Sen. James T. Meeks
Filed: 3/15/2010
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2494 




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2494, AS AMENDED, 
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with reference to page and line numbers of Senate Amendment No. 
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1, as follows:
 
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on page 3, line 14, after "that", by inserting "enrolls 
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students in any of grades kindergarten through 8 and that"; and
 


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on page 3, by replacing lines 17 and 18 with the following:

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"Achievement Test."; and
 


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on page 3, line 20, by deleting "or secondary"; and


 
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on page 4, by replacing lines 11 through 13 with the following:

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        "(2) is enrolled in any of grades kindergarten through 
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    8 in a low-performing school and has received a School 
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    Choice Voucher in the previous school year or would enter 
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    kindergarten in a low-performing school during the school 
 


 






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    year for which a voucher is sought; and"; and



 
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on page 4, line 16, by replacing "12th" with "8th"; and
 


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on page 6, line 26, by deleting "and"; and


 
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on page 7, line 4, by replacing "pupils." with "pupils; and"; 
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and


 
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on page 7, immediately below line 4, by inserting the 
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following:

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        "(7) that if a student attending a nonpublic school 
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    under the School Choice Program is expelled from the 
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    nonpublic school before the State Board of Education has 
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    honored the voucher of the school, then the State Board of 
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    Education shall pay the corresponding prorated portion of 
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    the voucher amount to the nonpublic school; and that  if the 
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    State Board of Education has paid the voucher amount to the 
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    nonpublic school and the pupil is expelled, then the 
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    nonpublic school shall refund the corresponding prorated 
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    portion of the voucher to the State Board of Education."; 
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    and


 
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on page 7, line 13, by replacing "12" with "8".