HB 1437 (2022) -  The Hope Scholarship Program

General Bill by Giallombardo
The Hope Scholarship Program: Revises purpose of Hope Scholarship Program; revises program eligibility; provides for use of funds under program; revises term of program scholarship; revises school district, DOE, parent, & nonprofit scholarship-funding organization obligations under program; authorizes payment of scholarship funds by organizations to be made by deposit into student's account; provides that accrued interest in student's account is in addition to awarded funds; provides that program funds include both awarded funds & accrued interest; prohibits student's scholarship award from being reduced for debit card or electronic payment fees.
Effective Date: July 1, 2022
Last Event: Died in Early Learning & Elementary Education Subcommittee on Monday, March 14, 2022 1:03 PM

Referred Committees and Committee Actions

House Referrals

Related Bills

Bill # Subject Relationship
Bill #: SB 506 Subject: Hope Scholarship Program Relationship: Identical

Bill Text

Staff Analysis

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Vote History

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Bill History

Event Time Member Committee Ver.
Event: H Died in Early Learning & Elementary Education Subcommittee Time: 03/14/2022 - 1:03 PM Member: Committee: Early Learning & Elementary Education Subcommittee Version: __
Event: H Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration Time: 03/12/2022 - 12:00 AM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: H Now in Early Learning & Elementary Education Subcommittee Time: 01/16/2022 - 12:52 PM Member: Committee: Early Learning & Elementary Education Subcommittee Version: __
Event: H Referred to Education & Employment Committee Time: 01/16/2022 - 12:52 PM Member: Committee: Education & Employment Committee Version: __
Event: H Referred to PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee Time: 01/16/2022 - 12:52 PM Member: Committee: PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee Version: __
Event: H Referred to Secondary Education & Career Development Subcommittee Time: 01/16/2022 - 12:52 PM Member: Committee: Secondary Education & Career Development Subcommittee Version: __
Event: H Referred to Early Learning & Elementary Education Subcommittee Time: 01/16/2022 - 12:52 PM Member: Committee: Early Learning & Elementary Education Subcommittee Version: __
Event: H 1st Reading Time: 01/11/2022 - 9:25 PM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: H Filed Time: 01/10/2022 - 12:04 PM Member: Giallombardo Committee: Version: __

Statutes Referenced by this Bill

Statute Other Bill Citations
213.053 CS/HB 247, HB 487, HB 491, SB 506, SB 548, HB 549, CS/CS/HB 1041, CS/SB 1310, CS/CS/SB 1382, SB 1884, CS/HB 7071
1002.394 CS/HB 3, HB 93, CS/SB 306, HB 429, HB 483, HB 487, SB 506, SB 532, CS/SB 632, HB 847, SB 956, CS/HB 1207, CS/SB 1348, SB 1558, SB 1772, SB 2524, CS/HB 5101
1002.395 HB 429, HB 487, SB 506, SB 532, HB 549, CS/SB 1348, SB 1558, SB 1884, SB 2524, CS/HB 5101, HB 6093
1002.40 HB 429, HB 487, SB 506, SB 532, CS/SB 1348, SB 1558, SB 2524, CS/HB 5101