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2017 SESSION
HB 1983 School calendar; opening day of school year.
Introduced by: Thomas A. "Tag" Greason | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
School calendar; opening day of the school year. Makes local school boards responsible for setting the school calendar and determining the opening day of the school year and eliminates the post-Labor Day opening requirement and "good cause" scenarios for which the Board of Education may grant waivers of this requirement. The bill contains technical amendments.
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HISTORY
- 01/10/17 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101307D
- 01/10/17 House: Referred to Committee on Education
- 01/23/17 House: Reported from Education (15-Y 6-N)
- 01/24/17 House: Read first time
- 01/25/17 House: Read second time and engrossed
- 01/26/17 House: Read third time and passed House (75-Y 24-N)
- 01/26/17 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (75-Y 24-N)
- 01/27/17 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 01/27/17 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 02/09/17 Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (9-Y 6-N)