HB 1244 Summary

• Amends IC 20-51-4-12 to prohibit reducing state tuition support distributions to school corporations and charter schools to fund choice scholarships.

• Prevents shortfalls in choice scholarship appropriations from triggering reductions to state tuition support distributions during any allotment period.

• Specifically prohibits four actions: paying choice scholarships from tuition support appropriations, transferring tuition support funds to other purposes, reducing maximum state distributions, or withholding tuition support allotments.

• Effective upon passage with an emergency declaration.