Bill Number: S.B. 1467
Farley Floor Amendment
Reference to: printed bill
Amendment drafted by: Sean Laux
FLOOR AMENDMENT EXPLANATION
· Eliminates the automatic annual 20% increase in the corporate STO credit cap, and instead freezes the cap at the FY 2018 amount.
· Restricts the award of corporate STO scholarships to low-income families that earn less than 133% of the federal poverty level.
· Removes provisions related to expanding low-income corporate eligibility and scholarship award amounts.
· Removes the provision indexing the disabled and displaced credit cap to inflation.
· Removes provisions relating to ESA eligibility.
· Removes the provision that allows an STO to charge a reasonable application fee for an educational scholarship or tuition grant.
Second Regular Session S.B. 1467
FARLEY FLOOR AMENDMENT
SENATE AMENDMENTS TO S.B. 1467
(Reference to printed bill)
Page 1, strike lines 2 through 44
Strike pages 2 through 5
Page 6, strike lines 1 through 4
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Line 21, after the period, strike remainder of line
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Line 23, strike "(a)"
Line 24, after the comma strike remainder of line
Line 25, strike "previous fiscal year shall be" insert " the aggregate dollar
amount of the tax credit cap from the previous fiscal year shall be"; strike "increased" insert "increased"
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Page 10, strike lines 1 through 35
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Page 11, line 22, after "income" strike remainder of line
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Line 25, strike "or reduced-lunches" insert "DOES
NOT EXCEED THE FEDERAL POVERTY GUIDELINES"
Line 26, after "the" strike remainder of line
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Line 30, strike " Code sections 1751 through 1785) for free or reduced‑price lunches" insert "FEDERAL POVERTY GUIDELINES BUT DOES NOT EXCEED ONE HUNDRED THIRTY‑THREE PERCENT OF THE FEDERAL POVERTY GUIDELINES"
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Line 42, strike "one hundred eighty-five"; strike "PERCENT of the"
Page 11, line 43, strike "income limit required to qualify a child for"; strike "REDUCED-PRICE"
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Page 12, line 1, strike "(42 Unites State Code sections 1751 through 1785)" insert "ONE HUNDRED THIRTY‑THREE PERCENT OF THE FEDERAL POVERTY GUIDELINES"
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Line 19, strike ", 2 or 3 THROUGH 6" insert ", 2 or 3"
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Line 32, after "2006" strike remainder of line
Line 33, strike "2018"
Line 34, after the period, strike remainder of line
Strike lines 35 through 45
Strike page 13
Page 14, strike lines 1 through 33
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