AR HB1400

House Committee on Education and Senate Committee on Education must conduct a biennial study of the Succeed Scholarship Program beginning with the first report due March 1, 2020.

The study must track 11 specific data points including number of participating students, student transfers between public and private schools, student dismissals, foster care participation, school accreditation status, standardized test results, and student portfolios.

Private schools receiving Succeed Scholarship funds must report annually to the state board their progress toward accreditation if not fully accredited.

Private schools must submit annual reports in deidentified format to the Department of Education documenting dismissed students, voluntary returns to public schools, foster children participation, administrative costs, and demographic data of applicants and awardees.

Department of Education must make Succeed Scholarship Program information available to both legislative education committees through the Bureau of Legislative Research in deidentified format for use in the biennial study.