House Bill 397

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Title AN ACT relating to the Students with Special Needs Scholarship Program.
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Bill Request Number 931
Sponsors S. Lee, S. Brinkman, J. DeCesare, D. Floyd, B. Montell
Summary of Original Version Create new sections of KRS Chapter 157 to establish the Students with Special Needs Scholarship Program to permit exceptional students as defined by KRS 157.200(a) to (m) to receive a scholarship to move from his or her resident public school to a participating school; define "participating school" as a public or nonpublic school that meets certain criteria and accepts the student for enrollment; provide that the maximum amount of the scholarship shall be an amount equal to the per-pupil funding based on the average daily attendance and add-on funds for exceptional children that are allotted under the Support Education Excellence in Kentucky program; require the resident district to provide or pay for transportation for the student to attend the nonpublic participating school; require the Kentucky Board of Education to promulgate necessary administrative regulations to implement and manage the scholarship program.
Index Headings of Original Version Children and Minors - Scholarship program, children with special needs
Education, Elementary and Secondary - Scholarship program, children with special needs
Disabilities and the Disabled - Scholarship program, children with special needs

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01/29/08
  • introduced in House
01/30/08
  • to Education (H)


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