House Bill 2134: Elimination of Homeschool Discrimination in Lottery Scholarship

Author:
Representative J. Chris Newton (R-District 22)

Summary:
This bill eliminates the discriminatory ACT score requirement in the 2003 Tennessee Lottery Education Scholarship. The scholarship formerly required a homeschool student to achieve a score of 23 to obtain the scholarship, whereas public school students only had to achieve a score of 19. This bill permits homeschool students to attain the same scores as public school students.

Status:

01/14/2004		Introduced
01/15/2004		Referred to House Education Committee
02/20/2004		Assigned to Higher Education Subcommittee
04/27/2004		Passed by Higher Education Subcommittee, referred to full Education Committee
05/05/2004		Passed by Education Committee, referred to House Finance, Ways and Means Committee
05/05/2004		Assigned to Budget Subcommittee of House Finance, Ways and Means Committee
05/05/2004		Placed on Budget Subcommittee calendar for May 10, 2004
05/11/2004		Action deferred in subcommittee budget of finance
05/18/2004		Favorable recommendation by Study Resolution Subcommittee; referred to Budget Subcommittee
05/20/2004		Passed House as amended
05/20/2004		Passed Senate as amended
05/21/2004		House and Senate Conf. Committee report adopted
05/25/2004		Signed by Speaker
05/27/2004		Transmitted to Governor

Action Requested:
None at this time.

HSLDA's Position:
Bill has passed

Other Resources

Bill Text   (requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)