Archive: School Choice

  • The Education Enterprise Zone Act April 4, 2013

    Summary The Education Enterprise Zone Act creates and provides for parental choice of schools within an educational enterprise zone (EEZ). All public and private schools within a designated zone. Any elementary or secondary student who is eligible for participation in [...]

  • The Autism Scholarship Program Act March 19, 2013

    The Autism Scholarship Program Act Summary The Autism Scholarship Program creates a scholarship program that provides students with autism the option to attend the public or private elementary or secondary school of their parents’ choice. Model Legislation Section 1. {Title.}The [...]

  • Online Learning Clearinghouse Act March 19, 2013

    Online Learning Clearinghouse Act Summary The Online Learning Clearinghouse Act creates a clearinghouse through which school districts may offer their computer-based courses to students of other school districts. Legislation Section 1. {Title.} Online Learning Clearinghouse Act Section 2. {Definitions.} (A) [...]

  • The Parental Choice Scholarship Program Act (Universal Eligibility) March 15, 2013

    The Parental Choice Scholarship Program Act (Universal Eligibility) Summary The Parental Choice Scholarship Program Act creates a scholarship program that provides all children the option to attend the public or private elementary or secondary school of their parents’ choice. Model [...]

  • The Charter Schools Act March 15, 2013

    The Charter Schools Act Summary The Charter Schools Act allows groups of citizens to seek charters from the state to create and operate innovative, outcomes-based schools. These schools would be exempt from state laws and regulations that apply to public [...]

  • The Virtual Public Schools Act March 15, 2013

    The Virtual Public Schools Act Declaration. (A) The General Assembly hereby finds and declares that: (1) Meeting the educational needs of children in our state’s schools is of the greatest importance to the future welfare of [state]; (2) Closing the [...]

  • Charter School Growth with Quality Act March 15, 2013

    Charter School Growth with Quality Act Summary The Charter School Growth with Quality Act would expand quality public education opportunities for all children by establishing a state public charter school commission to serve as an independent statewide charter authorizer. Model [...]

  • The Parental Choice Scholarship Tax Credit Accountability Act March 15, 2013

    The Parental Choice Scholarship Tax Credit Accountability Act Summary This bill creates administrative, fiscal, and academic accountability standards to be used in conjunction with elementary or secondary private school scholarship tax credit programs. Model Legislation Section 1. {Title.} The Parental [...]

  • The Foster Child Scholarship Program Act March 15, 2013

    The Foster Child Scholarship Program Act Summary The Foster Child Scholarship Program creates a scholarship program that provides children who have been placed in foster care the option to attend the public or privateelementary or secondary school of their guardians’ [...]

  • The Smart Start Scholarship Program March 15, 2013

    The Smart Start Scholarship Program Summary This bill creates a scholarship program that helps children from low- and middle-income families attend the public or private 4-year-old preschool program or 5-year-old kindergarten program of their parents’ choice. Model Legislation Section 1. [...]