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OK SB126Lindsey Nicole Henry Scholarships for Students with Disabilities Program; eligibility; modifying discrimination prohibition to which participating private schools must comply. Effective date. Emergency.
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Introduced
02/01/2021
02/01/2021
In Committee
04/06/2021
04/06/2021
Crossed Over
03/10/2021
03/10/2021
Passed
Dead
05/27/2021
05/27/2021
Introduced Session
2021 Regular Session
Bill Summary
An Act relating to the Lindsey Nicole Henry Scholarships for Students with Disabilities Program; amending 70 O.S. 2011, Section 13-101.2, as last amended by Section 1, Chapter 1, O.S.L. 2020 (70 O.S. Supp. 2020, Section 13-101.2), which relates to eligibility for the program; removing language requiring a student to have spent a prior year enrolled in a public school district to be eligible; removing certain exemptions to the prior year enrollment requirement; expanding eligibility to include students who were placed by a court in certain guardianship; modifying discrimination prohibition to which participating private schools must comply; updating reference; providing an effective date; and declaring an emergency. AMENDMENT NO. 1. Delete the title, enacting clause and entire bill and replace with: "An Act relating to the Lindsey Nicole Henry Scholarships for Students with Disabilities Program; amending 70 O.S. 2011, Section 13-101.2, as last amended by Section 1, Chapter 1, O.S.L. 2020 (70 O.S. Supp. 2020, Section 13-101.2), which relates to eligibility for the program; modifying discrimination prohibition to which participating private schools must comply; providing an effective date; and declaring an emergency.
AI Summary
This bill amends the Lindsey Nicole Henry Scholarships for Students with Disabilities Program to remove the requirement that a student must have spent the prior school year attending a public school in Oklahoma to be eligible. The bill expands eligibility to include students who were placed by a court in certain guardianship situations, such as kinship foster care. The bill also modifies the discrimination prohibition that participating private schools must comply with, changing it from the broad federal antidiscrimination provisions to a more narrow prohibition on discrimination based on race, color, and national origin. The bill provides an effective date of July 1, 2021 and declares an emergency.
Committee Categories
Education
Sponsors (2)
Last Action
Died in conference (on 05/27/2021)
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