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H0702aa........................................................by EDUCATION
POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIPS - Adds to existing law relating to
postsecondary education scholarships to state legislative intent; to create
an Idaho Opportunity Scholarship Program; to provide for procedures; to
create an Idaho Opportunity Scholarship Fund in the state treasury; and to
provide for board responsibility.
02/20 House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/21 Rpt prt - to Educ
03/06 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
Ret'd to Educ
03/07 Rpt out - to Gen Ord
03/08 Rpt out amen - to engros
03/09 Rpt engros - 1st rdg - to 2nd rdg as amen
03/10 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg as amen
03/13 3rd rdg as amen - PASSED - 39-27-4
AYES -- Barraclough, Bastian, Bilbao, Boe, Bradford, Cannon,
Chadderdon, Collins, Deal, Denney, Edmunson, Ellsworth, Field(18),
Field(23), Henbest, Jaquet, Kemp, LeFavour, Martinez, Mathews,
Miller, Mitchell, Nielsen, Pasley-Stuart, Pence, Ring, Ringo, Rusche,
Rydalch, Sayler, Shepherd(2), Shirley, Skippen, Smith(30), Smylie,
Snodgrass, Trail, Wills, Wood
NAYS -- Anderson, Andrus, Barrett, Bayer, Bedke, Bell, Bolz,
Brackett, Clark, Crow, Eskridge, Garrett, Hart, Harwood, Henderson,
Lake, Loertscher, McGeachin, McKague, Moyle, Nonini, Raybould,
Roberts, Schaefer, Shepherd(8), Smith(24), Stevenson
Absent and excused -- Black, Block, Sali, Mr. Speaker
Floor Sponsor - Trail
Title apvd - to Senate
03/14 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to Educ
]]]] LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ]]]]
Fifty-eighth Legislature Second Regular Session - 2006
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
HOUSE BILL NO. 702
BY EDUCATION COMMITTEE
1 AN ACT
2 RELATING TO POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIPS; AMENDING CHAPTER 43, TITLE
3 33, IDAHO CODE, BY THE ADDITION OF A NEW SECTION 33-4318, IDAHO CODE, TO
4 STATE LEGISLATIVE INTENT, TO CREATE AN IDAHO OPPORTUNITY SCHOLARSHIP PRO-
5 GRAM, TO PROVIDE FOR PROCEDURES, TO CREATE AN IDAHO OPPORTUNITY SCHOLAR-
6 SHIP FUND IN THE STATE TREASURY WITH A ONE TIME APPROPRIATION OF TEN MIL-
7 LION DOLLARS AND TO DEFINE TERMS.
8 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
9 SECTION 1. That Chapter 43, Title 33, Idaho Code, be, and the same is
10 hereby amended by the addition thereto of a NEW SECTION, to be known and des-
11 ignated as Section 33-4318, Idaho Code, and to read as follows:
12 33-4318. IDAHO OPPORTUNITY SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM. (1) Many of Idaho's stu-
13 dents from low-income families are unable to attend Idaho postsecondary insti-
14 tutions. Existing scholarship programs cannot provide the funding necessary to
15 assist all such low-income students who qualify. As a result, Idaho is not
16 providing postsecondary educational opportunities to many students who simply
17 lose the chance to improve themselves and provide a greater contribution to
18 Idaho by attending an Idaho postsecondary institution. It is legislative
19 intent that the creation of a permanent fund to provide scholarships to low-
20 income Idaho students will help remediate this problem.
21 (2) There is hereby created the Idaho opportunity scholarship program. An
22 eligible student may apply to the board for an Idaho opportunity scholarship
23 to an eligible postsecondary institution.
24 (3) The board shall implement and administer this scholarship program and
25 shall promulgate rules necessary to do so, including rules for:
26 (a) Processing and approving scholarship applications from eligible stu-
27 dents;
28 (b) Determining, based on available funding, the number of Idaho opportu-
29 nity scholarships based upon need to be awarded each academic year, the
30 duration of each such scholarship and the amount of each such scholarship;
31 and
32 (c) Monitoring the progress of the eligible student in that student's
33 academic performance to ensure that the student maintains enrollment at an
34 eligible postsecondary institution on a full-time or part-time basis, pro-
35 vided however, that for good cause shown, the board may permit the student
36 to suspend the student's study for up to two (2) years.
37 (4) The Idaho opportunity scholarship fund is hereby created in the state
38 treasury. Income from the fund shall be used to fund the Idaho opportunity
39 scholarship program. The fund principal shall consist of appropriations,
40 gifts, grants, donations and income from fund investment and interest. The
41 legislature shall appropriate ten million dollars ($10,000,000) for fiscal
42 year 2007 to the fund. Moneys in the fund shall not revert to any other fund
43 at the end of the fiscal year.
2
1 (5) The following definitions shall apply to this section:
2 (a) "Board" means the state board of education.
3 (b) "Eligible postsecondary institution" means an Idaho public post-
4 secondary organization governed or supervised by the state board of educa-
5 tion, the board of regents of the university of Idaho, a board of trustees
6 of a community college established pursuant to the provisions of section
7 33-2106, Idaho Code, or the state board for professional-technical educa-
8 tion or any educational organization located in Idaho which is operated
9 privately and not for profit under the control of an independent board and
10 not directly controlled or administered by a public or political subdivi-
11 sion.
12 (c) "Eligible student" means a student who has graduated from an Idaho
13 secondary school and whose family income meets the percentage of the fed-
14 eral poverty level that the board has determined to qualify for an Idaho
15 opportunity scholarship.
