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2010 SESSION

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SB 361 Religious holidays; student's absence because of observance thereof must be recorded as excused.

Introduced by: George L. Barker | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)

Religious holidays; attendance records. Requires local school boards to develop policies ensuring that any student's absence because of the observance of a religious holiday be recorded as excused on the student's attendance record and that a student not be deprived of any award or of eligibility or opportunity to compete for any award or of the right to take an alternate test or examination, for any which he missed because of such absence.

FULL TEXT

• 01/12/10  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/10 10103895D  pdf | impact statement
• 02/04/10  Senate: Committee substitute printed 10104866D-S1  pdf | impact statement
• 03/12/10  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB361ER)  pdf | impact statement
• 04/11/10  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0605)  pdf

HISTORY

• 01/12/10  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/10 10103895D
• 01/12/10  Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
• 01/22/10  Senate: Assigned Education sub: Public Education
• 02/04/10  Senate: Reported from Education and Health with substitute (13-Y 2-N)
• 02/04/10  Senate: Committee substitute printed 10104866D-S1
• 02/08/10  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/09/10  Senate: Read second time
• 02/09/10  Senate: Reading of substitute waived
• 02/09/10  Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 10104866D-S1
• 02/09/10  Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB361S1
• 02/10/10  Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (37-Y 3-N)
• 02/16/10  House: Placed on Calendar
• 02/16/10  House: Read first time
• 02/16/10  House: Referred to Committee on Education
• 02/23/10  House: Assigned Education sub: #2 Students and Daycare
• 02/25/10  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 1-N)
• 03/03/10  House: Reported from Education (22-Y 0-N)
• 03/04/10  House: Read second time
• 03/05/10  House: Read third time
• 03/05/10  House: Passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N)
• 03/05/10  House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (97-Y 0-N)
• 03/05/10  House: Reconsideration of House passage agreed to by House
• 03/05/10  House: Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
• 03/05/10  House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
• 03/12/10  Senate: Enrolled
• 03/12/10  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB361ER)
• 03/12/10  House: Signed by Speaker
• 03/13/10  Senate: Signed by President
• 04/11/10  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 605 (effective 7/1/10)
• 04/11/10  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0605)