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2008 SESSION

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HB 1183 Home instruction of children; requirements.

Introduced by: L. Scott Lingamfelter | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)

Requirements for home instruction of children.  Provides that an appropriate evaluation that a parent may submit to the division superintendent in order to indicate an adequate level of educational growth and progress includes: (i) an evaluation letter from a person licensed to teach in any state, or a person with a master's degree or higher in the field of education, having knowledge of the child’s academic progress, stating that the child is achieving an adequate level of educational growth and progress; or (ii) a report card or transcript from a community college or college, college distance learning program, or home education correspondence school.

FULL TEXT

• 01/09/08  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 083327600  pdf | impact statement
• 01/30/08  House: Committee substitute printed 083367600-H1  pdf | impact statement
• 02/21/08  Senate: Committee substitute printed 084106600-S1  pdf | impact statement
• 03/03/08  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1183ER)  pdf | impact statement
• 03/17/08  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0553)  pdf

HISTORY

• 01/09/08  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 083327600
• 01/09/08  House: Referred to Committee on Education
• 01/30/08  House: Reported from Education with substitute (21-Y 1-N)
• 01/30/08  House: Committee substitute printed 083367600-H1
• 01/31/08  House: Read first time
• 02/01/08  House: Passed by for the day
• 02/04/08  House: Read second time
• 02/04/08  House: Committee substitute agreed to 083367600-H1
• 02/04/08  House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1183H1
• 02/05/08  House: Read third time and passed House (83-Y 14-N)
• 02/05/08  House: VOTE: --- PASSAGE (83-Y 14-N)
• 02/05/08  House: Communicated to Senate
• 02/06/08  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 02/06/08  Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
• 02/21/08  Senate: Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
• 02/21/08  Senate: Committee substitute printed 084106600-S1
• 02/22/08  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/25/08  Senate: Read third time
• 02/25/08  Senate: Reading of substitute waived
• 02/25/08  Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 084106600-S1
• 02/25/08  Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1183S1
• 02/25/08  Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N)
• 02/25/08  Senate: Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/25/08  Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/26/08  House: Placed on Calendar
• 02/27/08  House: Senate substitute agreed to by House 084106600-S1 (80-Y 1-N)
• 02/27/08  House: VOTE: --- ADOPTION (80-Y 1-N)
• 03/03/08  House: Enrolled
• 03/03/08  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1183ER)
• 03/03/08  House: Signed by Speaker
• 03/04/08  Senate: Signed by President
• 03/11/08  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 553 (effective 7/1/08)
• 03/17/08  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0553)