Students with Disabilities Tuition Assistance Grant Program; created. (SB1419)
Introduced By
Sen. Walter Stosch (R-Glen Allen)
Progress
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Introduced |
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Passed Committee |
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Passed House |
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Passed Senate |
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Signed by Governor |
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Became Law |
Description
Tuition Assistance Grant Program for Students with Disabilities; established. Establishes a tuition assistance grant program for students with disabilities. The program provides grants of no more than $10,000 a year to a Virginia nonsectarian private school of choice for students with disabilities for whom an individual education plan has been written. The bill requires that in order to receive the grant the following conditions be satisfied: (i) the student has attended a public school in the Commonwealth and has received special education services for at least one year prior to the receipt of the grant; (ii) the parent has obtained acceptance for admission of the student to an eligible private school; (iii) the parent has requested the grant of the Superintendent of Public Instruction and notified the division superintendent of that request; and (iv) the parent has executed and submitted to the division superintendent a written statement asserting his dissatisfaction with the student's progress and acknowledging that the public school has offered or implemented an individualized educational program that is reasonably calculated to provide educational benefit. The Board of Education is required to promulgate regulations to administer the Grant Program within 280 days of enactment. Read the Bill »
Outcome
History
Date | Action |
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01/19/2007 | Presented and ordered printed 079852824 |
01/19/2007 | Referred to Committee on Finance |
01/30/2007 | Impact statement from DPB (SB1419) |
02/05/2007 | Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) |
02/05/2007 | VOTE: (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/06/2007 | Read second time |
02/06/2007 | Reading of amendment waived |
02/06/2007 | Committee amendment agreed to |
02/06/2007 | Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1419E |
02/06/2007 | Printed as engrossed 079852824-E |
02/06/2007 | Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 1-N) |
02/06/2007 | VOTE: (38-Y 1-N) (see vote tally) |
02/06/2007 | Passed Senate (21-Y 18-N) |
02/06/2007 | VOTE: (21-Y 18-N) (see vote tally) |
02/06/2007 | Communicated to House |
02/08/2007 | Placed on Calendar |
02/08/2007 | Read first time |
02/08/2007 | Referred to Committee on Education |
02/12/2007 | Impact statement from DPB (SB1419E) |
02/14/2007 | Referred to Committee on Appropriations |
Comments
As a special education teacher in a high school, we need to provide hope that the dreams of our kids can be obtainable if grants help them get there.