Bill Text: IN HB1244 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Funding choice scholarships.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-09 - First reading: referred to Committee on Education [HB1244 Detail]
Download: Indiana-2012-HB1244-Introduced.html
Introduced Version
HOUSE BILL No. 1244
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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL
Citations Affected: IC 20-51-4-12.
Synopsis: Funding choice scholarships. Provides that money
appropriated for state tuition support may not be used for choice
scholarships.
Effective: Upon passage.
Klinker
January 9, 2012, read first time and referred to Committee on Education.
Introduced
Second Regular Session 117th General Assembly (2012)
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HOUSE BILL No. 1244
A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
education.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
SOURCE: IC 20-51-4-12; (12)IN1244.1.1. -->
SECTION 1. IC 20-51-4-12 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE
AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
UPON PASSAGE]: Sec. 12. (a) State tuition support distributions
to school corporations and charter schools may not be reduced to
pay for choice scholarships distributed under this chapter.
(b) A determination under IC 4-13-2-18 or another law that the amount available for choice scholarships under this chapter for the remainder of the term of an appropriation or for any allotment period will be less than the amount estimated or allotted therefore may not be the basis for reducing state tuition support distributions to school corporations and charter schools.
(c) The actions prohibited by this section include any of the following that has the direct or indirect effect of making an amount available for choice scholarships:
(1) Payment of or encumbering an amount of a choice scholarship from a distribution for tuition support appropriation.
(2) Transfer of, assignment of, or reassignment of an amount from a distribution for tuition support appropriation to another purpose.
(3) Reduction of the maximum state distribution for a calendar year under IC 20-43-2-2, IC 20-43-2-3, or another law.
(4) Withholding allotment of amounts that otherwise are available for state tuition support distributions to school corporations and charter schools.
(b) A determination under IC 4-13-2-18 or another law that the amount available for choice scholarships under this chapter for the remainder of the term of an appropriation or for any allotment period will be less than the amount estimated or allotted therefore may not be the basis for reducing state tuition support distributions to school corporations and charter schools.
(c) The actions prohibited by this section include any of the following that has the direct or indirect effect of making an amount available for choice scholarships:
(1) Payment of or encumbering an amount of a choice scholarship from a distribution for tuition support appropriation.
(2) Transfer of, assignment of, or reassignment of an amount from a distribution for tuition support appropriation to another purpose.
(3) Reduction of the maximum state distribution for a calendar year under IC 20-43-2-2, IC 20-43-2-3, or another law.
(4) Withholding allotment of amounts that otherwise are available for state tuition support distributions to school corporations and charter schools.
SOURCE: ; (12)IN1244.1.2. -->
SECTION 2. An emergency is declared for this act.
