AN ACT relating to educational opportunity accounts.
Summary
Amend KRS 141.502 to update definition of "eligible student" to increase the limit of not more than 250% of the amount of household income necessary to establish eligibility for reduced-price meals; amend KRS 141.504 to allow funds in an education opportunity account to also be used for tuition or fees to attend a prekindergarten to grade twelve nonpublic school and remove the requirements for individuals to be residents of counties of 90,000 or more to utilize the funds for nonpublic schools; amend KRS 141.510 to require a copy of the account granting organization's determination letter granting them 501(c)(3) status to be submitted with their application; amend KRS 141.512 to allow an AGO, in the first year, to allocate less than 90 percent of the total annual contributions to EOAs; amend KRS 141.522 to delete the sunset provision from the tax credit for contributions made to AGOs; increase credit cap from $25,000,000 to $100,000,000 with certain stipulations.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2022
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 13, 2022
Last action Jan 31, 2022
Floor votes
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Actions timeline
Total actions
3
Key actions
0
Committee
1
Amendments
1
Jan 31, 2022
Introduced
floor amendment (1) filed
lower
Jan 13, 2022
Committee
to Committee on Committees (H)
lower
Jan 13, 2022
Introduced
introduced in House
lower
24 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Chad McCoy
RRepublican
P
Dan Fister
RRepublican
P
David Hale
RRepublican
P
David Osborne
RRepublican
P
Felicia Rabourn
RRepublican
P
James Tipton
RRepublican
P
Jennifer Decker
RRepublican
P
Joseph M. Fischer
RRepublican
P
Josh Calloway
RRepublican
P
Kevin Bratcher
RRepublican
P
Kim Banta
RRepublican
P
Kim Moser
RRepublican
P
Mark Hart
RRepublican
P
Matt Lockett
RRepublican
P
Melinda Gibbons Prunty
RRepublican
P
Nancy Tate
RRepublican
P
Phillip Pratt
RRepublican
P
Richard Heath
RRepublican
P
Ryan Dotson
RRepublican
P
Sal Santoro
RRepublican
P
Savannah Maddox
RRepublican
P
Scott Sharp
RRepublican
P
Shane Baker
RRepublican
P
Walker Thomas
RRepublican
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