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S. B. No. 255 As IntroducedAs Introduced
| 128th General Assembly | | Regular Session | | 2009-2010 |
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Cosponsors:
Senators Husted, Jones, Schiavoni, Wagoner, Buehrer, Schaffer, Coughlin, Seitz
A BILL
To amend section 3310.02 of the Revised Code to
gradually increase to 20,000 the number of
Educational Choice Scholarships awarded annually.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section 1. That section 3310.02 of the Revised Code be
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 3310.02. (A) The educational choice scholarship pilot
program is hereby established. Under the program, the department
of education annually shall pay scholarships to attend chartered
nonpublic schools in accordance with section 3310.08 of the
Revised Code for up to fourteen thousand the following number of
eligible students:
(1) Fourteen thousand in each school year through the
2010-2011 school year;
(2) Fifteen thousand in the 2011-2012 school year;
(3) Sixteen thousand in the 2012-2013 school year;
(4) Seventeen thousand in the 2013-2014 school year;
(5) Eighteen thousand in the 2014-2015 school year;
(6) Nineteen thousand in the 2015-2016 school year;
(7) Twenty thousand in the 2016-2017 school year and each
school year thereafter. If
(B) If the number of students who apply for a scholarship
exceeds fourteen thousand the number of scholarships available
under division (A) of this section for the applicable school year,
the department shall award scholarships in the following order of
priority:
(A)(1) First, to eligible students who received scholarships
in the prior school year;
(B)(2) Second, to eligible students with family incomes at or
below two hundred per cent of the federal poverty guidelines, as
defined in section 5101.46 of the Revised Code, who qualify under
division (A) of section 3310.03 of the Revised Code. If the number
of students described in this division who apply for a scholarship
exceeds the number of available scholarships after awards are made
under division (A)(B)(1) of this section, the department shall
select students described in this division by lot to receive any
remaining scholarships.
(C)(3) Third, to other eligible students who qualify under
division (A) of section 3310.03 of the Revised Code. If the number
of students described in this division who apply for a scholarship
exceeds the number of available scholarships after awards are made
under divisions (A) and (B)(1) and (2) of this section, the
department shall select students described in this division by lot
to receive any remaining scholarships.
Section 2. That existing section 3310.02 of the Revised Code
is hereby repealed.
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