Public Elementary and Secondary Education, Commission on the Future of; established, report. (SB738)
Introduced By
Progress
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Introduced |
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Passed Committee |
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Passed House |
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Passed Senate |
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Signed by Governor |
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Became Law |
Description
Commission on the Future of Public Elementary and Secondary Education established. Establishes the 21-member Commission on the Future of Public Elementary and Secondary Education (the Commission), consisting of seven members of the House Committee on Education, seven members of the Senate, five nonlegislative citizen members, the Superintendent of Public Instruction or his designee, and the Secretary of Education or his designee, for the purpose of ensuring a deliberate, thoughtful, coordinated, and year-round approach to legislative education reform in the Commonwealth. The bill requires the Commission to (i) collaborate with the Board of Education, the Department of Education, the Standards of Learning Innovation Committee, and other interested stakeholders to study (a) the need for revisions to or reorganization of the Standards of Quality with a particular emphasis on the effective use of educational technology, (b) emerging education issues in the Commonwealth, and (c) the future of public elementary and secondary education in the Commonwealth and (ii) establish and appoint members from a variety of stakeholder organizations to subcommittees in distinct subject matter areas. The provisions of the bill sunset on July 1, 2021, and are contingent on funding in a general appropriation act. Read the Bill »
Outcome
History
Date | Action |
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01/10/2018 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101932D |
01/10/2018 | Referred to Committee on Rules |
01/25/2018 | Impact statement from DPB (SB738) |
02/09/2018 | Reported from Rules with amendments (13-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/09/2018 | Rereferred to Finance |
02/12/2018 | Reported from Finance (16-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/13/2018 | Read second time |
02/13/2018 | Reading of amendments waived |
02/13/2018 | Committee amendments agreed to |
02/13/2018 | Engrossed by Senate as amended SB738E |
02/13/2018 | Printed as engrossed 18101932D-E |
02/13/2018 | Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/13/2018 | Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/16/2018 | Impact statement from DPB (SB738E) |
02/19/2018 | Placed on Calendar |
02/19/2018 | Read first time |
02/19/2018 | Referred to Committee on Appropriations |
03/06/2018 | Left in Appropriations |