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2024 SESSION
HB 1247 Public school funding; ratios of instructional positions to English language learner students.
Introduced by: Michelle Lopes Maldonado | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Public school staffing ratios; teachers; English language learner students. Requires state funding to be provided pursuant to the general appropriation act to support ratios of instructional positions to English language learner students based on each such student's English proficiency level, as established in the general appropriation act. This bill is identical to SB 272.
FULL TEXT
- 01/10/24 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102059D pdf | impact statement
- 01/31/24 House: Committee substitute printed 24106654D-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/07/24 House: Committee substitute printed 24106910D-H2 pdf | impact statement
- 02/29/24 Senate: Committee substitute printed 24108256D-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 03/25/24 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1247ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/08/24 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0743) pdf
AMENDMENTS
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
- House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
HISTORY
- 01/10/24 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102059D
- 01/10/24 House: Referred to Committee on Education
- 01/26/24 House: Assigned Education sub: K-12 Subcommittee
- 01/30/24 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N)
- 01/30/24 House: Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
- 01/31/24 House: Reported from Education with substitute (17-Y 5-N)
- 01/31/24 House: Committee substitute printed 24106654D-H1
- 01/31/24 House: Incorporates HB828 (Cousins)
- 01/31/24 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 01/31/24 House: Assigned App. sub: Elementary & Secondary Education
- 02/05/24 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 1-N)
- 02/07/24 House: Reported from Appropriations with substitute (14-Y 8-N)
- 02/07/24 House: Committee substitute printed 24106910D-H2
- 02/09/24 House: Read first time
- 02/12/24 House: Read second time
- 02/12/24 House: Committee on Education substitute rejected 24106654D-H1
- 02/12/24 House: Committee on Appropriations substitute agreed to 24106910D-H2
- 02/12/24 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1247H2
- 02/13/24 House: Read third time and passed House (58-Y 41-N)
- 02/13/24 House: VOTE: Passage (58-Y 41-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 24108256D-S1
- 02/29/24 Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 03/04/24 Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 1-N)
- 03/05/24 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 03/06/24 Senate: Read third time
- 03/06/24 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 03/06/24 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 24108256D-S1
- 03/06/24 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1247S1
- 03/06/24 Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 1-N)
- 03/07/24 House: Senate substitute rejected by House 24108256D-S1 (0-Y 99-N)
- 03/07/24 House: VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 99-N)
- 03/07/24 Senate: Senate receded from substitute (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/25/24 House: Enrolled
- 03/25/24 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1247ER)
- 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
- 04/08/24 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 743 (effective 7/1/24)
- 04/08/24 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0743)