PROPOSED
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AMENDMENTS TO S.B. 1224
(Reference to Senate engrossed bill)
Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert:
"Section 1. Laws 2019, chapter 276, section 1 is amended to read:
Section 1. Arizona empowerment scholarship account recipients; Indian reservations
A. A student who is enrolled in an Arizona empowerment scholarship account, who resides within the boundaries of an Indian reservation in this state and who paid tuition to a nongovernmental primary or secondary school or a preschool for pupils with disabilities that is located in an adjacent state and that is within two miles of the border between that state and this state may continue to use Arizona empowerment scholarship account monies to pay tuition at that school until July 1, 2020 the student graduates from the school and is not required to repay the department of education for any monies previously spent for tuition at that school.
B. Notwithstanding section 15-2401, paragraph 6, Arizona Revised Statutes, a school that is located in an adjacent state within two miles of the border with this state and that accepted Arizona empowerment scholarship account monies in the 2017‑2018 school year or the 2018‑2019 school year from a student who resides on an Indian reservation in this state is considered a qualified school for the purposes of section 15‑2401, paragraph 6, Arizona Revised Statutes, until July 1, 2020 the last student as described in this subsection who paid tuition to the school using Arizona empowerment scholarship account monies in the 2017‑2018 school year or the 2018‑2019 school year graduates, except that a student who is enrolled in an Arizona empowerment scholarship account may not use Arizona empowerment scholarship account monies to pay tuition to a school that meets this criteria criterion if the student did not pay tuition to that school in the 2018‑2019 school year.
C. Notwithstanding section 15-2401, paragraph 6, Arizona Revised Statutes, if a student was enrolled in an Arizona empowerment scholarship account, resides within the boundaries of an Indian reservation in this state, paid tuition to a nongovernmental primary or secondary school or a preschool for pupils with disabilities that is located in an adjacent state and that is within two miles of the border between that state and this state and received a termination letter from the department of education, that student would qualify to remain eligible for an Arizona empowerment scholarship account pursuant to this section and shall be reinstated in an Arizona empowerment scholarship account.
Sec. 2. Retroactivity
This act applies retroactively to from and after June 30, 2020."
Amend title to conform