South Carolina Senate Bill 523 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 11-0)
Status: Introduced on February 14 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-02-14 - Referred to Committee on Education
Pending: Senate Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Enact The "equal Opportunity Education Scholarship Account Act"; To Amend Title 59 Of The 1976 Code, Relating To Education, By Adding Chapter 8, To Provide That Parents Of Eligible Students May Establish And Fund Accounts For Use In Meeting Certain Education Expenses, To Provide Guidelines For The Use Of Such Funds And Penalties For Misuse, To Provide Certain Related Powers And Duties Of The Education Oversight Committee, To Create A Parental Review Panel To Assist In Determining Whether Certain Expenses Constitute Qualified Education Expenses, Among Other Things, And To Define Necessary Terms.

Equal Opportunity Education Scholarship Account Act

Sen. Shane Massey [R]	Sen. Sean Bennett [R]	Sen. Wes Climer [R]	Sen. Thomas Davis [R]
Sen. Stephen Goldfinch [R]	Sen. Lawrence Grooms [R]	Sen. Greg Hembree [R]	Sen. Rex Rice [R]
Sen. Scott Talley [R]	Sen. Ross Turner [R]	Sen. George Campsen [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-02-14	Senate	Referred to Committee on Education
2019-02-14	Senate	Introduced and read first time

H3681 (Similar To) 2020-03-04 - Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Oremus
S0556 (Similar To) 2019-02-26 - Referred to Committee on Education

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=0523&session=123&summary=B
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/523_20190214.htm