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2024 SESSION
HB 1477 Student instruction; local alternative instructional time models permitted.
Introduced by: Sam Rasoul | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Public schools; instructional time; competency-based education. Requires the Board of Education to provide local school boards maximum flexibility to waive existing instructional clock hour requirements by developing alternative instructional time models in accordance with the Board's regulations and guidelines relating to instructional time waivers. The bill directs the Board, when revising its regulations and adopting Standards of Accreditation, to provide flexibility for school boards to develop programs that provide for acceleration, remediation, and multiple pathways to graduation that permit students to demonstrate competency at different rates. The bill also requires the Board to update, by December 1, 2024, its Guidelines for Graduation Requirements: Local Alternative Paths to Standard Units of Credit (Alternatives to the 140-Clock-Hour Requirement) to include guidance regarding (i) waiver pathway options to allow students time within the school day to complete work-based learning opportunities; (ii) advanced learning opportunities focused on problem-solving, critical and creative thinking, communication, collaboration, and citizenship skills; (iii) content that provides technical knowledge, skills, and competency-based applied learning; (iv) a method for approving alternative programs, including dual enrollment courses as specified in the bill; (v) other instructional time models adopted to meet instructional hour requirements through a variety of learning modalities; and (vi) offering instructional and learning opportunities including innovative, advanced, and enrichment programs for the full school year. Finally, the bill requires the Board to submit to the Chairs of the Senate Committee on Education and Health and the House Committee on Education by November 1, 2024, a report on its progress in implementing the provisions of the bill. This bill incorporates HB 663 and HB 1081.
FULL TEXT
- 01/19/24 House: Presented and ordered printed 24104317D pdf
- 02/07/24 House: Committee substitute printed 24107346D-H1 pdf
- 02/29/24 Senate: Committee substitute printed 24107772D-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 03/25/24 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1477ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/04/24 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0421) pdf
AMENDMENTS
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
- Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
HISTORY
- 01/19/24 House: Presented and ordered printed 24104317D
- 01/19/24 House: Referred to Committee on Education
- 02/01/24 House: Assigned Education sub: K-12 Subcommittee
- 02/06/24 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
- 02/07/24 House: Reported from Education with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/07/24 House: Committee substitute printed 24107346D-H1
- 02/07/24 House: Incorporates HB1081 (Coyner)
- 02/07/24 House: Incorporates HB663 (Tata)
- 02/09/24 House: Read first time
- 02/12/24 House: Read second time
- 02/12/24 House: Committee substitute agreed to 24107346D-H1
- 02/12/24 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1477H1
- 02/13/24 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/24 House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/14/24 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/14/24 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 02/21/24 Senate: Assigned Education and Health Sub: Public Education
- 02/29/24 Senate: Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/29/24 Senate: Committee substitute printed 24107772D-S1
- 03/01/24 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/04/24 Senate: Read third time
- 03/04/24 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 03/04/24 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 24107772D-S1
- 03/04/24 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1477S1
- 03/04/24 Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N)
- 03/05/24 House: Senate substitute agreed to by House 24107772D-S1 (99-Y 0-N)
- 03/05/24 House: VOTE: Adoption (99-Y 0-N)
- 03/25/24 House: Enrolled
- 03/25/24 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1477ER)
- 03/25/24 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/26/24 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/27/24 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 27, 2024
- 03/27/24 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024
- 04/04/24 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 421 (effective 7/1/24)
- 04/04/24 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0421)