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5EWPM6-1 03/22/2023 KMS (L) KMS 2023-483 House Ways and Means Education Reported Substitute for HB334 ENGROSSED2 D7LUTT-24 ByA RepresentativesBILL Garrett,TO CollinsBE RFD:ENTITLED AN ACT 9 To create the Students with Unique Needs (SUN) Education Scholarship Account Act and Program;
Ways and Means Education First Read:
18-Apr-23 2023 Regular Session Page 0 HB334 Engrossed 2 4 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT 9 To create the Students with Unique Needs (SUN) Education Scholarship Account Act and Program;
The child of a parent who is a member of the Armed Page 1 HB334House EngrossedWays and Means Education Reported Substitute for HB334 Forces of the United States, who is on active duty or was killed in the line of duty, and who may or may not have been enrolled in or attended a public K-12 school in the state during the previous school year.
The Students with Unique Needs (SUN) Page 2 HB334House EngrossedWays and Means Education Reported Substitute for HB334 Education Scholarship Program.
Page 3 HB334House EngrossedWays and Means Education Reported Substitute for HB334 (5) Tuition and fees for an approved nonpublic online learning program.
The program shall be limited to 500 students for the 2024-2025 school year, with new enrollment limited to Page 4 HB334House EngrossedWays and Means Education Reported Substitute for HB334 500 additional students each school year thereafter.
(d) The department shall receive five percent of funds not deposited into an education scholarship account pursuant Page 5 HB334House EngrossedWays and Means Education Reported Substitute for HB334 to subsection (c) of Section 3, as costs for administering the program.
(2) Provide to parents of participating students a written explanation of qualifying expenses, their Page 6 HB334House EngrossedWays and Means Education Reported Substitute for HB334 responsibilities under the program, and the duties and responsibilities of the department.
(2) The department may make direct payments to participating schools and education service providers or reimbursement to the parent or guardian who submitted the Page 7 HB334House EngrossedWays and Means Education Reported Substitute for HB334 program application pursuant to a check, warrant, electronic funds transfer, or any other means of payment deemed by the o department to be commercially viable or cost effective.
(c) The department may bar a participating school, Page 8 HB334House EngrossedWays and Means Education Reported Substitute for HB334 education service provider, or other recipient of education scholarship account funds from accepting payments from education scholarship accounts if the department determines the participating school has done any of the following:
(2) AffirmComply thatwith nationallythe standardizedsame testsfinancial are being annually administered and results,academic bothaccountability individualrequirements andof Pagea 9public HB334school Engrossedsystem. composite, as appropriate, are being provided to parents and prospective parents.
Page 9 House Ways and Means Education Reported Substitute for HB334 (3) Hold a valid occupancy permit if required by the municipality where the school is located.
(c) In order to allow parents and taxpayers to measure Page 10 HB334 Engrossed the achievements of the program, parents shall ensure all of the following:
Page 10 House Ways and Means Education Reported Substitute for HB334 (1) Each year their eligible student takes athe nationallystate standardizedachievement test at their resident school district.
(2) InformProvide the departmentresults of these tests to the department on an eligibleannual student'sbasis, graduationbeginning fromwith highthe school.first year of testing.
(3) That student information is reported in a way which allows the department to aggregate data as required by this act.
(4) Inform the department of an eligible student's graduation from high school.
Page 11 HB334 Engrossed House of Representatives Read for the first time and referred ................18-Apr-23 to the House of Representatives committee on Ways and Means Education Read for the second time and placed ................03-May-23 on the calendar:
amendments Read for the third time and passed ................11-May-23 as amended Yeas 99 Nays 5 Abstains 0 John Treadwell Clerk Page 12