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2021 SESSION
HB 1940 Students; guidelines on excused student absences, civic or political engagement.
Introduced by: Sam Rasoul | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Department of Education; guidelines on excused student absences; civic or political engagement. Provides that, subject to guidelines established by the Department of Education, each school board (i) shall permit one school day-long excused absence per school year for any middle school or high school student in the local school division who is absent from school to engage in a civic or political event and (ii) may permit additional excused absences for such students who are absent for such purposes.
FULL TEXT
- 01/11/21 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100543D pdf | impact statement
- 01/21/21 House: Floor substitute printed 21103483D-H1 (Rasoul) pdf | impact statement
HISTORY
- 01/11/21 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100543D
- 01/11/21 House: Referred to Committee on Education
- 01/13/21 House: Assigned Education sub: Pre-K-12
- 01/15/21 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N)
- 01/18/21 House: Reported from Education (17-Y 5-N)
- 01/19/21 House: Read first time
- 01/20/21 House: Passed by for the day
- 01/21/21 House: Floor substitute printed 21103483D-H1 (Rasoul)
- 01/21/21 House: Read second time
- 01/21/21 House: Substitute by Delegate Rasoul agreed to 21103483D-H1
- 01/21/21 House: Engrossed by House - floor substitute HB1940H1
- 01/22/21 House: Read third time and passed House (62-Y 37-N)
- 01/22/21 House: VOTE: Passage (62-Y 37-N)
- 01/25/21 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 01/25/21 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 02/05/21 Senate: Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)