Florida House Bill 1225 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
Status: Introduced on March 4 2011 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2011-05-07 - Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Creates Education Savings Account Program to allow payment to participating student's account equal to percentage of amount student would have generated under FEFP, which would be deposited in financial institution to be used for child's education; provides eligibility requirements for students, schools & programs, & financial institutions to participate in program; provides qualified uses of funds in education savings account; provides responsibilities of parents, students, financial institutions, DOE, & Chief Financial Officer.

Education Savings Account Program

Sen. Jeffrey Brandes [R]

Rep. Richard Corcoran [R]

Rep. Fredrick Costello [R]

Rep. James Grant [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-05-07		Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
2011-03-14		Referred to Education Committee; Rulemaking and Regulation Subcommittee; Appropriations Committee -HJ 220
2011-03-08		Introduced -HJ 107
2011-03-04		Filed

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2011/1225
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2011/1225/BillText/Filed/HTML