This bill amends provisions of certain scholarship programs.
This bill:
- eliminates income based eligibility requirements for the scholarship;
- removes scholarship eligibility for a sibling;
- aligns the scholarship requirements with the Utah Fits All Scholarship Program;
- allows the scholarship granting organization to approve qualified providers and private schools;
- requires the scholarship granting organization to ensure physical education and extracurricular caps are followed;
- amends the definition of scholarship expense to be the same across multiple scholarship programs;
- establishes primary residency verification to be eligible for a scholarship;
- creates a deadline for an eligible student to accept the scholarship that the scholarship granting organization determines;
- clarifies entities that are not eligible to be a qualified provider under the scholarship program; and
- makes technical and conforming changes.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 53E-7-401, 53E-7-402, 53E-7-404, 53E-7-405, 53E-7-407, 53E-7-408, 53E-7-408.5, 59-1-403
Substitute #1: 53E-7-401, 53E-7-402, 53E-7-404, 53E-7-405, 53E-7-407, 53E-7-408, 53E-7-408.5, 53F-6-401, 53F-6-402, 53F-6-405, 53F-6-406, 53F-6-408, 59-1-403, 59-7-625, 59-10-1041
Substitute #2: 53E-7-401, 53E-7-402, 53E-7-404, 53E-7-405, 53E-7-407, 53E-7-408, 53E-7-408.5, 59-1-403, 59-7-625, 59-10-1041
Enrolled: 53E-7-401, 53E-7-402, 53E-7-404, 53E-7-405, 53E-7-407, 53E-7-408, 53E-7-408.5, 59-1-403, 59-7-625, 59-10-1041
Substitute #3: 53E-7-401, 53E-7-402, 53E-7-404, 53E-7-405, 53E-7-407, 53E-7-408, 53E-7-408.5, 59-1-403, 59-7-625, 59-10-1041