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HB 1419 Public schools; instructional time for elementary school.
Introduced by: Karrie K. Delaney | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Public schools; instructional time. Requires local school boards to provide (i) a minimum of 680 hours of instructional time to students in elementary school, except for students in half-day kindergarten, in the four academic disciplines of English, mathematics, science, and history and social science and (ii) a minimum of 375 hours of instructional time to students in half-day kindergarten in the four academic disciplines of English, mathematics, science, and history and social science. The bill authorizes local school boards to include and requires the Board of Education to accept, for elementary school, unstructured recreational time that is intended to develop teamwork, social skills, and overall physical fitness in any calculation of total instructional time or teaching hours. This bill is identical to SB 273.
FULL TEXT
- 01/15/18 House: Presented and ordered printed 18104770D pdf | impact statement
- 02/07/18 House: Committee substitute printed 18106624D-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/12/18 House: Printed as engrossed 18106624D-EH1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/22/18 Senate: Committee substitute printed 18107571D-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 03/20/18 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1419ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/06/18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0785) pdf
AMENDMENTS
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HISTORY
- 01/15/18 House: Presented and ordered printed 18104770D
- 01/15/18 House: Referred to Committee on Education
- 01/19/18 House: Assigned Education sub: Subcommittee #2
- 02/02/18 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N)
- 02/07/18 House: Reported from Education with substitute (21-Y 1-N)
- 02/07/18 House: Committee substitute printed 18106624D-H1
- 02/09/18 House: Read first time
- 02/12/18 House: Read second time
- 02/12/18 House: Committee substitute agreed to 18106624D-H1
- 02/12/18 House: Amendment by Delegate Davis agreed to
- 02/12/18 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute with amendment HB1419EH1
- 02/12/18 House: Printed as engrossed 18106624D-EH1
- 02/13/18 House: Read third time and passed House (97-Y 3-N)
- 02/13/18 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (97-Y 3-N)
- 02/14/18 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/14/18 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 02/22/18 Senate: Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/22/18 Senate: Committee substitute printed 18107571D-S1
- 02/23/18 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/26/18 Senate: Read third time
- 02/26/18 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/26/18 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 18107571D-S1
- 02/26/18 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1419S1
- 02/26/18 Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/28/18 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/28/18 House: Senate substitute rejected by House 18107571D-S1 (0-Y 98-N)
- 02/28/18 House: VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 98-N)
- 03/02/18 Senate: Senate insisted on substitute (38-Y 0-N)
- 03/02/18 Senate: Senate requested conference committee
- 03/05/18 House: House acceded to request
- 03/05/18 House: Conferees appointed by House
- 03/05/18 House: Delegates: Delaney, Davis, Yancey
- 03/06/18 Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
- 03/06/18 Senate: Senators: Carrico, Suetterlein, Lewis
- 03/08/18 Conference: Amended by conference committee
- 03/08/18 House: Conference report agreed to by House (95-Y 1-N)
- 03/08/18 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (95-Y 1-N)
- 03/09/18 Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 1-N)
- 03/20/18 House: Enrolled
- 03/20/18 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1419ER)
- 03/20/18 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/22/18 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/26/18 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 26, 2018
- 03/26/18 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, April 9, 2018
- 04/06/18 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 785 (effective 7/1/18)
- 04/06/18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0785)