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OK HB1846
Bill
Status
2/7/2011
Primary Sponsor
Mike Shelton
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AI Summary
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Amends the Lindsey Nicole Henry Scholarships for Students with Disabilities Program Act to require participating private schools to adopt an antidiscrimination policy.
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Private schools must ensure their admission policies do not discriminate based on ethnicity, national origin, gender, income level, disabling condition, English language proficiency, measures of achievement, or athletic ability.
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Maintains existing scholarship eligibility requirements for students with disabilities whose parents request enrollment at approved private schools instead of public school attendance.
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Becomes effective July 1, 2011, with an emergency declaration allowing the act to take effect immediately upon passage and approval.
Legislative Description
Schools; requiring private schools participating in the Lindsey Nicole Henry Scholarships for Students with Disabilities Program to adopt an antidiscrimination policy; effective date; emergency.
Education - Common
Last Action
Second Reading referred to Rules
2/8/2011