Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Education Committee on March 6, 2012. The 2012 session has ended.
2012 Regular Session
House Bill 344
Specialized charter school; establish for exceptional children in each school district.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO REQUIRE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A SPECIALIZED CHARTER SCHOOL FOR THE EDUCATION OF EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN IN EACH LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT; TO DEFINE CERTAIN TERMS USED IN THIS ACT; TO PRESCRIBE THE CONTENTS THAT MUST BE INCLUDED IN LOCAL SCHOOL BOARDS' PETITIONS REQUESTING CHARTER SCHOOL STATUS; TO REQUIRE THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS CONCERNING THE SUBMISSION OF PETITIONS AND THE OPERATION OF SPECIALIZED CHARTER SCHOOLS; TO PRESCRIBE CERTAIN PROVISIONS THAT MUST BE INCLUDED IN THE TERMS OF EACH CHARTER; TO PROVIDE THAT INITIAL CHARTERS MUST BE FOR A TERM OF FOUR YEARS AND TO AUTHORIZE RENEWAL OF THE CHARTERS; TO AUTHORIZE SPECIALIZED CHARTER SCHOOLS TO ACCEPT FUNDS FROM PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SOURCES; TO PROVIDE THAT SPECIALIZED CHARTER SCHOOL EMPLOYEES ARE EMPLOYEES OF THE LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT; TO REQUIRE THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO ANNUALLY REPORT TO THE LEGISLATURE ON THE SPECIALIZED CHARTER SCHOOL PROGRAM; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the House of Representatives
Sponsor
Its course
February 13 to March 6, 2012, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Every action2 actions on 2 days
In the House of RepresentativesFeb 13 to Mar 6 · stopped22 days
EducationFeb 13 to Mar 6 · stopped22 days
Text
Each version as the Legislature printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.