AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- EDUCATION FREEDOM ACCOUNT PROGRAM (Establishes a new program where the per pupil funding, calculated annually by RIDE, would be transferred into a newly created educational funding account run by the children's scholarship fund to pay for educational expenses.)
Bill status
died
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2023
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Feb 16, 2023
Last action May 16, 2023
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Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
3
Key actions
0
Committee
1
May 16, 2023
Committee
05/16/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
legislature
Feb 16, 2023
Introduced
02/16/2023 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance
upper
4 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Gordon Rogers
RRepublican
P
Jessica de la Cruz
RRepublican
P
Lou Raptakis
DDemocratic
P
Thomas Paolino
RRepublican
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