HB 997

ON MARCH 6, 2025, THE SENATE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND PASSED SENATE BILL 1018, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #1 applies the same prohibition against charging such fees to the authorizing county LEA. ON APRIL 16, 2025, THE HOUSE SUBSTITUTED SENATE BILL 1018 FOR HOUSE BILL 997, ADOPTED AMENDMENT 1, AND PASSED SENATE BILL 1018, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #1 rewrites the bill to, instead, make the following revisions to present law:  Prohibits a county LEA or public charter school authorized to operate in a county LEA from charging registration fees, enrollment fees, or tuition for a student who resides in the county and who transfers to a public charter school authorized to operate in the county LEA from another LEA located in the same county.  Prohibits a student who resides in a county in which more than one LEA operates from being considered an out-of-district student for purposes of enrollment in a public charter school authorized to operate in the county LEA if the student transfers to the public charter school from another LEA located in the same county.