]]]] LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ]]]]
Fifty-eighth Legislature Second Regular Session - 2006
Moved by Trail
Seconded by Shirley
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
HOUSE AMENDMENT TO H.B. NO. 702
1 AMENDMENTS TO SECTION 1
2 On page 1 of the printed bill, in line 40, delete "The"; in line 41,
3 delete "legislature shall appropriate ten million dollars ($10,000,000) for
4 fiscal"; in line 42, delete "year 2007 to the fund."; and following line 43,
5 insert:
6 "(5) The board shall be responsible for acceptance of funds from public
7 and private sources, and such funds may be expended pursuant to appropriation
8 to the board for expenditures consistent with this section.".
9 On page 2, in line 1, delete "(5)" and insert: "(6)".
10 CORRECTIONS TO TITLE
11 On page 1, in line 6, delete "WITH A ONE TIME APPROPRIATION OF TEN MIL-";
12 and in line 7, delete "LION DOLLARS" and insert: ", TO PROVIDE FOR BOARD
13 RESPONSIBILITY".
]]]] LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ]]]]
Fifty-eighth Legislature Second Regular Session - 2006
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
HOUSE BILL NO. 702, As Amended
BY EDUCATION COMMITTEE
1 AN ACT
2 RELATING TO POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIPS; AMENDING CHAPTER 43, TITLE
3 33, IDAHO CODE, BY THE ADDITION OF A NEW SECTION 33-4318, IDAHO CODE, TO
4 STATE LEGISLATIVE INTENT, TO CREATE AN IDAHO OPPORTUNITY SCHOLARSHIP PRO-
5 GRAM, TO PROVIDE FOR PROCEDURES, TO CREATE AN IDAHO OPPORTUNITY SCHOLAR-
6 SHIP FUND IN THE STATE TREASURY, TO PROVIDE FOR BOARD RESPONSIBILITY AND
7 TO DEFINE TERMS.
8 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
9 SECTION 1. That Chapter 43, Title 33, Idaho Code, be, and the same is
10 hereby amended by the addition thereto of a NEW SECTION, to be known and des-
11 ignated as Section 33-4318, Idaho Code, and to read as follows:
12 33-4318. IDAHO OPPORTUNITY SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM. (1) Many of Idaho's stu-
13 dents from low-income families are unable to attend Idaho postsecondary insti-
14 tutions. Existing scholarship programs cannot provide the funding necessary to
15 assist all such low-income students who qualify. As a result, Idaho is not
16 providing postsecondary educational opportunities to many students who simply
17 lose the chance to improve themselves and provide a greater contribution to
18 Idaho by attending an Idaho postsecondary institution. It is legislative
19 intent that the creation of a permanent fund to provide scholarships to low-
20 income Idaho students will help remediate this problem.
21 (2) There is hereby created the Idaho opportunity scholarship program. An
22 eligible student may apply to the board for an Idaho opportunity scholarship
23 to an eligible postsecondary institution.
24 (3) The board shall implement and administer this scholarship program and
25 shall promulgate rules necessary to do so, including rules for:
26 (a) Processing and approving scholarship applications from eligible stu-
27 dents;
28 (b) Determining, based on available funding, the number of Idaho opportu-
29 nity scholarships based upon need to be awarded each academic year, the
30 duration of each such scholarship and the amount of each such scholarship;
31 and
32 (c) Monitoring the progress of the eligible student in that student's
33 academic performance to ensure that the student maintains enrollment at an
34 eligible postsecondary institution on a full-time or part-time basis, pro-
35 vided however, that for good cause shown, the board may permit the student
36 to suspend the student's study for up to two (2) years.
37 (4) The Idaho opportunity scholarship fund is hereby created in the state
38 treasury. Income from the fund shall be used to fund the Idaho opportunity
39 scholarship program. The fund principal shall consist of appropriations,
40 gifts, grants, donations and income from fund investment and interest. Moneys
41 in the fund shall not revert to any other fund at the end of the fiscal year.
42 (5) The board shall be responsible for acceptance of funds from public
43 and private sources, and such funds may be expended pursuant to appropriation
2
1 to the board for expenditures consistent with this section.
2 (6) The following definitions shall apply to this section:
3 (a) "Board" means the state board of education.
4 (b) "Eligible postsecondary institution" means an Idaho public post-
5 secondary organization governed or supervised by the state board of educa-
6 tion, the board of regents of the university of Idaho, a board of trustees
7 of a community college established pursuant to the provisions of section
8 33-2106, Idaho Code, or the state board for professional-technical educa-
9 tion or any educational organization located in Idaho which is operated
10 privately and not for profit under the control of an independent board and
11 not directly controlled or administered by a public or political subdivi-
12 sion.
13 (c) "Eligible student" means a student who has graduated from an Idaho
14 secondary school and whose family income meets the percentage of the fed-
15 eral poverty level that the board has determined to qualify for an Idaho
16 opportunity scholarship.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS 15922C2
This legislation relates to post-secondary education scholarships;
amending Chapter 43, Title 33, Idaho Code, by the addition of a new
section 33-4318, Idaho Code, to state legislative intent, to create
an Idaho Needs-Based Scholarship Program, to provide for
procedures, to create an Idaho-Needs Based Scholarship Fund in the
State Treasury with a one time appropriation of ten Million dollars
and to define terms.
FISCAL NOTE
There will be a one time impact of ten million dollars on the state
treasury.
Contacts
Name: Representative Tom Trail
Phone: (208) 332-1000
Representatives Jana Kemp, Mack Shirley, Shirley Ringo
Senator Tom Gannon
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE H 702