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2016 SESSION
SB 17 STEM programs; grants for donations to programs at qualified schools.
Introduced by: William M. Stanley, Jr. | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Grants for donations to science, technology, engineering, or math (STEM) programs at qualified schools. Establishes a grant program administered by the Board of Education beginning in 2017 for donations made by STEM organizations to qualified schools. The donations must be used by qualified schools to support STEM programs. The bill defines qualified schools as those public elementary and secondary schools at which at least 40 percent of the students qualify for free or reduced lunch. Grants are capped at $50,000 per organization per year.
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- 12/04/15 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16100382D
- 12/04/15 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 01/21/16 Senate: Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
- 01/21/16 Senate: Rereferred to Finance
- 02/03/16 Senate: Reported from Finance (13-Y 0-N)
- 02/04/16 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/16 Senate: Read second time and engrossed
- 02/08/16 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/11/16 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/11/16 House: Read first time
- 02/11/16 House: Referred to Committee on Education
- 02/15/16 House: Assigned Education sub: Education Innovation
- 02/23/16 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (9-Y 0-N)
- 02/23/16 House: Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
- 02/24/16 House: Reported from Education with amendments (20-Y 2-N)
- 02/24/16 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 02/24/16 House: Assigned App. sub: Elementary & Secondary Education
- 03/01/16 House: Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2017 by voice vote
- 03/01/16 House: Continued to 2017 in Appropriations by voice vote