Senate Bill 2114: Removal of Homeschool Discrimination from HOPE Scholarship

Author:
Senator Stephen Cohen (D-District 30)

Summary:
Current law discriminates against homeschool graduates by requiring them to achieve an ACT score of 23 or an SAT score of 1060 in order to be eligible for a HOPE scholarship. Public school students are required to have either an ACT score of 19 or a SAT score of 890. This bill would require homeschool students to attain the same scores as public school students.

Status:

01/13/2004		Introduced
01/28/2004		Assigned to the General Subcommittee of the Senate Education Committee

HSLDA's Position:
This bill should be supported.

Other Resources

Bill Text   (requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)