| 1 | Representative Bullard offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with title amendment) |
| 4 | Remove line 311 and insert: |
| 5 | Section 4. The Department of Education shall conduct a |
| 6 | study to determine if the school districts are able to afford |
| 7 | the transportation costs associated with implementing the |
| 8 | Opportunity Scholarship Program. The department shall submit its |
| 9 | findings to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the |
| 10 | House of Representatives no later than July 1, 2011. This |
| 11 | section shall take effect upon this act becoming a law. |
| 12 | Section 5. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this |
| 13 | act and except for this section, which shall take effect upon |
| 14 | this act becoming a law, this act shall take effect August 1, |
| 15 | 2011, if the study conducted pursuant to section 4 of this act |
| 16 | determines that the transportation costs associated with the |
| 17 | Opportunity Scholarship Program are affordable. |
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| 20 | T I T L E A M E N D M E N T |
| 21 | Remove line 15 and insert: |
| 22 | requiring an affordability study by the Department of Education |
| 23 | relating to school district transportation costs associated with |
| 24 | the Opportunity Scholarship Program; providing effective dates |
| 25 | and a contingent effective date. |