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1994 SESSION
SB 340 Increasing educational opportunities.
Introduced by: Elliot S. Schewel | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY:
Increasing educational opportunities. Implements, statutorily, the recommendations of the Commission on Equity in Public Education. The Commission will be seeking funding to implement its 1994 recommendations which include statutory revisions and funding to (i) reduce class sizes in the early grades (K-3), with an initial target of a statewide ratio of 22 to 1 in K through 3 and a ratio of 18 to 1 in schools with high concentrations of at-risk students and a long-term goal of reaching, by the year 2000, a statewide ratio of 20 to 1 and a targeted ratio of 16 to 1 in schools with high concentrations of at-risk students; (ii) increase the availability of programs for at-risk four-year-olds; (iii) expand access to educational technology; and (iv) provide incentives to increase parental and community involvement.
FULL TEXT
- 01/25/94 Senate: Presented and ordered printed pdf
- 02/10/94 Senate: Committee substitute printed LD4369733 (SB340S1) pdf
- 02/25/94 House: Committee substitute printed LD5148204 (SB340H1) pdf
- 03/15/94 Senate: Conference substitute printed LD4418733 (SB340S2) pdf
- 03/25/94 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB340ER) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/25/94 Senate: Presented and ordered printed
- 01/25/94 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 02/10/94 Senate: Reported from Ed. & H. with substitute (13-Y 0-N)
- 02/10/94 Senate: Committee substitute printed LD4369733 (SB340S1)
- 02/11/94 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/11/94 Senate: VOTE: CONST. READING DISPENSED (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/14/94 Senate: Read second time
- 02/14/94 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/14/94 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to
- 02/14/94 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute
- 02/14/94 Senate: Engrossment reconsidered by Senate (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/14/94 Senate: VOTE: (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/14/94 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/14/94 Senate: VOTE: CONST. READING DISPENSED (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/14/94 Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/14/94 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/14/94 Senate: Communicated to House
- 02/15/94 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/16/94 House: Read first time
- 02/16/94 House: Referred to Committee on Education
- 02/23/94 House: Assigned to Education sub-committee: 1
- 02/25/94 House: Reported from Education with substitute (21-Y 0-N)
- 02/25/94 House: Committee substitute printed LD5148204 (SB340H1)
- 02/28/94 House: Read second time
- 03/01/94 House: Read third time
- 03/01/94 House: Committee substitute agreed to
- 03/01/94 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute
- 03/01/94 House: Passed House with substitute (Block Vote) (99-Y 0-N)
- 03/01/94 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
- 03/03/94 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 03/03/94 Senate: House substitute rejected by Senate (2-Y 37-N)
- 03/03/94 Senate: VOTE: REJECTED HOUSE SUBSTITUTE (2-Y 37-N)
- 03/04/94 House: House insisted on substitute
- 03/04/94 House: House requested conference committee
- 03/08/94 Senate: Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/08/94 Senate: VOTE: ACCEDE TO REQ. FOR CONF (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/08/94 Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
- 03/08/94 Senate: Senators: Schewel, Holland, E. M., Holland, C. A.
- 03/08/94 House: Conferees appointed by House
- 03/08/94 House: Delegates: Councill, Cranwell, Dillard
- 03/12/94 Senate: Reading of conference report waived
- 03/12/94 Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 03/12/94 Senate: VOTE: ADOPT CONFERENCE REPORT (39-Y 0-N)
- 03/12/94 House: Conference report agreed to by House (98-Y 0-N)
- 03/12/94 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (98-Y 0-N)
- 03/12/94 Conference: House substitute rejected by conference committee
- 03/12/94 Conference: Substitute recommended by conference committee
- 03/15/94 Senate: Conference substitute printed LD4418733 (SB340S2)
- 03/25/94 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB340ER)
- 04/01/94 House: Enrolled
- 04/01/94 House: Signed by Speaker
- 04/02/94 Senate: Signed by President
- 04/12/94 Senate: Governor's recommendation received by Senate
- 04/20/94 Senate: Senate concurred in Gov's recommendation (39-Y 1-N)
- 04/20/94 Senate: VOTE: ADOPT GOVERNOR'S RECOMM. (39-Y 1-N)
- 04/20/94 House: House rejected Gov's recommendation (41-Y 58-N)
- 04/20/94 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (41-Y 58-N)
- 04/20/94 House: Reconsideration of Governor's recommendation agreed to
- 04/20/94 House: House rejected Gov's recommendation (39-Y 58-N)
- 04/20/94 House: VOTE: ADOPTION #2 (39-Y 58-N)
- 04/20/94 Senate: Communicated to Governor
- 05/20/94 Governor: Vetoed by Governor