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2012 Regular Session

House Bill 933

Special Needs Charter School; establish for exceptional children in each school district.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Education Committee on March 6, 2012. The 2012 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO REQUIRE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A SPECIAL NEEDS 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 SPECIAL NEEDS 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 SPECIAL NEEDS CHARTER SCHOOLS TO ACCEPT FUNDS FROM PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SOURCES; TO PROVIDE THAT SPECIAL NEEDS 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 SPECIAL NEEDS 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

1 co-sponsor

Kelvin Buck

Its course

February 20 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 20 to Mar 6 · stopped15 days

EducationFeb 20 to Mar 6 · stopped15 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.

In the House of Representatives Feb 20 – Mar 6

  1. Referred to the House committee on Education
  2. Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published