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2020 SESSION

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HB 975 Standards of Quality; state funding, ratios of teachers to English language learners.

Introduced by: Elizabeth R. Guzman | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)

Instructional positions; students identified as having limited English proficiency. Requires, effective with the 2020-2021 school year, state funding to be provided pursuant to the general appropriation act to support 18.5 full-time equivalent instructional positions for each 1,000 students identified as having limited English proficiency and, effective with the 2021-2022 school year, 20 full-time equivalent instructional positions for each 1,000 students identified as having limited English proficiency. Current law requires state funding to support 17 such positions for each 1,000 such students. This bill incorporates HB 1323 and is identical to SB 910.

FULL TEXT

• 01/07/20  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104130D  pdf
• 01/29/20  House: Committee substitute printed 20105767D-H1  pdf | impact statement
• 02/07/20  House: Printed as engrossed 20105767D-EH1  pdf | impact statement
• 03/18/20  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB975ER)  pdf | impact statement
• 04/10/20  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1034)  pdf

AMENDMENTS

• House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
• House amendments adopted
• Senate amendments
• Senate amendments engrossed
• Conference amendments

HISTORY

• 01/07/20  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104130D
• 01/07/20  House: Referred to Committee on Education
• 01/13/20  House: Assigned Education sub: SOL and SOQ
• 01/27/20  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
• 01/27/20  House: Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
• 01/29/20  House: Committee substitute printed 20105767D-H1
• 01/29/20  House: Incorporates HB1323 (Kory)
• 01/29/20  House: Reported from Education with substitute (18-Y 4-N)
• 01/29/20  House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
• 01/30/20  House: Assigned App. sub: Elementary & Secondary Education
• 02/05/20  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (5-Y 2-N)
• 02/05/20  House: Reported from Appropriations with amendments (13-Y 8-N)
• 02/06/20  House: Read first time
• 02/07/20  House: Read second time
• 02/07/20  House: Committee on Education substitute agreed to 20105767D-H1
• 02/07/20  House: Committee on Appropriations amendments agreed to
• 02/07/20  House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute with amendments HB975EH1
• 02/07/20  House: Printed as engrossed 20105767D-EH1
• 02/10/20  House: Read third time and passed House (58-Y 40-N)
• 02/10/20  House: VOTE: Passage (58-Y 40-N)
• 02/11/20  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 02/11/20  Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
• 02/27/20  Senate: Reported from Education and Health with amendments (9-Y 5-N)
• 02/27/20  Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
• 03/02/20  Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 2-N)
• 03/04/20  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 03/05/20  Senate: Read third time
• 03/05/20  Senate: Reading of amendments waived
• 03/05/20  Senate: Committee amendments agreed to
• 03/05/20  Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
• 03/05/20  Senate: Passed Senate with amendments (24-Y 16-N)
• 03/05/20  House: Senate amendments rejected by House (0-Y 99-N)
• 03/05/20  House: VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 99-N)
• 03/05/20  Senate: Senate insisted on amendments (34-Y 6-N)
• 03/05/20  Senate: Senate requested conference committee
• 03/05/20  House: House acceded to request
• 03/05/20  House: Conferees appointed by House
• 03/05/20  House: Delegates: Guzman, Kory, Robinson
• 03/05/20  Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
• 03/05/20  Senate: Senators: Hashmi, Boysko, Vogel
• 03/07/20  Conference: Amended by conference committee
• 03/07/20  House: Conference report agreed to by House (52-Y 39-N)
• 03/07/20  House: VOTE: Adoption (52-Y 39-N)
• 03/08/20  Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (23-Y 16-N)
• 03/18/20  House: Enrolled
• 03/18/20  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB975ER)
• 03/18/20  Senate: Signed by President
• 03/19/20  House: Signed by Speaker
• 03/20/20  House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 20, 2020
• 03/20/20  Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
• 04/10/20  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 1034 (effective 7/1/20)
• 04/10/20  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1034)