2022 Regular SessionFlorida Legislature

S0506: Hope Scholarship Program

Legislative Summary

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.

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Bill History

10/14/2021
Filed
Senate
11/3/2021
Referred to Education; Appropriations Subcommittee on Education; Appropriations
Senate
11/22/2021
On Committee agenda-- Education, 11/30/21, 12:30 pm, 412 Knott Building
Senate
11/30/2021
Favorable by Education; YEAS 6 NAYS 4
Senate
11/30/2021
Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on Education
Senate
1/11/2022
Introduced
Senate
3/12/2022
Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
Senate
3/14/2022
Died in Appropriations Subcommittee on Education
Senate

Roll Call Votes

Senate Education
11/30/2021
6
Yea
4
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED

Status Information

Current Status
Failed(3/14/2022)
Chamber
Senate
Sine DiePrior Session

Sponsors

Republican: 1

Primary Sponsor

Manny Diaz
Manny Diaz
Republican

Documents

Introduced
Bill Text10/14/202162.2 KB
Veto Letter
Veto Letter11/30/2021338.5 KB
Veto Letter
Veto Letter11/29/2021338.6 KB