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LA HB484
Bill
Status
4/4/2025
Primary Sponsor
Jerome Zeringue
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AI Summary
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Adds students with disabilities as a new category of "qualified student" eligible for scholarships through school tuition organizations (STOs), exempt from the 250% federal poverty level income limit that applies to other qualified students
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Replaces the specific reference to "Student Scholarships for Educational Excellence Program" with broader language covering any "state funded school choice program" for prior-year scholarship recipients
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Allows qualified students to receive STO scholarships combined with other publicly funded scholarships, vouchers, or financial assistance for nonpublic school attendance (reversing current law that prohibits this stacking)
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Caps combined STO scholarships at 80% of state average Minimum Foundation Program per-pupil funding for K-8 students, or 90% for grades 9-12
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Effective January 1, 2026, applying to donations for the 2025-2026 school year and thereafter
Legislative Description
Provides for eligibility requirements for students participating in the student tuition organization tax credit program (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF RV)
TAX CREDITS
Last Action
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
4/14/2025