Senate Amendment 42
S 62 - Session 126 (2025-2026)
Education Scholarship Trust Fund
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Senators CLIMER, KIMBRELL, and LEBER proposes the following amendment (SR-62.CEM0040S):

Amend the bill, as and if amended, SECTION 1, by striking Section 59-8-110(2) and (3) and inserting:

 (2) "Eligible student" means a resident of this State. "Education Scholarship Trust Fund", "ESTF", or "fund" means the individual account that is administered by the department to which funds are allocated to the parent of an eligible student to pay for qualifying expenses.
 (3) "Eligible school" means a South Carolina public school or an independent school that chooses to participate in the program. "Eligible school" does not include a charter school.
 (4) "Eligible student" means a student who:
  (a) is a resident of this State;
  (b)(i) attended a public school in this State during the previous school year;
   (ii) had not yet attained the age of five on or before September first of the previous school year but who has attained the age of five on or before September of the current school year; or
   (iii) received a scholarship pursuant to this chapter for the previous school year; and
  (c)(i) in school year 2024-2025, has a household income that does not exceed two hundred percent of the federal poverty guidelines;
   (ii) in School Year 2025-2026, has a household income that does not exceed three hundred percent of the federal poverty guidelines; and
   (iii) in School Year 2026-2027 and all subsequent years, has a household income that does not exceed four hundred percent of the federal poverty guidelines.; and

Amend the bill further, by deleting SECTION 6.

Renumber sections to conform.

Amend title to conform.