Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that expands eligibility for low-income student scholarships.

Highlights:

• Defines “eligible student” as a child who resides in the state and (Sec. 1):

• Not graduated from high school;

• Not reached the age or 21; 

• Has an annual family income of less than or equal to 400 percent of the federal poverty guidelines;

• Is enrolling in grades one through 12 in the state for the first time;

• Has been adopted, placed in fonster care, or placed in kinship care placement at any time prior to graduation from high school or the reaching the age of 21;

• Has a parent on active duty with any branch of the armed forces or was killed in the line of duty; or

• Has a parent who is an emergency medical service provider, firefighter, or law enforcement officer.

• Authorizes the state board of education to provide written notice no later than 30 days after granting organizations scholarship approval for eligible students (Sec. 1).

• Appropriates $20 million from the state general budget for fiscal year 2023 for student scholarships for the aforementioned eligible students (Sec. 3).

• Establishes that this bill shall take effect upon publication in the statute book (Sec. 5).

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that expands eligibility for low-income student scholarships.

Highlights:

• Defines “eligible student” as a child who resides in the state and (Sec. 1):

• Not graduated from high school;

• Not reached the age or 21; 

• Has an annual family income of less than or equal to 400 percent of the federal poverty guidelines;

• Is enrolling in grades one through 12 in the state for the first time;

• Has been adopted, placed in fonster care, or placed in kinship care placement at any time prior to graduation from high school or the reaching the age of 21;

• Has a parent on active duty with any branch of the armed forces or was killed in the line of duty; or

• Has a parent who is an emergency medical service provider, firefighter, or law enforcement officer.

• Authorizes the state board of education to provide written notice no later than 30 days after granting organizations scholarship approval for eligible students (Sec. 1).

• Appropriates $20 million from the state general budget for fiscal year 2023 for student scholarships for the aforementioned eligible students (Sec. 3).

• Establishes that this bill shall take effect upon publication in the statute book (Sec. 5).

Full Bill Text