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HB 1708 Standards of Accreditation; industry certification credentials obtained by high school students.
Introduced by: Eileen Filler-Corn | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Board of Education; standards of accreditation; industry certification credentials obtained by high school students. Requires the Board of Education (the Board) to consider for inclusion in the student outcome measures included in the Standards of Accreditation the number of industry certification credentials, as defined by the Board, obtained by high school students. The bill requires the Board to report its conclusion to the Chairmen of the House Committee on Education and the Senate Committee on Education and Health by November 1, 2017. The bill prohibits the Board from including the number of such credentials in the student outcome measures included in the Standards of Accreditation prior to the 2018 Session of the General Assembly.
FULL TEXT
- 01/06/17 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102469D pdf | impact statement
- 01/30/17 House: Committee substitute printed 17104312D-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/24/17 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1708ER) pdf | impact statement
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/06/17 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102469D
- 01/06/17 House: Referred to Committee on Education
- 01/13/17 House: Assigned Education sub: Education Innovation
- 01/26/17 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
- 01/30/17 House: Reported from Education with substitute (21-Y 0-N)
- 01/30/17 House: Committee substitute printed 17104312D-H1
- 01/31/17 House: Read first time
- 02/01/17 House: Read second time
- 02/01/17 House: Committee substitute agreed to 17104312D-H1
- 02/01/17 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1708H1
- 02/02/17 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (95-Y 0-N)
- 02/02/17 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (95-Y 0-N)
- 02/03/17 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/03/17 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 02/10/17 Senate: Assigned Education sub: Public Education
- 02/16/17 Senate: Reported from Education and Health with amendment (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/17/17 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/17 Senate: Read third time
- 02/20/17 Senate: Reading of amendment waived
- 02/20/17 Senate: Committee amendment agreed to
- 02/20/17 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 02/20/17 Senate: Passed Senate with amendment (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/17 Senate: Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/17 Senate: Passed Senate with amendment (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/17 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/21/17 House: Senate amendment agreed to by House (97-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/17 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (97-Y 0-N)
- 02/24/17 House: Enrolled
- 02/24/17 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1708ER)
- 02/24/17 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/24/17 Senate: Signed by President
- 02/28/17 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/28/17
- 02/28/17 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
- 03/16/17 House: Governor's recommendation received by House
- 04/05/17 House: Placed on Calendar
- 04/05/17 House: House concurred in Governor's recommendation (100-Y 0-N)
- 04/05/17 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (100-Y 0-N)
- 04/05/17 Senate: Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (20-Y 20-N)
- 04/05/17 Senate: Chair votes Yes
- 04/05/17 Senate: Reconsideration of Governor's recommendation agreed to (38-Y 0-N 1-A)
- 04/05/17 Senate: Senate rejected Governor's recommendation (19-Y 21-N)
- 04/05/17 House: Communicated to Governor
- 04/05/17 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, May 5, 2017
- 05/03/17 Governor: Vetoed by Governor