Bill Summary
SB 318 Educational Scholarship Programs (2026 Session)
Educational Scholarship Programs; Creating a categorical fund for implementing the Family Empowerment Scholarship Program; creating the educational enrollment stabilization program to provide supplemental state funds to address changes in full-time equivalent student enrollment; renaming the Hope Scholarship Program as the Hope Program; requiring an eligible nonprofit scholarship-funding organization to provide a parent with certain information on scholarship programs; requiring an eligible nonprofit scholarship-funding organization to create a single application for all educational scholarship programs, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2026
11/21/25
SENATE
Filed
11/21/25
SENATE
Referred to Appropriations
12/01/25
SENATE
On Committee agenda - Appropriations, 12/10/25, 9:00 am, 412 K
12/10/25
SENATE
Favorable with CS by Appropriations; 16 Yeas, 0 Nays
12/12/25
SENATE
Committee Substitute Text (C1) Filed
12/12/25
SENATE
Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
No amendments to this bill text filed.
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