HB 1532 Summary

• Establishes an educational reimbursement program administered by the superintendent of public instruction to reimburse nonpublic schools for tuition expenses of eligible students.

• Eligible children must be eligible for public school, enrolled in a qualified nonpublic school (kindergarten through grade 12), and from families with gross taxable income below 500 percent of the federal poverty level.

• Reimbursement to qualified schools is capped at 30 percent of the per-student payment rate under existing statute, and funds must be used only to offset tuition costs.

• Appropriates $10,000,000 from the general fund for the biennium beginning July 1, 2023, through June 30, 2025, with the program effective July 1, 2024.

• Requires legislative management to study nonpublic school funding during 2023-24 interim, evaluating other states' methods, equity impacts, rural school effects, and school choice options, with findings due to the 69th legislative assembly.