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HB 2297 Free public elementary and secondary education; eligibility criteria.
Introduced by: Marcus B. Simon | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Free public elementary and secondary education; eligibility criteria. Requires every person of school age to be deemed to reside in a school division for the purpose of eligibility for free public elementary and secondary education in such school division when all or any portion of the building in which such person resides with certain other individuals or as an emancipated minor is taxable by the locality in which the school division is located. The bill provides that each student who resides on property that is located in more than one school division and who registers for enrollment at a public school in one such school division prior to July 1, 2019, and any sibling of any such student, is deemed to reside in the enrolled school division and is eligible to attend public school in such school division for free.
FULL TEXT
- 01/08/19 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19103220D pdf | impact statement
- 02/14/19 Senate: Committee substitute printed 19106590D-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/22/19 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2297ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/18/19 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0586) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/08/19 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19103220D
- 01/08/19 House: Referred to Committee on Finance
- 01/21/19 House: Referred from Finance by voice vote
- 01/21/19 House: Referred to Committee on Education
- 01/28/19 House: Reported from Education (22-Y 0-N)
- 01/30/19 House: Read first time
- 01/31/19 House: Read second time and engrossed
- 02/01/19 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (95-Y 0-N)
- 02/01/19 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (95-Y 0-N)
- 02/04/19 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/04/19 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 02/08/19 Senate: Assigned Education sub: Public Education
- 02/14/19 Senate: Reported from Education and Health with substitute (14-Y 1-N)
- 02/14/19 Senate: Committee substitute printed 19106590D-S1
- 02/15/19 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
- 02/18/19 Senate: Read third time
- 02/18/19 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/18/19 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 19106590D-S1
- 02/18/19 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB2297S1
- 02/18/19 Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/19/19 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/19/19 House: Passed by for the day
- 02/20/19 House: Senate substitute agreed to by House 19106590D-S1 (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/19 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/22/19 House: Enrolled
- 02/22/19 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2297ER)
- 02/22/19 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/22/19 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/04/19 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 4, 2019
- 03/04/19 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
- 03/18/19 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 586 (effective 7/1/19)
- 03/18/19 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0586)