2015 Regular Session The Equal Opportunity for Students with Special Needs Act; create to establish ESAs for certain students. AN ACT TO CREATE A PILOT PROGRAM FOR THE EQUAL OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS ACT FOR THE PURPOSE OF ESTABLISHING EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIP ACCOUNTS (ESA) FOR PARENTS OF ELIGIBLE STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS ON A PHASED-IN BASIS; TO PRESCRIBE THE CRITERIA FOR DETERMINING ELIGIBILITY FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE PROGRAM AND RECEIPT OF PROGRAM FUNDS; TO PROVIDE FOR THE FUNDING OF EACH STUDENT'S ESA; TO STIPULATE THE OBLIGATIONS OF PARENTS OR LEGAL GUARDIANS, STUDENTS AND SCHOOLS TO BECOME AND REMAIN ELIGIBLE FOR PARTICIPATION; TO PRESCRIBE THE DUTIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION REGARDING THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE FUNDS; TO PROVIDE FOR THE ISSUANCE OF ESA PROCUREMENT CARDS; TO REQUIRE PEER TO PREPARE A BIANNUAL REPORT ON THE SUFFICIENCY OF FUNDING FOR ESAS AND STUDENT PERFORMANCE AND ASSESSMENT EVALUATION BEGINNING IN 2018 AND EVERY TWO YEARS THEREAFTER; TO PROVIDE FOR THE ADMINISTRATIVE, FINANCIAL AND ACADEMIC ACCOUNTABILITY STANDARDS TO BE ADHERED TO BY PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES. 02/12/15 at 16:09 H B 394 House Bill 394 HB 394 H Dead General Bill/Constitutional Amendment No Majority Passage Education F ../../House_cmtes/ED.xml Crawford ../../House_authors/Crawford.xml Aldridge ../../House_authors/Aldridge.xml Baker ../../House_authors/Baker.xml Chism ../../House_authors/Chism.xml Staples ../../House_authors/Staples.xml 1 01/16 (H) Referred To Education 2 02/03 (H) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub 3 02/12 (H) Died On Calendar ../../../../documents/2015/pdf/HB/0300-0399/HB0394CS.pdf ../../../../documents/2015/html/HB/0300-0399/HB0394CS.htm ../../../../documents/2015/pdf/HB/0300-0399/HB0394IN.pdf ../../../../documents/2015/html/HB/0300-0399/HB0394IN.htm ../../../../documents/2015/pdf/HB/0300-0399/HB0394CS.pdf ../../../../documents/2015/html/HB/0300-0399/HB0394CS.htm N ../../../../documents/2015/pdf/fiscalnotes/HB0394.pdf