HB 1605 Virginia House of Delegates · 2017 Regular Session

Virginia Parental Choice Education Savings Accounts; established, report.

Summary
Permits the parent of a public preschool, elementary, or secondary school student who meets certain criteria to apply to the school division in which the student resides for a one-year, renewable Parental Choice Education Savings Account that consists of an amount that is equivalent to a certain percentage of all applicable annual Standards of Quality per pupil state funds appropriated for public school purposes and apportioned to the resident school division in which the student resides, including the per pupil share of state sales tax funding in basic aid and any state per pupil share of special education funding to which the student is eligible. The bill permits the parent to use the moneys in such account for certain education-related expenses of the student, including tuition, deposits, fees, and required textbooks at a private, sectarian or nonsectarian elementary or secondary school or preschool that is located in the Commonwealth and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, or national origin. The bill also contains provisions relating to auditing, rescinding, and reviewing expenses made from such accounts. The bill contains a reenactment clause.
Bill status vetoed 4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2017
Committee Review
Feb 2017
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2017
Senate Passage
Feb 2017
Vetoed
Apr 2017
Introduced Jan 3, 2017 Vetoed Apr 5, 2017
Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
30
Key actions
5
Committee
10
Amendments
3
Apr 5, 2017
Vetoed
House sustained Governor's veto
legislature
Mar 16, 2017
Vetoed
Vetoed by Governor
executive
Feb 22, 2017
Introduced
Senate substitute with amendment agreed to by House 17105590D-S1 (50-Y 49-N)
legislature
Feb 21, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendment HB1605S1
legislature
Feb 21, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Committee amendment agreed to
legislature
Feb 21, 2017
Introduced
Reading of amendment waived
legislature
Feb 21, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 17105590D-S1
legislature
Feb 16, 2017
Committee
Rereferred to Finance
legislature
Feb 8, 2017
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
legislature
Feb 7, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Read third time and passed House (49-Y 47-N)
legislature
Feb 6, 2017
Introduced
Engrossed by House as amended HB1605E
legislature
Feb 6, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Committee amendment agreed to
legislature
Jan 25, 2017
Committee
Assigned App. sub: Elementary & Secondary Education
legislature
Jan 25, 2017
Committee
Referred to Committee on Appropriations
legislature
Jan 13, 2017
Committee
Assigned Education sub: Education Innovation
legislature
Jan 3, 2017
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education
legislature
Jan 3, 2017
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100986D
legislature
1 primary · 14 co-sponsors

Sponsors