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AZ SB1467
Bill
Status
3/1/2018
Primary Sponsor
Steven Yarbrough
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AI Summary
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Expands eligibility for empowerment scholarship accounts to include children in kindergarten through 12th grade beginning in the 2020-2021 school year, with phased implementation starting in 2017-2018.
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Allows school tuition organizations to award scholarships up to the full cost of tuition for students whose family income does not exceed the reduced-price lunch threshold, beginning in 2019.
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Changes annual scholarship cap increases from a flat $100 per year through 2018 to either the Metropolitan Phoenix consumer price index or 2 percent annually, whichever is greater, beginning in 2019.
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Prohibits school tuition organizations from requiring applicants or families to provide goods or services in exchange for receiving educational scholarships or tuition grants.
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Prevents students from simultaneously receiving scholarships from school tuition organizations and Arizona empowerment scholarship accounts during the same enrollment period.
Legislative Description
STOs; corporations; caps; scholarship eligibility
Referendums
Last Action
House minority caucus: Do pass
3/20/2018