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1998 SESSION
SB 425 Opening of the school year.
Introduced by: Richard L. Saslaw | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY:
Opening of the school year. Delineates three "good cause" situations that may justify a waiver of the requirement that the first day of school for students follow Labor Day. These situations include a school division that (i) has been closed an average of eight days per year during any five of the last 10 years because of severe weather conditions, energy shortages, power failures, or other emergency situations; (ii) is providing, in the school year for which the waiver is sought, an instructional program or programs in one or more of its elementary or middle or high schools, excluding the electronic classroom, which are dependent on and provided in one or more elementary or middle or high schools of another school division that qualifies for such waiver, in which case the waiver is applicable only to the opening date for those schools where such dependent programs are provided; or (iii) is providing, in the school year for which the waiver is sought, an experimental or innovative program approved by the Department of Education pursuant to the Standards of Accreditation, in which case the waiver is only applicable to the opening date for those schools where the experimental or innovative programs are offered generally to the student body.
FULL TEXT
- 01/26/98 Senate: Presented & ordered printed 984465729 pdf
- 02/16/98 Senate: Printed as engrossed 984465729-E pdf
- 03/23/98 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB425ER) pdf
- 05/04/98 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0702) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/26/98 Senate: Presented & ordered printed 984465729
- 01/26/98 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 02/12/98 Senate: Reported from Ed. & H. with amendments (10-Y 5-N)
- 02/13/98 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/98 Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (37-Y 0-N)
- 02/16/98 Senate: Read second time
- 02/16/98 Senate: Reading of amendments waived
- 02/16/98 Senate: Committee amendments agreed to
- 02/16/98 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 02/16/98 Senate: Printed as engrossed 984465729-E
- 02/17/98 Senate: Read third time
- 02/17/98 Senate: Engrossment reconsidered by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/17/98 Senate: VOTE: RECONSIDER R (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/17/98 Senate: Passed by temporarily
- 02/17/98 Senate: Committee amendments reconsidered (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/17/98 Senate: VOTE: RECONSIDER R (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/17/98 Senate: Committee amendments agreed to
- 02/17/98 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 02/17/98 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 1-N)
- 02/17/98 Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (39-Y 1-N)
- 02/17/98 Senate: Passed Senate (26-Y 14-N)
- 02/17/98 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (26-Y 14-N)
- 02/17/98 Senate: Communicated to House
- 02/19/98 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/20/98 House: Read first time
- 02/20/98 House: Referred to Committee on Education
- 02/20/98 House: Assigned to Education sub-committee: 3
- 03/02/98 House: Reported from Education with amendments (18-Y 6-N)
- 03/03/98 House: Read second time
- 03/04/98 House: Read third time
- 03/04/98 House: Passed by for the day
- 03/05/98 House: Read third time
- 03/05/98 House: Committee amendments agreed to
- 03/05/98 House: Motion for pending question agreed to
- 03/05/98 House: Pending question ordered
- 03/05/98 House: Amendments by Mr. Bennett rejected (29-Y 67-N)
- 03/05/98 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (29-Y 67-N)
- 03/05/98 House: Amendment by Mr. Griffith withdrawn
- 03/05/98 House: Amendments by Ms. Crittenden agreed to
- 03/05/98 House: Motion for pending question agreed to
- 03/05/98 House: Pending question ordered
- 03/05/98 House: Amendments by Mr. McClure rejected (15-Y 83-N)
- 03/05/98 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (15-Y 83-N)
- 03/05/98 House: Amendment by Mr. Clement agreed to
- 03/05/98 House: Engrossed by House as amended
- 03/05/98 House: Passed House with amendments (73-Y 26-N)
- 03/05/98 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (73-Y 26-N)
- 03/09/98 Senate: Reading of amendments waived
- 03/09/98 Senate: House amendments agreed to by Senate (31-Y 8-N)
- 03/09/98 Senate: VOTE: CONCUR HOUSE AMENDMENTS R (31-Y 8-N)
- 03/09/98 Senate: Rec. of House amds. agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/09/98 Senate: VOTE: RECONSIDER R (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/09/98 Senate: House amendments agreed to by Senate (28-Y 11-N)
- 03/09/98 Senate: VOTE: CONCUR HOUSE AMENDMENTS R (28-Y 11-N)
- 03/23/98 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB425ER)
- 03/30/98 Senate: Enrolled
- 03/30/98 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/31/98 Senate: Signed by President
- 04/16/98 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 702 (effective 7/1/98)
- 05/04/98 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0702)