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ID S1027
Bill
Status
3/13/2013
Primary Sponsor
Education Committee
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AI Summary
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Repeals the Student Education Incentive Loan Forgiveness Contract and the Idaho Robert R. Lee Promise Scholarship Program, consolidating multiple scholarship provisions into two main programs.
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Establishes the Armed Forces and Public Safety Officer Scholarship Program providing tuition, fees, books (up to $500 per term), and on-campus housing and subsistence for spouses and children of military members or public safety officers killed or permanently disabled in the line of duty.
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Creates the Idaho Opportunity Scholarship Program to provide need and merit-based scholarships to eligible Idaho undergraduate students attending accredited postsecondary institutions, with awards based on a shared responsibility model involving the student, family, federal aid, and the institution.
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Establishes an Opportunity Scholarship Program Account in the state treasury funded by legislative appropriations, donations, and investment earnings, with up to $50,000 annually available for administrative costs.
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Requires participating institutions to report student-level data on program effectiveness to the State Board of Education and mandates regular evaluation of the Idaho Opportunity Scholarship program.
Legislative Description
Adds to and amends existing law relating to education scholarships to establish the Armed Forces and Public Safety Officer Scholarship Program, to establish provisions relating to individuals eligible for the Armed Forces and Public Safety Scholarship Program; to establish the Idaho Opportunity Scholarship Program, to provide for the Opportunity Scholarship Program account and to provide for an evaluation; and establishing provisions relating to scholarship program reporting requirements.
EDUCATION
Last Action
Signed by Governor on 03/13/13 Session Law Chapter 72 Effective: 07/01/13 Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 7 & 10; 07/01/14 Sections 5, 6, 8 & 9
3/13/2013