Senate Bill sb1212
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Florida Senate - 2007 SB 1212
By Senator Wise
5-1080-07 See HB 465
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to the Corporate Income Tax
3 Credit Scholarship Program; amending s.
4 220.187, F.S.; providing that students placed
5 in foster care are eligible for participation
6 in the scholarship program; providing an
7 effective date.
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9 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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11 Section 1. Subsection (3) of section 220.187, Florida
12 Statutes, is amended to read:
13 220.187 Credits for contributions to nonprofit
14 scholarship-funding organizations.--
15 (3) PROGRAM; SCHOLARSHIP ELIGIBILITY.--The Corporate
16 Income Tax Credit Scholarship Program is established. A
17 student is eligible for a corporate income tax credit
18 scholarship if the student qualifies for free or reduced-price
19 school lunches under the National School Lunch Act and:
20 (a) Was counted as a full-time equivalent student
21 during the previous state fiscal year for purposes of state
22 per-student funding;
23 (b) Received a scholarship from an eligible nonprofit
24 scholarship-funding organization or from the State of Florida
25 during the previous school year; or
26 (c) Is eligible to enter kindergarten or first grade;
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28 (d) Has been placed in foster care provided that
29 students eligible under this paragraph shall be limited to the
30 first 500 students qualifying each year.
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Florida Senate - 2007 SB 1212
5-1080-07 See HB 465
1 Contingent upon available funds, a student may continue in the
2 scholarship program as long as the student's family income
3 level does not exceed 200 percent of the federal poverty
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5 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2007.
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