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2015 SESSION
HB 1550 School calendar; local school boards responsible for setting.
Introduced by: Thomas A. "Tag" Greason | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
School calendar. Makes local school boards responsible for setting the school calendar and determining the opening date of the school year and eliminates the post-Labor Day opening requirement and "good cause" scenarios for which the Board of Education may grant waivers of this requirement.
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HISTORY
- 01/07/15 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/15 15102565D
- 01/07/15 House: Referred to Committee on Education
- 01/23/15 House: Assigned Education sub: Education Reform
- 02/03/15 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (4-Y 3-N)
- 02/04/15 House: Failed to report (defeated) in Education (11-Y 11-N)
- 02/05/15 House: Reconsidered by Education
- 02/05/15 House: Reported from Education (9-Y 5-N)
- 02/07/15 House: Read first time
- 02/09/15 House: Read second time and engrossed
- 02/10/15 House: Read third time and passed House (71-Y 29-N)
- 02/10/15 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (71-Y 29-N)
- 02/11/15 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/11/15 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 02/12/15 Senate: Failed to report (defeated) in Education and Health (5-Y 9-N)