2015 Regular Session "Equal Opportunity for Students with Special Needs" program to establish ESAs for certain students; create. 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. 06/02/15 at 12:27 S B 2695 Senate Bill 2695 SB 2695 S Law General Bill/Constitutional Amendment No Majority ** See Text 441 Education F ../../House_cmtes/ED.xml Education F ../../Senate_cmtes/ED.xml Collins ../../Senate_authors/Collins.xml Ward ../../Senate_authors/Ward.xml Watson ../../Senate_authors/Watson.xml 1 01/19 (S) Referred To Education 2 01/27 (S) Title Suff Do Pass 3 02/11 (S) Amended 4 02/11 (S) Passed As Amended ../../../../2015/pdf/votes/senate/0370028.pdf 5 02/13 (S) Transmitted To House 6 02/24 (H) Referred To Education 7 02/26 (H) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended 8 03/09 (H) Read the Third Time 9 03/11 (H) Amended 10 03/11 (H) Passed As Amended ../../../../2015/pdf/votes/house/0650020.pdf 11 03/11 (H) Motion to Reconsider Entered (Brown (66th), Moore, Clarke) 12 03/12 (H) Motion to Reconsider Tabled 13 03/13 (H) Returned For Concurrence 14 03/26 (S) Concurred in Amend From House ../../../../2015/pdf/votes/senate/0800006.pdf 15 03/26 (S) Motion to Reconsider Entered 16 03/31 (S) Motion to Reconsider Tabled 17 04/01 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed 18 04/01 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed 19 04/16 Approved by Governor ../../../../documents/2015/pdf/SB/2600-2699/SB2695SG.pdf ../../../../documents/2015/html/SB/2600-2699/SB2695SG.htm ../../../../documents/2015/pdf/SB/2600-2699/SB2695IN.pdf ../../../../documents/2015/html/SB/2600-2699/SB2695IN.htm ../../../../documents/2015/pdf/SB/2600-2699/SB2695PS.pdf ../../../../documents/2015/html/SB/2600-2699/SB2695PS.htm ../../../../documents/2015/pdf/SB/2600-2699/SB2695SG.pdf ../../../../documents/2015/html/SB/2600-2699/SB2695SG.htm Amendment Report for Senate Bill No. 2695 ../../../../documents/2015/pdf/ham/Amendment_Report_for_SB2695.pdf ../../../../../documents/2015/html/ham/Amendment_Report_for_SB2695.htm Committee Amendment No 1 Adopted ../../../../documents/2015/pdf/ham/SB2695_H_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf ../../../../../documents/2015/html/ham/SB2695_H_Cmte_Amend_01.htm Voice Vote Amendment No 1 to Amendment No 1 Adopted ../../../../documents/2015/pdf/ham/SB2695_H_Amend_01_to_Amend_01.pdf ../../../../../documents/2015/html/ham/SB2695_H_Amend_01_to_Amend_01.htm Voice Vote Amendment No 2 to Amendment No 1 Adopted ../../../../documents/2015/pdf/ham/SB2695_H_Amend_02_to_Amend_01.pdf ../../../../../documents/2015/html/ham/SB2695_H_Amend_02_to_Amend_01.pdf Voice Vote Substitute No 1 for Amendment No 1 Lost ../../../../documents/2015/pdf/ham/SB2695_H_Subst_1_for_Amend_01.pdf ../../../../../documents/2015/html/ham/SB2695_H_Subst_1_for_Amend_01.pdf Voice Vote Substitute No 2 for Amendment No 1 Lost ../../../../documents/2015/pdf/ham/SB2695_H_Subst_2_for_Amend_01.pdf ../../../../../documents/2015/html/ham/SB2695_H_Subst_2_for_Amend_01.htm Voice Vote Substitute No 3 for Amendment No 1 Lost ../../../../documents/2015/pdf/ham/SB2695_H_Subst_3_for_Amend_01.pdf ../../../../../documents/2015/html/ham/SB2695_H_Subst_3_for_Amend_01.htm Voice Vote Substitute No 4 for Amendment No 1 Lost ../../../../documents/2015/pdf/ham/SB2695_H_Subst_4_for_Amend_01.pdf ../../../../../documents/2015/html/ham/SB2695_H_Subst_4_for_Amend_01.pdf Voice Vote Amendment No 1 Adopted ../../../../documents/2015/pdf/sam/SB2695_S_Amend_01.pdf ../../../../../documents/2015/html/sam/SB2695_S_Amend_01.htm Voice Vote Amendment No 2 Lost ../../../../documents/2015/pdf/sam/SB2695_S_Amend_02.pdf ../../../../documents/2015/dt/sam/SB2695_S_Amend_02.pdf ../../../../../documents/2015/html/sam/SB2695_S_Amend_02.htm ../../../../2015/pdf/votes/senate/0370010.pdf {Vote} N ../../../../documents/2015/pdf/fiscalnotes/SB2695.pdf