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Committee advances Davis bill to preserve scholarship funding for some students with disabilities
Summary
The Senate Education Committee voted to give a do-pass recommendation to a technical fix from Sen. Brianne Davis that preserves comparable funding for a narrow group of low-income students with disabilities moving from SUCCEED scholarships into Education Freedom Accounts.
Sen. Brianne Davis introduced a cleanup bill to the Senate Education Committee clarifying eligibility for students with disabilities under scholarship programs tied to the LEARNS Act. The committee gave the measure a do-pass recommendation on a voice vote.
Davis said the bill fixes two leftover session errors and ‘‘applies specifically to students with disabilities as identified under the IDEA law,’’ ensuring that students who had been enrolled at…
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