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Tuition Scholarships for Teachers’ Kids |
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APPROPRIATION
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Additional Impact |
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Lottery
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** Please Refer to Fiscal Impact Summary
State
Department of Education (SDE)
SUMMARY
Synopsis
of Bill
Senate Bill 77 provides lottery tuition scholarships for
students who did not graduate from a
Significant
Issues
Senate Bill 77 proposes to allow those students to be eligible for lottery scholarships upon completion of :
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A high school curriculum at a public or
accredited private high school outside
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A graduate equivalent diploma.
According to SDE, allowing children of Board
certified out-of state-teachers to apply for lottery tuition scholarships could
create a larger pool of qualified applicants for lottery scholarships and, at
the same time, could attract more highly qualified teachers to the state.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS
According to CHE, it is not known the extent of the fiscal
impact if SB 77 were enacted on the Lottery Tuition Fund. There are 107 NBPTS
–certified teachers in
Current LSS budget projections indicate that the
Fund will support 100% tuition scholarships through 2010. If lottery
eligibility is expanded, as proposed in many bills during the 2003 Legislative
session, the CHE would have to reevaluate the percentage of tuition paid in the
near future.
ADMINISTRATIVE IMPLICATIONS
CHE would have to develop a consistent process for verification of NBPTS- certification status that would be followed at all institutions.
RELATIONSHIP
SB-77 relates to HB 81,
and HB 171.
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