonpublic pre-kindergarten programs meeting such curriculum and administrative requirements.

Education improvement scholarships tax credit; pre-kindergarten eligibility.

Sen. William Stanley [R]

2017-02-13 - House - House: Failed to report (defeated) in Finance (10-Y 12-N) (Y: 10 N: 12 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2017-02-08 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 4-N) (Y: 6 N: 4 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-02-02 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N 1-A) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2017-02-02 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-02-01 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-01-31 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Finance (16-Y 0-N) (Y: 16 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-02-13	House	Failed to report (defeated) in Finance (10-Y 12-N)
2017-02-08	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 4-N)
2017-02-07	House	Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #2
2017-02-06	House	Referred to Committee on Finance
2017-02-06	House	Read first time
2017-02-06	House	Placed on Calendar
2017-02-02	Senate	Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N 1-A)
2017-02-02	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2017-02-02	Senate	Read second time and engrossed
2017-02-01	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2017-01-31	Senate	Reported from Finance (16-Y 0-N)
2017-01-12	Senate	Referred to Committee on Finance
2017-01-12	Senate	Presented and ordered printed 17103988D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
58	1	439.25	(n/a)	See Bill Text
58	1	439.28	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB1427
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1427+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+S05V0119+SB1427
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+SV0229SB1427+SB1427
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+SV0247SB1427+SB1427
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+SV0252SB1427+SB1427
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+H1002V0038+SB1427
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+H10V0150+SB1427