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HB24-1404

Financial Aid Appropriation Alignment

Concerning an exception for appropriations of less than two million dollars in new legislation to the requirement that appropriation increases for student financial aid align with appropriation increases to institutions of higher education.
Session:
2024 Regular Session
Subjects:
Education & School Finance (Pre & K-12)
Higher Education
Bill Summary

Joint Budget Committee. Current law requires that annual appropriations for student financial assistance increase by at least the same percentage as the aggregate percentage increase of all general fund appropriations to institutions of higher education.

The bill creates a limited exception for appropriations that are less than $2 million that are made through legislation other than the general appropriations act or supplemental appropriations acts.


(Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)

Status

Introduced
Passed
Became Law

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Bill Text

  • All Versions (7 )
    Date Bill Type Documents
    04/18/2024 Signed Act PDF
    04/12/2024 Final Act PDF
    04/05/2024 Rerevised PDF
    04/04/2024 Revised PDF
    04/01/2024 Reengrossed PDF
    03/28/2024 Engrossed PDF
    03/25/2024 Introduced PDF

Sponsors

Sponsor Type Legislators
Prime Sponsor

Rep. E. Sirota, Rep. R. Taggart
Sen. J. Bridges, Sen. R. Zenzinger

Sponsor

Rep. S. Bird
Sen. B. Kirkmeyer

Co-sponsor

Rep. M. Duran, Rep. L. García, Rep. J. McCluskie, Rep. K. McCormick, Rep. M. Snyder, Rep. M. Young
Sen. L. Cutter, Sen. D. Michaelson Jenet, Sen. K. Priola

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