Wondering what your legislators are doing outside of the budget? Here's a list of some of the pending bills concerning education and public schools.
- HB 2112 Financial literacy education; school board to require 12 classroom hours for graduation thereof.
- HB 2082 Early Graduation Incentive Grant Program; established.
- HB 2089 School boards, local; grievance procedure.
- HB 2090 School calendar; adds to good cause circumstances for which school divisions may be granted waiver.
- HB 2093 Composite index, local; adjustment for state share of basic aid for certain school divisions.
- HB 2070 Classroom placement of twins or multiples; school board to develop policies to allow parental input.
- HB 2146 Retirement System; adds school board members to membership.
- HB 2151 Retention of energy savings; school boards required to prepare approved energy conservation.
- HB 2166 Schools; delayed implementation of certain statutes, etc. upon which accreditation is based.
- HB 2333 P-16 Education Council; makes permanent advisory council within executive branch.
- HB 2409 Holocaust education; Board of Education to establish objectives therefor.
- HB 2474 Planning time for school teachers; school boards to ensure elementary school teachers are provided.
- HB 2530 Secondary school teachers; required to complete course on current structure & historic development.
- HJ 641 School choice programs; joint subcommittee to study programs for secondary school students.
- HJ 706 High school graduation; joint subcommittee to study ways to increase rate in State.
- SB 814 Retirement System; changes formula for purchase of service by school division superintendents.
- SB 902 Confidentiality of law-enforcement records; disclosures to school principal.
- SB 1218 Juveniles; transmission of reports to school superintendent by probation officers.
- SB 1322 Food allergies; Board of Education to establish guidelines for managing children in public schools.
- SB 1340 School teachers as witnesses; party in any case involving custody of minor child may have subpoena.
- SB 1466 Standards of Quality; school division to use state and local funds for elementary resource teachers.
- SB 1521 Economics education and financial literacy; repeals requirement in middle and high schools.
- SJ 313 Public schools; joint subcommittee to study ways to promote and ensure early reading proficiency.
