Education improvement scholarships; expands tax credit program. (HB1821)

Introduced By

Del. John Avoli (R-Staunton) with support from co-patron Del. Mike Cherry (R-Colonial Heights)

Progress

Introduced
Passed Committee
Passed House
Passed Senate
Signed by Governor
Became Law

Description

Education improvement scholarships tax credits. Expands the education improvement scholarships tax credit program for taxable years 2023 through 2027 by (i) increasing from 65 percent to 100 percent the credit amount for the value of the monetary or marketable securities donation made by the person to an included scholarship foundation, (ii) removing the requirement that eligible pre-kindergarten children be at-risk four-year-olds unable to obtain services through Head Start or Virginia Preschool Initiative programs, (iii) requiring that nonpublic pre-kindergarten programs participate in the Unified Virginia Quality Birth to Five System (VQB5), rather than the Virginia Quality rating system, and (iv) expanding eligible students to include any school-aged child living in Virginia whose family income does not exceed 300 percent of federal poverty guidelines, regardless of prior public school enrollment or a recent move to Virginia. Read the Bill »

Outcome

Bill Has Failed

History

DateAction
01/10/2023Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101922D
01/10/2023Referred to Committee on Education
01/16/2023Assigned Education sub: Early Childhood/Innovation
01/17/2023Impact statement from TAX (HB1821)
01/18/2023Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N)
01/18/2023Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Finance
01/23/2023Reported from Education (12-Y 9-N) (see vote tally)
01/23/2023Referred to Committee on Finance
01/25/2023Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #3
01/30/2023Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 2-N)
02/01/2023Reported from Finance (11-Y 10-N) (see vote tally)
02/01/2023Referred to Committee on Appropriations
02/03/2023Reported from Appropriations (11-Y 10-N) (see vote tally)
02/05/2023Read first time
02/06/2023Read second time and engrossed
02/07/2023Read third time and passed House (50-Y 48-N)
02/07/2023VOTE: Passage (50-Y 48-N) (see vote tally)
02/08/2023Constitutional reading dispensed
02/08/2023Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations
02/14/2023Passed by indefinitely in Finance and Appropriations (11-Y 5-N) (see vote tally)

Duplicate Bills

The following bills are identical to this one: SB1360.