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2024 SESSION

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HB 777 Students, certain; enrollment and provision of free public education.

Introduced by: Katrina Callsen | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)

Enrollment of and provision of free public education for certain students; kinship care and foster care. Provides that in the event that a student in a kinship care arrangement moves into a different school division during the school year as a result of safely returning home, being emancipated, or transitioning to a new kinship care arrangement, such student shall be deemed to continue to reside in the previous school division of residence for the remainder of the school year for the purpose of tuition-free enrollment and attendance. The bill also provides that certain provisions of law relating to continuity of public school enrollment and attendance for students in foster care apply to a student who has transitioned out of foster care and whose custody has been transferred to the student's parent or prior legal guardian or who has been emancipated.

FULL TEXT

• 01/09/24  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104885D  pdf
• 01/31/24  House: Committee substitute printed 24106309D-H1  pdf | impact statement
• 02/29/24  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB777ER)  pdf | impact statement
• 04/02/24  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0303)  pdf

AMENDMENTS

• House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted

HISTORY

• 01/09/24  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104885D
• 01/09/24  House: Referred to Committee on Education
• 01/19/24  House: Assigned Education sub: K-12 Subcommittee
• 01/30/24  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
• 01/30/24  House: Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
• 01/31/24  House: Reported from Education with substitute (21-Y 0-N)
• 01/31/24  House: Committee substitute printed 24106309D-H1
• 02/02/24  House: Read first time
• 02/05/24  House: Read second time
• 02/05/24  House: Committee substitute agreed to 24106309D-H1
• 02/05/24  House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB777H1
• 02/06/24  House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
• 02/06/24  House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
• 02/07/24  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 02/07/24  Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
• 02/14/24  Senate: Assigned Education and Health Sub: Public Education
• 02/22/24  Senate: Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
• 02/23/24  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
• 02/26/24  Senate: Read third time
• 02/26/24  Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/29/24  House: Enrolled
• 02/29/24  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB777ER)
• 02/29/24  House: Signed by Speaker
• 03/03/24  Senate: Signed by President
• 03/11/24  House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024
• 03/11/24  Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024
• 04/02/24  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 303 (effective 7/1/24)
• 04/02/24  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0303)