Modifying provisions related to eligibility for payments under the education savings account program, and including effective date provisions

This bill modifies provisions related to eligibility for payments under the education savings account program.11B (education savings account program): a resident pupil who is eligible to enroll in kindergarten, a resident pupil who is eligible to enroll in grades through and was not enrolled in a nonpublic school for the school year immediately preceding the school year for which the education savings account payment is requested, a resident pupil who is eligible to enroll in grades through and was enrolled in a nonpublic school for the school year immediately preceding the school year for which the education savings account payment is requested if the pupil’s household has an annual income less than or equal to 400 percent of the most recently revised poverty income guidelines published by the United States department of health and human services, and a resident pupil who received an education savings account payment in the immediately preceding school budget year. Also under current law, for school budget years beginning on or after July 1, 2025, the eligibility requirement related to the pupil’s household income is removed and resident pupils eligible to enroll in kindergarten through grade who attend a nonpublic school for the applicable school budget year are eligible to receive an education savings account payment. The bill strikes this provision. The bill provides that the eligibility requirement related to the pupil’s household income applies to school budget years beginning on or after July 1, 2024. The bill takes effect upon enactment.