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2006 SESSION
HB 347 General Educational Development Program; allowance of participation therein.
Introduced by: Phillip A. Hamilton | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
General Educational Development Program. Allows participation in a general educational development program to be by court order and excludes from the compulsory school attendance requirements any child who has obtained a general educational development (GED) certificate. The bill also adds to the list of those persons who may participate in the GED testing program, the testing program through which persons may earn a high school equivalency certificate, (i) persons 16 years of age or older who have been expelled from school and (ii) persons required by court order to participate in the testing program.
FULL TEXT
- 01/06/06 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/06 066032316 pdf | impact statement
- 02/27/06 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB347ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/05/06 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0335) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/06/06 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/06 066032316
- 01/06/06 House: Referred to Committee on Education
- 01/23/06 House: Reported from Education (21-Y 0-N)
- 01/24/06 House: Read first time
- 01/25/06 House: Read second time and engrossed
- 01/26/06 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
- 01/26/06 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
- 01/26/06 House: Communicated to Senate
- 01/27/06 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 01/27/06 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 02/16/06 Senate: Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/17/06 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/17/06 Senate: VOTE: (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/06 Senate: Read third time
- 02/20/06 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/06 Senate: VOTE: (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/27/06 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB347ER)
- 02/27/06 House: Enrolled
- 02/28/06 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/01/06 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/30/06 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 335 (effective 7/1/06)
- 04/05/06 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0335)