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2000 SESSION
HB 785 Charter schools.
Introduced by: Paul Clinton Harris, Sr. | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Charter schools. Clarifies that school divisions may authorize the creation of regional charter schools to be operated and chartered by two or more participating school boards and emphasizes that charter schools are public schools. This bill also clarifies that charter schools, as public schools, are subject to the requirements of the Standards of Quality, including the Standards of Learning and the Standards of Accreditation and directs each local school board to provide public notice by December 31, 2000, of its intent to accept or not to accept applications for charter schools. The requirement that no more than two charter schools per school division be approved prior to July 1, 2000, has been deleted. Finally, the bill provides that charter schools will not be reported in fall membership for purposes of calculating the state and local shares required to fund the Standards of Quality if the enrollment at the charter school is less than 100 students and constitutes less than five percent of the total enrollment of the relevant grades in that school division. This bill is identical to SB 411.
FULL TEXT
- 01/21/00 House: Presented & ordered printed 005100210 pdf
- 02/12/00 House: Committee substitute printed 004477768-H1 pdf
- 02/14/00 House: Printed as engrossed 004477768-EH1 pdf
- 03/06/00 Senate: Committee substitute printed 006184400-S1 pdf
- 03/20/00 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB785ER) pdf
- 04/24/00 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0631) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/21/00 House: Presented & ordered printed 005100210
- 01/21/00 House: Referred to Committee on Education
- 01/31/00 House: Assigned to Education sub-committee: 1
- 02/12/00 House: Committee substitute printed 004477768-H1
- 02/12/00 House: Reported from Education with substitute (15-Y 7-N)
- 02/13/00 House: Read first time
- 02/14/00 House: Read second time
- 02/14/00 House: Committee substitute agreed to 004477768-H1
- 02/14/00 House: Amendment by Del. Harris agreed to
- 02/14/00 House: Pending question ordered
- 02/14/00 House: Eng. by House - com. sub. w/amd. 004477768-EH1 (51-Y 37-N)
- 02/14/00 House: VOTE: ENGROSSMENT (51-Y 37-N)
- 02/14/00 House: Printed as engrossed 004477768-EH1
- 02/15/00 House: Read third time and passed House (67-Y 31-N)
- 02/15/00 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (67-Y 31-N)
- 02/15/00 House: Communicated to Senate
- 02/16/00 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/16/00 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 03/05/00 Senate: Reported from Ed. & H. with substitute (9-Y 2-N 2-A)
- 03/06/00 Senate: Const. reading disp., passed by for the day (39-Y 0-N)
- 03/06/00 Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (39-Y 0-N)
- 03/06/00 Senate: Committee substitute printed 006184400-S1
- 03/07/00 Senate: Read third time
- 03/07/00 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 03/07/00 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 006184400-S1
- 03/07/00 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - comm. sub. 006184400-S1
- 03/07/00 Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (25-Y 14-N)
- 03/07/00 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE (25-Y 14-N)
- 03/07/00 Senate: Rec. of Sen. passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 03/07/00 Senate: VOTE: RECONSIDER (39-Y 0-N)
- 03/07/00 Senate: Passed by temporarily
- 03/07/00 Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (25-Y 15-N)
- 03/07/00 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE (25-Y 15-N)
- 03/08/00 House: Placed on Calendar
- 03/09/00 House: Senate substitute rejected by House (10-Y 87-N)
- 03/09/00 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (10-Y 87-N)
- 03/09/00 Senate: Senate insisted on substitute (39-Y 0-N)
- 03/09/00 Senate: VOTE: INSIST & REQUEST (39-Y 0-N)
- 03/09/00 Senate: Senate requested conference committee
- 03/09/00 House: House acceded to request
- 03/09/00 House: Conferees appointed by House
- 03/09/00 House: Delegates: Harris, Reid, Williams
- 03/09/00 Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
- 03/09/00 Senate: Senators: Barry, Y.B. Miller, Lambert
- 03/10/00 Senate: Reading of conference report waived
- 03/10/00 Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (26-Y 13-N)
- 03/10/00 Senate: VOTE: CONF. COMMITTEE RPT (26-Y 13-N)
- 03/10/00 Conference: Senate substitute accepted by conference committee
- 03/10/00 Conference: Amended by conference committee
- 03/10/00 House: Conference report agreed to by House (77-Y 20-N)
- 03/10/00 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (77-Y 20-N)
- 03/20/00 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB785ER)
- 03/23/00 House: Enrolled
- 03/24/00 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/25/00 Senate: Signed by President
- 04/08/00 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 631 (effective 7/1/00)
- 04/24/00 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0631)