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1 Education Freedom Accounts; Definition; Eligible Student. Amend RSA 194-F:1, VI to read as follows:
VI. "Eligible student" means a resident of this state who is eligible to enroll in a public elementary or secondary school and whose annual household income at the time the student applies for the program is less than or equal to 300 percent of the federal poverty guidelines as updated annually in the Federal Register by the United States Department of Health and Human Services under 42 U.S.C. section 9902(2). No income threshold need be met in subsequent years, provided the student otherwise qualifies. Students in the special school district within the department of corrections established in RSA 194:60 shall not be eligible students.
2 Program Funds. Amend RSA 194-F:2, VII to read as follows:
VII. An EFA shall remain in force, and any unused funds shall roll over from quarter-to-quarter and from year-to-year until the parent withdraws the EFA student from the EFA program or until the EFA student graduates from high school, unless the EFA is closed because of a substantial misuse of funds. Any unused funds shall revert to the education trust fund established in RSA 198:39 and be allocated to fund other EFAs.
3 Scholarship Organization Responsibilities; Misuse. The introductory paragraph of RSA 194-F:4, XI is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:
XI. For any person who has been found to have intentionally made a false or misleading statement, or misrepresented, concealed or withheld facts for the purpose of using, presenting, transferring, acquiring, receiving, or possessing program benefits the scholarship organization shall, immediately upon the rendering of such determination, make the parent and EFA student ineligible for further participation in the program (i) for a period of one year upon the first occasion of any such determination; (ii) for a period of 2 years upon the second occasion of any such determination; and (iii) permanently upon the third occasion of any such determination.
4 Effective Date. This act shall take effect July 1, 2022.
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1 Education Freedom Accounts; Definition; Eligible Student. Amend RSA 194-F:1, VI to read as follows:
VI. "Eligible student" means a resident of this state who is eligible to enroll in a public elementary or secondary school and whose annual household income at the time the student applies for the program , and for each school year during the student 's participation, is less than or equal to 300 percent of the federal poverty guidelines as updated annually in the Federal Register by the United States Department of Health and Human Services under 42 U.S.C. section 9902(2). Students in the special school district within the department of corrections established in RSA 194:60 shall not be eligible students.
2 Program Funds. Amend RSA 194-F:2, VII to read as follows:
VII. An EFA shall remain in force, and any unused funds shall roll over from quarter-to-quarter until the parent withdraws the EFA student from the EFA program , the student becomes ineligible, or until the EFA student graduates from high school, unless the EFA is closed because of a substantial misuse of funds. Any unused funds shall revert to the education trust fund established in RSA 198:39.
3 Scholarship Organization Responsibilities; Misuse. The introductory paragraph of RSA 194-F:4, XI is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:
XI. For any person who has been found to have intentionally made a false or misleading statement, or misrepresented, concealed or withheld facts for the purpose of using, presenting, transferring, acquiring, receiving, or possessing program benefits the scholarship organization shall, immediately upon the rendering of such determination, make the parent and EFA student ineligible for further participation in the program (i) for a period of one year upon the first occasion of any such determination; (ii) for a period of 2 years upon the second occasion of any such determination; and (iii) permanently upon the third occasion of any such determination.
4 Effective Date. This act shall take effect July 1, 2022.