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2019 SESSION

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HB 2623 Public schools; counseling services, parental rights.

Introduced by: Margaret B. Ransone | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)

Board of Education; school counseling services; model policies. Requires the Board of Education to develop a model policy for the provision of counseling services in public schools that includes provisions for parental consent, written parental notification, parental involvement, as appropriate, confidentiality, procedures by which a parent may limit or prohibit his child's participation, appropriate exceptions such as imminent need, health, or safety or maintaining order in the school, and other necessary provisions as determined by the Board. The bill requires the Board of Education, in developing such model policy, to seek to balance the needs of students with the rights of parents.

FULL TEXT

• 01/10/19  House: Presented and ordered printed 19103549D  pdf | impact statement
• 01/28/19  House: Committee substitute printed 19105872D-H1  pdf | impact statement

AMENDMENTS

• House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted

HISTORY

• 01/10/19  House: Presented and ordered printed 19103549D
• 01/10/19  House: Referred to Committee on Education
• 01/18/19  House: Assigned Education sub: Subcommittee #2
• 01/25/19  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (9-Y 0-N)
• 01/28/19  House: Reported from Education with substitute (21-Y 1-N)
• 01/28/19  House: Committee substitute printed 19105872D-H1
• 01/30/19  House: Read first time
• 01/31/19  House: Read second time
• 01/31/19  House: Committee substitute agreed to 19105872D-H1
• 01/31/19  House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2623H1
• 02/01/19  House: Passed by for the day
• 02/04/19  House: Read third time and passed House (83-Y 14-N)
• 02/04/19  House: VOTE: PASSAGE (83-Y 14-N)
• 02/05/19  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 02/05/19  Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
• 02/06/19  Senate: Assigned Education sub: Public Education
• 02/14/19  Senate: Stricken at request of patron in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)