Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Education Committee on March 5, 2024. The 2024 session has ended.
2024 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2664
Fund Rural Education Evenly Act (FREE) Act; enact.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO ENACT THE FUND RURAL EDUCATION EVENLY ACT OR FREE ACT; TO DEFINE TERMS; TO CREATE THE FUND RURAL EDUCATION EVENLY GRANT PROGRAM TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION FOR THE PURPOSE OF ENSURING RURAL SCHOOLS RECEIVE THE NECESSARY FUNDS TO CONSTRUCT, UPGRADE OR RENOVATE CAMPUS BUILDINGS; TO PROVIDE THAT EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL RECEIVE A MINIMUM AMOUNT UNDER THE GRANT PROGRAM; TO PROVIDE THAT THE REMAINING FUNDS IN THE GRANT PROGRAM SHALL BE DISTRIBUTED UPON APPLICATION; TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT TO PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS TO ADMINISTER THE GRANT PROGRAM; TO CREATE THE FREE ACT FUND AS A SPECIAL FUND IN THE STATE TREASURY; TO PROVIDE THAT MONIES APPROPRIATED OUT OF THE FUND MAY BE USED TO REIMBURSE ACTUAL OVERSIGHT COSTS UP TO A CERTAIN AMOUNT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
Its course
February 19 to March 5, 2024, 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 SenateFeb 19 to Mar 5 · stopped15 days
EducationFeb 19 to Mar 5 · 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 Senate Feb 19 – Mar 5
- Feb 19Referred to the Senate committees on Education and on Appropriations
- Mar 5Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Feb 19Referred To Education;AppropriationsSenate
- Mar 5Died In CommitteeSenate