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AZ HB2474

Bill

Status

Introduced

5/6/2019

Primary Sponsor

Shawnna Bolick

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Origin

House of Representatives

Fifty-fourth Legislature - First Regular Session (2019)

AI Summary

  • Adds alleged victims of battery, harassment, hazing, kidnapping, physical attack, robbery, sexual harassment, sexual assault, rape, threatening, intimidation, fighting, sex trafficking, or human trafficking as a new category of qualified students eligible for Arizona empowerment scholarship accounts.

  • Qualifies student victims for the program without requiring they first attend a governmental school for a minimum number of days, unlike most other eligibility categories.

  • Amends section 15-2401 of Arizona Revised Statutes to expand the definition of "qualified student" to include victims of specified crimes and harmful acts.

  • Designates the legislation as the "Lifeline For Student Crime Victims Act."

Legislative Description

Empowerment scholarship accounts; student victims

Empowerment Scholarship Accounts

Last Action

Assigned to House RULES Committee

5/6/2019

Full Bill Text

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