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CS/CS/SB 1220: K-12 Scholarship Programs

GENERAL BILL by Appropriations ; Education ; Diaz

K-12 Scholarship Programs; Revising initial scholarship eligibility criteria for the Family Empowerment Scholarship Program; revising eligibility criteria for the Florida Tax Credit Scholarship Program and applying the criteria only to initial eligibility; requiring scholarship-funding organizations to use excess contributions to fund scholarships for specified students under certain conditions, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2020
Last Action: 3/10/2020 Senate - Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 7067 (Ch. 2020-95) -SJ 580
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Education (ED)
  2. Appropriations Subcommittee on Education (AED)
  3. Appropriations (AP)



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
12/11/2019 Senate • Filed
12/18/2019 Senate • Referred to Education; Appropriations Subcommittee on Education; Appropriations -SJ 89
1/14/2020 Senate • Introduced -SJ 89
1/16/2020 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Education, 01/21/20, 2:30 pm, 412 Knott Building
1/21/2020 Senate • CS by Education; YEAS 6 NAYS 2 -SJ 191
1/23/2020 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
• Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on Education
1/27/2020 Senate • CS by Education read 1st time -SJ 197
2/20/2020 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Subcommittee on Education, 02/25/20, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
2/25/2020 Senate • Subcommittee Recommendation: CS/CS by Appropriations Subcommittee on Education; YEAS 5 NAYS 3 -SJ 347
2/26/2020 Senate • Now in Appropriations
2/27/2020 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 03/03/20, 1:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
3/3/2020 Senate • CS/CS by- Appropriations; YEAS 13 NAYS 8 -SJ 461
3/5/2020 Senate • Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
• CS/CS by Appropriations read 1st time -SJ 464
3/6/2020 Senate • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
• Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/10/20 -SJ 653
3/10/2020 Senate • Read 2nd time -SJ 580
• Substituted CS/HB 7067 -SJ 580
• Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 7067 (Ch. 2020-95) -SJ 580