This bill amends requirements for the Carson Smith Opportunity Scholarship Program (the scholarship). 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 by:allowing the scholarship granting organization to approve qualified providers and private schools;requiring the scholarship granting organization to ensure physical education and extracurricular caps are followed;amending the definition of scholarship expense to be the same across multiple programs;establishing primary residency verification to be eligible for a scholarship;creating a deadline for an eligible student to accept the scholarship that the scholarship granting organization determines; andclarifying entities that are not eligible to be a qualified provider under the scholarship program; and - makes 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