YES:
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:
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:
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.".
and when so amended that said bill do pass.