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OPPOSE

LD 220, An Act to Establish the Hope and Inclusion Scholarship Program

This bill establishes the Hope and Inclusion Scholarship Program administered by the Hope and Inclusion Scholarship Board.  The board is directed to establish hope accounts that may be used by the parents or legal guardians of qualified students to pay for the education of those students enrolled in certain private schools and students receiving home instruction.  The funding for these hope accounts comes from shifting 90% of the essential programs and services funding that would otherwise be provided by the State and by the school administrative unit for each qualified student into a hope account.  The bill specifies which educational expenditures are permitted and provides for review of spending from the accounts.

Follow the Status of this bill. 

POSITION: HOME is opposed to this bill. Find out more.

ACTION NEEDED: None at this time. 

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