Hawaii Senate Bill 1279 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-0)
Status: Introduced on January 25 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-11-30 - Carried over to 2018 Regular Session.
Pending: Senate Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Establishes the Hawaii tax credit scholarship program to benefit students with disabilities by providing scholarships to cover transportation costs and any other educational fees associated with a student attending a public school that is not in the service area where the student resides or a nonpublic special education school or program. Establishes eligibility criteria for students to apply for the scholarship program, responsibilities of the department of taxation and department of education, and eligibility criteria for nonprofit scholarship-funding organizations. Applies to tax years beginning after 12/31/17.

Relating To Education.

Sen. Donna Kim [D]	Sen. Donovan Cruz [D]	Sen. William Espero [D]	Sen. Breene Harimoto [D]
Sen. Gil Keith-agaran [D]	Sen. Michelle Kidani [D]	Sen. Maile Shimabukuro [D]	Sen. Stanley Chang [D]
Sen. Kalani English [D]	Sen. Kaiali'i Kahele [D]	Sen. Gil Riviere [D]	Sen. Brian Taniguchi [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-11-30		Carried over to 2018 Regular Session.
2017-01-27	Senate	Referred to EDU, WAM.
2017-01-27	Senate	Passed First Reading.
2017-01-25	Senate	Introduced.

SB1279 (Carry Over) 2017-01-27 - Referred to EDU, WAM.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=1279&year=2018
Text	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2018/bills/SB1279_.HTM