the educational opportunities available to students in this
Commonwealth by providing opportunity scholarships to
eligible students who reside within the attendance boundary
of low-achieving schools to attend schools which are not low-
achieving schools and which are not public schools within the
eligible student's school district of residence. By February
15 of each year, an opportunity scholarship organization must
certify to the department that the organization is eligible
to participate in the opportunity scholarship tax credit
program.
(2) An opportunity scholarship organization must agree
to report the following information on a form provided by the
department by November 1 of each year:
(i) The total number of applications for opportunity
scholarships received during the immediately preceding
school year from eligible students in grades kindergarten
through eight.
(ii) The number of opportunity scholarships awarded
during the immediately preceding school year to eligible
students in grades kindergarten through eight.
(iii) The total and average amounts of the
opportunity scholarships awarded during the immediately
preceding school year to eligible students in grades
kindergarten through eight.
(iv) The total number of applications for
opportunity scholarships received during the immediately
preceding school year from eligible students in grades
nine through 12.
(v) The number of opportunity scholarships awarded
during the immediately preceding school year to eligible
students in grades nine through 12.
(vi) The total and average amounts of the
opportunity scholarships awarded during the immediately
preceding school year to eligible students in grades nine
through 12.
(vii) Where the opportunity scholarship organization
collects information on a county-by-county basis, the
total number and the total amount of opportunity
scholarships awarded during the immediately preceding
school year to residents of each county in which the
opportunity scholarship organization awarded opportunity
scholarships.
(viii) The number of opportunity scholarships
awarded during the immediately preceding school year to
applicants with a household income that does not exceed
185% of the Federal poverty level.
(ix) The total and average amounts of opportunity
scholarships awarded during the immediately preceding
school year to applicants with a household income that
does not exceed 185% of the Federal poverty level.
(x) The number of opportunity scholarships awarded
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