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2024 SESSION
SB 27 Public School Trades Incentive Fund and Program; created and established.
Introduced by: William M. Stanley, Jr. | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)
Public School Trades Incentive Fund and Program; established. Establishes the Public School Trades Incentive Fund (the Fund) and the Public School Trades Incentive Program (the Program) for the purpose of providing grants on a competitive basis from the Fund to any school board that seeks to (i) restore high school programs that teach students skilled trades that lead to earning industry-recognized certifications or credentials or (ii) create or restore middle school programs that encourage and recruit students to participate in high school programs that teach students skilled trades that lead to earning industry-recognized certifications or credentials. The bill requires the Department of Education to administer the Program and to establish such rules and procedures relating to applications and awards as it deems appropriate, provided that the Department considers and gives appropriate weight to certain criteria for grantees. The bill requires any grantee to use Program funds only for equipment.
FULL TEXT
- 12/11/23 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101813D pdf | impact statement
- 01/30/24 Senate: Committee substitute printed 24106504D-S1 pdf | impact statement
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 12/11/23 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101813D
- 12/11/23 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 01/10/24 Senate: Assigned Education sub: Public Education
- 01/18/24 Senate: Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
- 01/18/24 Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 01/30/24 Senate: Committee substitute printed 24106504D-S1
- 01/30/24 Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
- 01/31/24 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/01/24 Senate: Read second time
- 02/01/24 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/01/24 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 24106504D-S1
- 02/01/24 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB27S1
- 02/02/24 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/24 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/13/24 House: Read first time
- 02/13/24 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 02/15/24 House: Assigned App. sub: Elementary & Secondary Education
- 02/26/24 House: Tabled in Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)