SB 506: Hope Scholarship Program
GENERAL BILL by Diaz
Hope Scholarship Program; Revising the purpose of the Hope Scholarship Program; revising program eligibility; providing for the use of funds under the program; revising school district, Department of Education, parent, and nonprofit scholarship-funding organization obligations under the program; authorizing payment of scholarship funds by organizations to be made by deposit into the student’s account instead of by individual warrant made payable to the student’s parent, etc.
Effective Date: 7/1/2022
Last Action: 3/14/2022 Senate - Died in Appropriations Subcommittee on Education
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Last Action: 3/14/2022 Senate - Died in Appropriations Subcommittee on Education
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
- Education (ED)
- Appropriations Subcommittee on Education (AED)
- Appropriations (AP)
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Bill History
Date Chamber Action 10/14/2021 Senate • Filed
11/3/2021 Senate • Referred to Education; Appropriations Subcommittee on Education; Appropriations -SJ 30
11/22/2021 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Education, 11/30/21, 12:30 pm, 412 Knott Building
11/30/2021 Senate • Favorable by Education; YEAS 6 NAYS 4 -SJ 94
• Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on Education
1/11/2022 Senate • Introduced -SJ 29
3/12/2022 Senate • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
3/14/2022 Senate • Died in Appropriations Subcommittee on Education
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SB 506, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 10/14/2021 at 3:05 PM
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF Analyses: Education (Pre-Meeting) 11/29/2021 (pdf)
Education (Post-Meeting) 11/30/2021 (pdf)
Related Bills (1)
Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills H 1437 The Hope Scholarship Program Giallombardo Identical Last Action: 3/14/2022 H Died in Early Learning & Elementary Education Subcommittee 
Committee Votes (1)
Date Committee Result 11/30/2021 12:30 PM Education 6 Yeas - 4 Nays Citations - Statutes (4)
Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help 213.053 Confidentiality and information sharing. Page 23 (pdf) 1002.394 The Family Empowerment Scholarship Program. Page 23 (pdf) 1002.395 Florida Tax Credit Scholarship Program. Page 27 (pdf) 1002.40 The Hope Scholarship Program. Page 1 (pdf)