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HB 518 School boards, local; to provide students with option to transfer to another school division.
Introduced by: James M. LeMunyon | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Local school boards; public school choice. Requires, notwithstanding any agreement, waiver from the federal government, or provision of law to the contrary, the Board of Education, effective starting with the 2017-2018 school year, to select 12 schools identified for comprehensive support and improvement and require such schools to provide all enrolled students with the option to transfer to another public school in the school division in accordance with relevant federal law and subject to certain conditions and limitations established by the relevant local school board. The bill will not become effective unless reenacted by the 2017 Session of the General Assembly, except that the Board of Education is directed to report on the costs of implementation of the bill to the relevant General Assembly committees.
FULL TEXT
- 01/09/16 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16100787D pdf | impact statement
- 01/27/16 House: Committee substitute printed 16104472D-H1 pdf
- 02/04/16 House: Floor substitute printed 16105120D-H2 (LeMunyon) pdf | impact statement
- 03/02/16 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB518ER) pdf | impact statement
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/09/16 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16100787D
- 01/09/16 House: Referred to Committee on Education
- 01/15/16 House: Assigned Education sub: Education Innovation
- 01/26/16 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (4-Y 3-N)
- 01/27/16 House: Reported from Education with substitute (12-Y 10-N)
- 01/27/16 House: Committee substitute printed 16104472D-H1
- 01/28/16 House: Read first time
- 01/29/16 House: Passed by for the day
- 02/01/16 House: Passed by until Thursday, February 4, 2016
- 02/04/16 House: Floor substitute printed 16105120D-H2 (LeMunyon)
- 02/04/16 House: Read second time
- 02/04/16 House: Committee substitute rejected 16104472D-H1
- 02/04/16 House: Substitute by Delegate LeMunyon agreed to 16105120D-H2
- 02/04/16 House: Engrossed by House - floor substitute HB518H2
- 02/05/16 House: Passed by for the day
- 02/08/16 House: Passed by for the day
- 02/09/16 House: Read third time and passed House (57-Y 42-N)
- 02/09/16 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (57-Y 42-N)
- 02/10/16 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/10/16 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 02/15/16 Senate: Assigned Education sub: Public Education
- 02/25/16 Senate: Reported from Education and Health (11-Y 4-N)
- 02/26/16 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/29/16 Senate: Read third time
- 02/29/16 Senate: Passed Senate (24-Y 14-N)
- 03/02/16 House: Enrolled
- 03/02/16 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB518ER)
- 03/02/16 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/05/16 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/07/16 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 3/7/2016
- 03/07/16 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, Sunday, April 10, 2016
- 04/05/16 Governor: Vetoed by Governor
- 04/20/16 House: Placed on Calendar
- 04/20/16 House: Passed by for the day - Governor's veto sustained