Celebrating the life of Warren Ballinger French,Jr.
Sponsored bills
Celebrating the life of Lieutenant Paul R.Fridley, USN.
Commending the Fairfields Volunteer Fire Department.
Celebrating the life of Connor Garstka.
Celebrating the life of Rebecca Mae Benson Cross.
Commending Carroll Ashburn and Demetrius Means.
Celebrating the life of Dorothy Doretha Bayford.
Celebrating the life of Thomas Francis FarrellII.
Commending the Fairfields Volunteer Fire Department.
Parental Choice Education Savings Accounts established.Permits the parents of qualified students, defined in the bill, to apply to the school division in which the qualified student residesfor a one-year, renewable Parental Choice Education Savings Accountthat consists of an amount that is equivalent to a certain percentage of all applicable annual Standards of Quality per pupil state funds appropriated for public school purposes and apportioned to the residentschool division in which the qualified student resides, includingthe per pupil share of state sales tax funding in basic aid and any state per pupil share of special education funding for which thequalified student is eligible. The bill permits the parent of thequalified student to use the moneys in such account for certain education-relatedexpenses of the qualified student, including tuition, deposits, fees,and required textbooks at a private elementary school or secondaryschool that is located in the Commonwealth. The bill also contains provisions relating to auditing, rescinding, and reviewing expensesmade from such accounts.