Senator Fanning proposes the following amendment (LC-39.HDB0154S):

Amend the bill, as and if amended, SECTION 1, Section 59-8-140(A), by adding an item to read:

(7) The department must track data on scholarship students who leave the program prior to graduation. Data tracked must state whether the student's education service provider or the student initiated leaving the program and the reason why the student left. The compiled data annually must be reported to the General Assembly before September first. This data must be compiled and disaggregated by the education service provider showing the:

(a) number of students leaving;

(b) number of students leaving initiated by the education service provider as compared to the number leaving initiated by the student;

(c) reasons cited for leaving the program;

(d) demographic data for SCHOLARSHIP students leaving;

(e) demographic data for SCHOLARSHIP students remaining;

(f) achievement data for SCHOLARSHIP students leaving; and

(g) achievement data for SCHOLARSHIP students remaining.