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SB 246 STEM Competition Team Grant Program and Fund; established, created.
Introduced by: William M. Stanley, Jr. | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS ENACTED WITH GOVERNOR'S RECOMMENDATION: (all summaries)
Grants for science, technology, engineering, or math (STEM) competition teams at qualified schools. Establishes a grant program administered by the Board of Education beginning in 2017 to establish STEM competition teams at qualified schools. The bill defines qualified schools as those public secondary schools at which at least 40 percent of the students qualify for free or reduced lunch. Grants are capped at $10,000 per school per year. The bill has an expiration date of July 1, 2018.
FULL TEXT
- 01/06/16 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16100392D pdf | impact statement
- 03/08/16 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB246ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/20/16 Senate: Reenrolled bill text (SB246ER2) pdf
- 04/20/16 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0761) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/06/16 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16100392D
- 01/06/16 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 01/21/16 Senate: Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
- 01/21/16 Senate: Rereferred to Finance
- 02/03/16 Senate: Reported from Finance (13-Y 0-N)
- 02/04/16 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/16 Senate: Read second time and engrossed
- 02/08/16 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/11/16 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/11/16 House: Read first time
- 02/11/16 House: Referred to Committee on Education
- 02/15/16 House: Assigned Education sub: Education Innovation
- 02/23/16 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (9-Y 0-N)
- 02/23/16 House: Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
- 02/24/16 House: Reported from Education with amendments (20-Y 2-N)
- 02/24/16 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 02/24/16 House: Assigned App. sub: Elementary & Secondary Education
- 03/01/16 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (7-Y 0-N)
- 03/01/16 House: Reported from Appropriations with amendment (20-Y 0-N)
- 03/02/16 House: Read second time
- 03/03/16 House: Read third time
- 03/03/16 House: Committee on Education amendments agreed to
- 03/03/16 House: Committee on Appropriations amendment agreed to
- 03/03/16 House: Engrossed by House as amended
- 03/03/16 House: Passed House with amendments (95-Y 2-N)
- 03/03/16 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (95-Y 2-N)
- 03/07/16 Senate: House amendments agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/08/16 Senate: Enrolled
- 03/08/16 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB246ER)
- 03/08/16 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/10/16 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/11/16 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 3/11/16
- 03/11/16 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, Sunday, April 10, 2016
- 04/01/16 Senate: Governor's recommendation received by Senate
- 04/20/16 Senate: Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (39-Y 0-N)
- 04/20/16 House: House concurred in Governor's recommendation (90-Y 2-N)
- 04/20/16 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (90-Y 2-N)
- 04/20/16 Governor: Governor's recommendation adopted
- 04/20/16 Senate: Reenrolled
- 04/20/16 Senate: Reenrolled bill text (SB246ER2)
- 04/20/16 Senate: Signed by President as reenrolled
- 04/20/16 House: Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
- 04/20/16 House: Enacted, Chapter 761 (effective 7/1/16)
- 04/20/16 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0761)