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2021 SESSION
HB 2305 Governor's Schools; Board of Education to issue guidance on the governance of academic year.
Introduced by: Roslyn C. Tyler | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Board of Education; guidance on the governance of academic year Governor's Schools. Requires the Board of Education to issue guidance on the governance of academic year Governor's Schools, including communication and outreach practices, admissions policies, and guidelines on diversity, equity, and inclusion training. The bill requires such guidance to focus on the importance of increasing access to Governor's Schools for historically underserved students and to include best practices on (i) conducting information sessions about the school and the availability of gifted, advanced, and specialty education program opportunities for feeder public middle schools; (ii) strengthening the student pipeline in feeder public middle schools, prioritizing the most underserved and underrepresented students and public middle schools; and (iii) conducting programs related to and evaluations of diversity, equity, and inclusion. The bill requires the Board of Education, in developing such guidance, to collaborate with relevant stakeholders representing the geographical areas served by the Regional Governor's Schools, including local school boards representing the geographical areas served by the Regional Governor's Schools, Regional Governor's School boards, and Governor's School directors.
FULL TEXT
- 01/19/21 House: Presented and ordered printed 21103341D pdf | impact statement
- 02/01/21 House: Printed as engrossed 21103341D-E pdf | impact statement
AMENDMENTS
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
- House amendments adopted
HISTORY
- 01/19/21 House: Presented and ordered printed 21103341D
- 01/19/21 House: Referred to Committee on Education
- 01/21/21 House: Assigned Education sub: SOL and SOQ
- 01/25/21 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (5-Y 3-N)
- 01/27/21 House: Reported from Education with amendment(s) (14-Y 7-N)
- 01/28/21 House: Read first time
- 01/29/21 House: Passed by for the day
- 02/01/21 House: Read second time
- 02/01/21 House: Committee amendments agreed to
- 02/01/21 House: Pending question ordered
- 02/01/21 House: Engrossed by House as amended HB2305E
- 02/01/21 House: Printed as engrossed 21103341D-E
- 02/02/21 House: Read third time and passed House (58-Y 41-N)
- 02/02/21 House: VOTE: Passage (58-Y 41-N)
- 02/03/21 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/03/21 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)