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2001 SESSION
SB 1144 Optional education programs for kindergarten through grade five.
Introduced by: Benjamin J. Lambert III | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS ENACTED WITH GOVERNOR'S RECOMMENDATION: (all summaries)
Optional education programs for kindergarten through grade five. Authorizes local school boards to establish optional age-appropriate education programs for young students in grades kindergarten through five who require guidance, supervision, and discipline in a structured learning environment and who need to be re-directed toward appropriate classroom decorum and acceptable personal behavior. The programs must provide instructional and support services that will enable students to maintain academic achievement, attain basic skills and academic proficiencies, and otherwise benefit from a public education, during the time that they may be removed from the regular classroom. The programs shall also be designed to (i) accommodate students within the school building to which they have been assigned, (ii) facilitate the efficient transition of students between the optional education program and their regular classroom, (iii) provide for the continuity of instruction, a nurturing environment, necessary guidance and supervision, and the participation of the student's parents in correcting his behavior. Local school boards must ensure that the programs are adequately staffed by licensed teachers or other persons with demonstrated qualifications to instruct and manage students with a range of academic gifts and deficiencies, disciplinary problems, and the need to develop and use appropriate social skills.
FULL TEXT
- 01/10/01 Senate: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/10/01 018316452 pdf
- 02/22/01 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1144ER) pdf
- 04/06/01 Senate: Reenrolled bill text (SB1144ER2) pdf
- 04/09/01 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0846) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/10/01 Senate: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/10/01 018316452
- 01/10/01 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 01/18/01 Senate: Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N)
- 01/19/01 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 01/19/01 Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (39-Y 0-N)
- 01/22/01 Senate: Read second time and engrossed
- 01/23/01 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 01/23/01 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (39-Y 0-N)
- 01/23/01 Senate: Communicated to House
- 02/07/01 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/07/01 House: Read first time
- 02/07/01 House: Referred to Committee on Education
- 02/14/01 House: Reported from Education (23-Y 0-N)
- 02/15/01 House: Read second time
- 02/16/01 House: Passed by for the day
- 02/19/01 House: Read third time
- 02/19/01 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/19/01 House: Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/22/01 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1144ER)
- 02/23/01 Senate: Enrolled
- 02/26/01 Senate: Signed by President
- 02/26/01 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/26/01 Senate: Governor's recommendation received by Senate
- 04/04/01 Senate: Placed on Calendar
- 04/04/01 Senate: Senate concurred in Gov's recommendation (39-Y 0-N)
- 04/04/01 Senate: VOTE: ADOPT GOV. RECOMM. (39-Y 0-N)
- 04/05/01 House: House concurred in Gov's recommendation (94-Y 3-N)
- 04/05/01 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (94-Y 3-N)
- 04/05/01 Governor: Governor's recommendation adopted
- 04/05/01 Senate: Reenrolled
- 04/05/01 Senate: Signed by President as reenrolled
- 04/05/01 House: Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
- 04/05/01 House: Enacted, Chapter 846 (effective 7/1/01)
- 04/06/01 Senate: Reenrolled bill text (SB1144ER2)
- 04/09/01 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0846)