HB2504 Summary

• Adds foster care students as eligible recipients for school tuition organization (STO) scholarships, allowing students placed in foster care under Arizona law at any time before high school graduation or obtaining a GED to receive educational scholarships or tuition grants.

• Applies eligibility to both corporate donation scholarships under section 43-1504 and taxpayer contribution scholarships under section 43-1089.03, with the same foster care placement criterion.

• Maintains existing requirement that STOs use at least 90 percent of contributions for educational scholarships or tuition grants to eligible low-income students and other specified categories.

• Renumbers subsequent eligibility categories to account for the new foster care provision, shifting the previous paragraph 7 (continuation of prior scholarships) to paragraph 8 in both affected statutes.