Education improvement scholarships tax credits; expands eligibility, payout penalty.
Summary
Expands the education improvement scholarships tax credits program by including as eligible scholarship recipients children who are eligible to enter pre-kindergarten. In addition, the bill reduces the penalty for failure to fully disburse all donations received from 200 percent of the difference between 90 percent of the value of the donations it received and the amount disbursed to 100 percent of the difference. Under current law, foundations must spend at least 90 percent of donations on scholarships in order to avoid the penalty. This bill was incorporated into
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Jan 2018
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Introduced Jan 9, 2018
Last action Jan 9, 2018
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Jan 9, 2018
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Referred to Committee on Finance
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Jan 9, 2018
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18102480D
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1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
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State
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P
SD
Siobhan Dunnavant
RRepublican
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