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H 3407 - Establishing a School Voucher Program - Key Vote
South Carolina Key Votes
William Clyburn, Sr. voted Yea (Tabling Vote) on this Legislation.
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Legislation - Bill Tabled (House) (60-59) - May 25, 2011(Key vote)
Title: Establishing a School Voucher Program
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Vote on a motion to table a bill that would establish a tax credit and scholarship program for qualifying students to attend independent schools in the state.
- Authorizes a student to receive a scholarship to an in-state independent school if he or she transfers to an independent school or enters kindergarten at an independent school and meets the following criteria (Sec. 3):
- Has a household income that qualifies the student for reduced-price or free school meals or that qualifies the student's family to receive Medicaid; and -Is not a student for whom a tax credit was received due to the student attending an independent school.
- Authorizes a taxpayer to receive a tax credit for the tuition he or she pays for a student to attend an independent school, provided the student is not a recipient of the above scholarship (Sec. 3).
- Prohibits the value of the scholarship or tax credit awarded from exceeding 50 percent of the state's projected allocation of funds to the resident school district for the student (Sec. 3).
- Prohibits the value of the tax credit from exceeding the total amount of tuition paid for the student (Sec. 3).
- Authorizes parents and legal guardians that teach 1 or more students at home to receive a tax credit of up to $1,000 per student for instruction-related expenses, beginning with the 2011-2012 school year (Sec. 3).
- Repeals the act 5 years after its effective date if the anticipated savings of the act have not been realized, as determined by the Office of Research and Statistics (Sec. 6).
NOTE: A LEGISLATOR MAY MOVE TO TABLE ANY PENDING LEGISLATION, THUS HALTING FURTHER CONSIDERATION. A "YEA" VOTE IS IN SUPPORT OF HALTING FURTHER CONSIDERATION, AND A "NAY" VOTE IS IN SUPPORT OF FURTHER CONSIDERATION. TABLING MOTIONS ARE OFTEN USED TO KILL LEGISLATION.
Legislation - Introduced (House) - Jan. 20, 2011
Title: Establishing a School Voucher Program
Sponsors
- Liston Douglas Barfield (SC - R) (Out Of Office)
- Eric Michael Bedingfield (SC - R)
- Kenneth A. 'Kenny' Bingham (SC - R) (Out Of Office)
- Don Carson Bowen (SC - R) (Out Of Office)
- Curtis Brantley (SC - D) (Out Of Office)
- Alan Delk Clemmons (SC - R)
- Thomas D. 'Tom' Corbin (SC - R) (Out Of Office)
- Kristopher R. 'Kris' Crawford (SC - R) (Out Of Office)
- Francis Gregory 'Greg' Delleney Jr. (SC - R)
- Tracy R. Edge (SC - R) (Out Of Office)
- Daniel Paul 'Dan' Hamilton (SC - R)
- Nelson L. Hardwick (SC - R)
- James Hodges 'Jim' Harrison (SC - R) (Out Of Office)
- Phyllis J. Henderson (SC - R)
- William G. 'Bill' Herbkersman (SC - R)
- William M. 'Bill' Hixon (SC - R)
- Harry Bancroft 'Chip' Limehouse III (SC - R) (Out Of Office)
- Dwight A. Loftis (SC - R)
- Deborah A. Long (SC - R) (Out Of Office)
- Phillip Dean Lowe (SC - R)
- James H. 'Jay' Lucas (SC - R)
- Peter Michael McCoy Jr. (SC - R)
- Dennis Carroll Moss (SC - R)
- Christopher J. 'Chris' Murphy (SC - R)
- Wendy K. Nanney (SC - R) (Out Of Office)
- David J. Owens II (SC - R) (Out Of Office)
- Andrew S. 'Andy' Patrick (SC - R) (Out Of Office)
- Edward H. 'Ted' Pitts Jr. (SC - R) (Out Of Office)
- Richard M. 'Rick' Quinn Jr. (SC - R) (Out Of Office)
- Kevin R. Ryan (SC - R) (Out Of Office)
- J. Gary Simrill (SC - R)
- Garry R. Smith (SC - R)
- George Murrell Smith Jr. (SC - R)
- James Roland Smith (SC - R) (Out Of Office)
- F. Michael 'Mike' Sottile (SC - R)
- Lawrence Kit Spires (SC - R)
- Tommy M. Stringer (SC - R)
- Adam Taylor Sr. (SC - R) (Out Of Office)
- David Tribble Jr. (SC - R) (Out Of Office)
- Thad T. Viers (SC - R) (Out Of Office)
