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HB 1652 School calendar; opening day of the school year.
Introduced by: Roxann L. Robinson | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
School calendar; opening day of the school year. Requires each local school board to set the school calendar so that the first day students are required to attend school is no earlier than 14 days before Labor Day unless the Board of Education waives such requirement for good cause. Under current law, each local school board is required to set the school calendar so that the first day students are required to attend school is after Labor Day unless the Board of Education waives such requirement for good cause. The bill provides that in each school division in which the school board sets the school calendar so that the first day students are required to attend school is before Labor Day, such school board shall close each school in the school division from the Friday immediately preceding Labor Day through Labor Day. The bill exempts from certain requirements certain school boards that were previously granted good cause waivers by the Board of Education. This bill is identical to SB 1005.
FULL TEXT
- 11/28/18 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19100409D pdf | impact statement
- 02/07/19 Senate: Committee substitute printed 19106555D-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/15/19 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1652ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/18/19 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0569) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 11/28/18 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19100409D
- 11/28/18 House: Referred to Committee on Education
- 01/28/19 House: Reported from Education (17-Y 5-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 (81-Y 15-N)
- 02/01/19 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (81-Y 15-N)
- 02/04/19 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/04/19 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 02/07/19 Senate: Reported from Education and Health with substitute (13-Y 2-N)
- 02/07/19 Senate: Committee substitute printed 19106555D-S1
- 02/08/19 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/11/19 Senate: Read third time
- 02/11/19 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/11/19 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 19106555D-S1
- 02/11/19 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1652S1
- 02/11/19 Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (30-Y 10-N)
- 02/13/19 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/13/19 House: Senate substitute agreed to by House 19106555D-S1 (77-Y 19-N)
- 02/13/19 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (77-Y 19-N)
- 02/15/19 House: Enrolled
- 02/15/19 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1652ER)
- 02/15/19 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/15/19 Senate: Signed by President
- 02/19/19 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 19, 2019
- 02/19/19 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
- 03/18/19 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 569 (effective 7/1/19)
- 03/18/19 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0569)