RELATING TO EDUCATION.
Summary
Establishes the Hawaii tax credit scholarship program to benefit students with disabilities by providing scholarships to cover transportation costs and any other educational fees associated with a student attending a public school that is not in the service area where the student resides or a nonpublic special education school or program. Establishes eligibility criteria for students to apply for the scholarship program, responsibilities of the department of taxation and department of education, and eligibility criteria for nonprofit scholarship-funding organizations. Applies to tax years beginning after 12/31/17.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2018
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 19, 2018
Last action Jan 24, 2018
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Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
3
Key actions
0
Committee
1
Jan 24, 2018
Committee
Referred to EDU, WAM.
upper
Jan 19, 2018
Introduced
Introduced.
upper
4 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
BT
Brian T. Taniguchi
DDemocratic
P
GR
Gil Riviere
DDemocratic
P
Gilbert S.C. Keith-Agaran
DDemocratic
P
Les Ihara
DDemocratic
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