SB532 Increasing the requirements of the education freedom savings account oversight committee and modifying the purpose of the committee.
Increasing the requirements of the education freedom savings account oversight committee and modifying the purpose of the committee.
Impact Score — How Does This Bill Affect You?
Overall Impact Score
Mixed
Scale: 1 (harmful) to 10 (beneficial)
Your Wallet
Stronger EFA oversight would help ensure taxpayer money is spent appropriately on education rather than on questionable purchases that have been documented in other states' school choice programs.
Your Community
Better oversight of how public education funds are spent protects the integrity of the program and ensures children receive genuine educational benefit from EFA expenditures.
Your Freedom
Adds government oversight to a program designed for parental choice. Balances accountability for public funds against family autonomy in education spending.
Status
Hearing: 02/10/2026, Room Map Room, SL, 09:15 am; Senate Calendar 4
Voted Yes
0 R
Voted No
0 R
Sponsor
Debra Altschiller (D)
The Short Version
Would have strengthened oversight of Education Freedom Accounts by increasing requirements for the oversight committee and modifying its purpose. Killed 16-8 along party lines. EFAs have faced criticism for lack of accountability.
Who's Behind This Bill?
Who Benefits
- ▲ Taxpayers seeking accountability for EFA spending
- ▲ Public schools competing for students with EFA programs
- ▲ Students whose EFA funds would be better monitored
Who Pays the Price
- ▼ EFA families facing more reporting requirements
- ▼ EFA program administrators facing added compliance
Roll Call Detail (1 vote)
Every recorded floor vote on this bill, with each legislator's individual vote. Click a name to see that rep's full record.
Who actually supports this bill?
Across the 1 recorded vote on this bill — counting each legislator's net direction and treating kill motions as opposing the bill — Republicans opposed it ( 16 against ) , and Democrats supported it ( 8 for ) .
"Supporting" means voting for passage OR voting against a kill motion. "Opposing" is the inverse. Concurs and amendment-only votes don't count.
YES = Kill the bill. NO = Keep the bill alive.
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Voted Yea (16)
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