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.
Notes of Decisions
Michelle Grimes Jones v. Holly M. Johnson, No. 2021 SC 0520 (Ky. Dec. 15, 2022).
· cites it 3× “” KRS 141.500. To be eligible to obtain an EOA, students generally must be members of a family whose household earns less than 175% of the amount of household income necessary to establish eligibility for reduced price meals— approximately $85,800 for a family of four during the…”
Council for Better Educ., Inc. v. Holly Johnson, No. 2021 SC 0519 (Ky. Dec. 15, 2022).
· cites it 3× “” KRS 141.500. To be eligible to obtain an EOA, students generally must be members of a family whose household earns less than 175% of the amount of household income necessary to establish eligibility for reduced price meals— approximately $85,800 for a family of four during the…”
Akia McNeary v. Council for Better Educ., Inc., No. 2021 SC 0522 (Ky. Dec. 15, 2022).
· cites it 3× “” KRS 141.500. To be eligible to obtain an EOA, students generally must be members of a family whose household earns less than 175% of the amount of household income necessary to establish eligibility for reduced price meals— approximately $85,800 for a family of four during the…”
Commonwealth of Kentucky ex rel. Attorney Gen. Daniel Cameron v. Holly Johnson, 658 S.W.3d 25 (Ky. 2022).
· cites it 3× “” KRS 141.500. To be eligible to obtain an EOA, students generally must be members of a family whose household earns less than 175% of the amount of household income necessary to establish eligibility for reduced price meals— approximately $85,800 for a family of four during the…”
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