Sen. James T. Meeks

Filed: 3/24/2010

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2494

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2494, AS AMENDED,
3 with reference to page and line numbers of Senate Amendment No.
4 1, as follows:
 
5 on page 3, line 14, after "that", by inserting "enrolls
6 students in any of grades kindergarten through 8 and that"; and
 
7 on page 3, by replacing lines 17 and 18 with the following:
8 "Achievement Test."; and
 
9 on page 3, line 20, by deleting "or secondary"; and
 
10 on page 4, by replacing lines 11 through 13 with the following:
11         "(2) is enrolled in any of grades kindergarten through
12     8 in a low-performing school or has received a School
13     Choice Voucher in the previous school year or would enter
14     kindergarten in a low-performing school during the school

 

 

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1     year for which a voucher is sought; and"; and
 
2 on page 4, line 16, by replacing "12th" with "8th"; and
 
3 on page 6, line 26, by deleting "and"; and
 
4 on page 7, line 4, by replacing "pupils." with "pupils; and";
5 and
 
6 on page 7, immediately below line 4, by inserting the
7 following:
8         "(7) that if a student attending a nonpublic school
9     under the School Choice Program is expelled from the
10     nonpublic school before the State Board of Education has
11     honored the voucher of the school, then the State Board of
12     Education shall pay the corresponding prorated portion of
13     the voucher amount to the nonpublic school; and that if the
14     State Board of Education has paid the voucher amount to the
15     nonpublic school and the pupil is expelled, then the
16     nonpublic school shall refund the corresponding prorated
17     portion of the voucher to the State Board of Education.";
18     and
 
19 on page 7, line 13, by replacing "12" with "8".