College partnership laboratory schools; application and establishment. (HB346)

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✓	Introduced
☐	Passed Committee
☐	Passed House
☐	Passed Senate
☐	Signed by Governor
☐	Became Law

Description

College partnership laboratory schools; application and establishment. Permits any public institution of higher education, private institution of higher education, or private business to apply to the Board of Education (the Board) to establish a college partnership laboratory school as a new school or through the conversion of all or part of an existing school. Under current law, only public and private institutions of higher education that operate approved teacher education programs are permitted to apply to the Board to establish such a school and no explicit provision is made for the conversion of an existing school. The bill requires the Board, in reviewing such applications, to give substantial preference to any application from a historically black college or university and any application to establish a college partnership laboratory school in an underserved community, which the bill defines as a geographical area that is served by public schools in which a high percentage of students are eligible to receive free or reduced-price lunch, as determined by the Board. Read the Bill »

Status

01/26/2022: Awaiting a Vote in the Education Committee

History

Date	Action
01/11/2022	Committee
01/11/2022	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22104002D
01/11/2022	Referred to Committee on Education
01/26/2022	Assigned Education sub: Early Childhood/Innovation