H.B.
148
EDUCATION VOUCHERS
house floor
Amendments
Amendment 2 February 1, 2007 2:05 pm
Representative Kory M. Holdaway proposes the following amendments:
1. Page 4, Lines 96 through 103
House Committee Amendments
1-31-2007 :
96 (c)
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the student shall meet one or more of the following criteria:
97 (i) the student was born after September 1, 2001;
98 (ii) the student was enrolled as a full-time student in a Utah public school on January 1,
99 2007;
100 (iii) the individual was not a Utah resident on January 1, 2007; or
101 (iv) } the student's parents
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had
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shall have
an annual income less than or equal to 100% of
the
102 income eligibility guideline in the calendar year immediately preceding the school year for
103 which a scholarship is sought; and
2. Page 8, Lines 215 through 216 :
215 (C) the board shall request a supplemental appropriation from the Legislature to make
216 full scholarship payments as provided in Subsection (4)
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or (5)
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3. Page 9, Lines 251 through 275 :
251
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(4) Full-year scholarships shall be awarded in the amounts shown in the following
252 table, or for the amount of tuition for a full year, whichever is less.
253 If the annual income of a scholarship
254 student's parents is: The full-year scholarship amount is:
255 Less than or equal to 100% of the
256 income eligibility guideline $3,000
257 Greater than 100% but less than or equal
258 to 125% of the income eligibility guideline $2,750
259 Greater than 125% but less than or equal to
260 150% of the income eligibility guideline $2,500
261 Greater than 150% but less than or equal to
262 175% of the income eligibility guideline $2,250
263 Greater than 175% but less than or equal to
264 200% of the income eligibility guideline $2,000
265 Greater than 200% but less than or equal to
266 225% of the income eligibility guideline $1,750
267 Greater than 225% but less than or equal to
268 250% of the income eligibility guideline $1,000
269 Greater than 250% of the income eligibility guideline $500
270 (5) The full-year scholarship amounts shown in the table in Subsection (4) apply to
271 scholarships for all grades except kindergarten. The full-year scholarship amount for
272 kindergarten shall be .55 times the amounts shown in the table in Subsection (4). }
(4) Full-year scholarships shall be awarded in the amount of $3,000 for students in all grades except kindergarten. A full-year scholarship for a kindergarten student shall be $1,650.
273
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(6)
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(5)
The board shall annually increase the full-year scholarship amounts
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shown
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specified
in
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the
274 table in } Subsection (4) by the same percentage annual increase in the value of the weighted
275 pupil unit established in Section 53A-17a-103 .
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276
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(7)
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(6)
(a) Except as provided in Subsection
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(7)
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(6)
(b), upon review and receipt
of
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(8)
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(7)
A parent of a scholarship student and the student's private school shall notify the
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(9)
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(8)
Before scholarship payments are made, the board shall cross-check enrollment lists
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(10)
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(9)
(a) Scholarship payments shall be made by the board by individual warrant made
8. Page 10, Line 294 :
294 parent to sign a warrant referred to in Subsection
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(10)
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(9)
(a), and a parent of a scholarship student
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