HB1227 - Tennessee - Education, Titles, Short

Companion Bill SB0705. Education - Enacts the "Parental Choice Scholarship Program Act of 2007." - Amends amend TCA. Fiscal Summary for HB1227 / *SB0705 Increase State Expenditures - $111,700 Recurring/DOE FY07-08 $9,500 One-Time/DOE FY07-08 Increase Local Govt. Expenditures* - Exceeds $28,448,400 Bill Summary for HB1227 / *SB0705 This bill creates a scholarship program to allow low income elementary or secondary school students to attend nonpublic schools or public schools outside their resident school districts. To be eligible for a scholarship under this bill, a student must be a member of a household that has a total annual income that does not exceed 2.5 times the income used to qualify a student for reduced price lunch. A student must also have been eligible to attend a public school in the preceding semester [...]

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