KRS § 141.500 Education Opportunity Account Program. (See LRC Note below)

141.500 Education Opportunity Account Program. (See LRC Note below) There is hereby established the Education Opportunity Account Program, also known as the EOA program. The purpose of the EOA program is to give more flexibility and choices in education to Kentucky residents and to address disparities in educational options available to students. Effective: June 29, 2021 History: Created 2021 Ky. Acts ch. 167, sec. 5, effective June 29, 2021. Legislative Research Commission Note (12/15/2022). On December 15, 2022, the Kentucky Supreme Court ruled that the Education Opportunity Account Act, KRS 141.500 to 141.528, as enacted in 2021 HB 563 (2021 Ky. Acts ch. 167), "violates the proscription in Section 184 of the Kentucky Constitution on the raising or collecting of 'sum[s]' for 'education other than in common schools'." Commonwealth ex rel. Cameron v. Johnson, et al., 2021-SC-0518-TG.