HB 1003-1_ Filed 02/11/2013, 10:54

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COMMITTEE REPORT

            
                                                        YES:

9

                                                        NO:
3

MR. SPEAKER:

    Your Committee on       Education     , to which was referred       House Bill 1003     , has had the same under consideration and begs leave to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that said bill be amended as follows:

SOURCE: Page 5, line 13; (13)CR100301.5. -->     Page 5, line 13, after ""Contribution"" delete ";" and insert ":".
    Page 5, line 15, delete "or" and insert " and".
    Page 7, between lines 26 and 27, begin a new line block indented and insert:
        
" (2) is a program of early education services that:
            (A) meets the standards of quality recognized by a Level 3 or Level 4 Paths to QUALITY program rating;
            (B) is nationally accredited by an accrediting body recognized by the division or the state board of education;

             (C) is accredited by the state board of education;
            (D) is provided, before July 1, 2014, by an eligible school (as defined in IC 20-51-1-4.7); or
            (E) is provided, before July 1, 2014, by a participating school (as defined in IC 20-51-1-6);
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    Page 7, delete lines 27 through 31.
    Page 7, line 34, delete "individual;" and insert " preschool

student;".
    Page 8, line 39, delete "department" and insert " division".
    Page 9, line 13, after "eligible" insert " preschool".
    Page 10, line 27, delete "department" and insert " division".
    Page 10, delete lines 35 through 41, begin a new line block indented and insert:
        " (3) The total number and total dollar amount of preschool education scholarships awarded during the previous school year.".
    Page 12, line 6, delete "care." and insert " care (as defined in IC 31-9-2-46.7).".
    Page 12, line 7, after "The" insert " individual is a member of a household with an annual income of not more than three hundred percent (300%) of the amount required for the individual to qualify for the federal free or reduced lunch program, and the".
    Page 14, line 1, after "department" insert " only the student performance".
    Page 15, line 38, after "IC 20-51-1-4.3(3)(F)(ii)" delete ",".
    Page 16, line 18, after "chapter" insert " and, if applicable, any amount that a school corporation in which the student has legal settlement would receive under IC 20-43-7 for the student if the student attended the school corporation".
    Page 16, line 28, after "(B)" insert " for".
    Page 16, line 31, after "chapter" insert " and, if applicable, any amount that a school corporation in which the student has legal settlement would receive under IC 20-43-7 for the student if the student attended the school corporation".
    Page 16, line 38, strike "individual" and insert " choice scholarship student".
    Page 16, line 39, strike "individual" and insert " choice scholarship student".
    Page 17, between lines 38 and 39, begin a new paragraph and insert:

SOURCE: IC 20-51-4-7; (13)CR100301.25. -->     "SECTION 25. IC 20-51-4-7, AS ADDED BY P.L.92-2011, SECTION 10, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2013]: Sec. 7. (a) The department shall administer this chapter.
     (b) The department shall approve an application for an eligible school within fifteen (15) days after the date the school requests to

participate in the choice scholarship program.
    (c) The department shall approve an application for a choice scholarship student within fifteen (15) days after the date the student requests to participate in the choice scholarship program.

     (d) Each year, at a minimum, the department shall accept applications from March 1 through September 1 for:
        (1) choice scholarship students; or
        (2) eligible schools;
for the upcoming school year.

    (b) (e) The department shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to implement this chapter.
    (c) (f) The department may adopt emergency rules under IC 4-22-2-37.1 to implement this chapter.".

SOURCE: Page 18, line 8; (13)CR100301.18. -->     Page 18, line 8, after "student." insert " The choice scholarship shall be distributed in the same manner that state tuition support is distributed under IC 20-43-2-1.".
    Renumber all SECTIONS consecutively.
    (Reference is to HB 1003 as introduced.)

and when so amended that said bill do pass.

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Representative Behning


CR100301/DI 116    2013