HB1636: A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning education.
Page last updated: Sunday, April 20, 2025 at 6:55 PM (America/Indianapolis).
General Information
- Stage: Introduced House Bill (H)
- Current Chamber: house
- Origin Chamber: house
- Description: Dynamic choice scholarships.
Legislators
Authors (1)
Sponsors (0)
Cosponsors (0)
Advisors (0)
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Actions (3 total)
- Jan 21, 2025, 11:34 AM: First reading: referred to Committee on Education
- Jan 21, 2025, 11:34 AM: Authored by Representative Teshka
- Jan 21, 2025, 11:34 AM: Coauthored by Representatives Smith H and Ireland
Digest
Provides eligible choice scholarship students with the option to receive a dynamic choice scholarship (scholarship). Provides that a scholarship may be used toward certain dynamic education costs. Allows the department of education to: (1) create forms and methods for the administration and oversight of a scholarship; (2) create an account system to accommodate distributions of a scholarship; and (3) audit up to 3% of scholarship accounts annually to protect against fraud or misuse of funds. Provides that a distribution to a scholarship account is considered tax exempt if the distribution is used toward dynamic education costs.