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This bill modifies Louisiana's tax credit program for donations to school tuition organizations (STOs), making several key changes to how scholarships are distributed and managed. The bill updates the rules for scholarship payments by allowing quarterly distributions instead of specific monthly payments and permitting parents to electronically endorse checks. It provides more flexibility for qualified students by allowing them to receive multiple scholarships from different STOs, with a new cap that does not exceed the actual tuition and fees at their school. The bill also modifies testing requirements for qualified schools, giving them the option to use either state-mandated tests or approved nationally norm-referenced tests. Additionally, the legislation removes previous prohibitions on students receiving other forms of publicly funded financial assistance, instead establishing a comprehensive verification process by the Department of Education to ensure that total scholarship funding does not surpass a student's actual school costs. The changes aim to provide more administrative flexibility and financial support options for students attending non-public schools while maintaining oversight to prevent potential over-funding.

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https://www.legis.la.gov/legis/BillInfo.aspx?s=25rs&b=SB27&sbi=y