Amendment S-5180 to SF 2299

Filed April 15, 2026 in the Senate by

In plain words

AI summary This amendment expands the reasons a student or parent might have to pay back course costs to include cases where the student withdraws from the class. Under this change, repayment would be required if the student fails or withdraws from a class offered by a community college or taught by a community college instructor.¹

What it changes

1. Page 1, by striking lines 3 through 16 and inserting: “NEW SUBSECTION .
2. A student’s parent or guardian, if the student is a minor, or the student, if the student is eighteen years of age or older or is an emancipated minor, shall, upon the request of the school district or accredited nonpublic school through which the student is accessing the program, pay to the school district or accredited nonpublic school an amount equal to the amount the school district or accredited nonpublic school paid to a community college pursuant to the contract entered into under this section that is directly associated with the student’s participation in the community college-offered class, or the class taught by a community college-employed instructor, if any one of the following applies: a. The student failed the community college-offered class. b. The student failed the class taught by a community college-employed instructor. c. The student withdrew from the community college-offered class. d. The student withdrew from the class taught by a community college-employed instructor.” -1- SF 2299.3991.H (1) 91 md 1/ 1

Official amendment (PDF) · In the Bill Book