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CS/HB 751: Education

GENERAL BILL by Select Committee on Transforming Florida Schools ; Diaz de la Portilla ; Lynn ; Melvin ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Roberts-Burke ; Feeney ; Cantens ; Kilmer ; Lacasa ; Andrews ; Jones ; Patterson ; Warner ; Farkas ; Sorensen ; Goodlette ; Alexander ; Greene ; Putnam ; Valdes

Education; (THIS BILL COMBINES H751,753,755) revises provisions re authority of State Board of Education to enforce school improvement; requires private school opportunity scholarships to be provided to certain public school students; requires DOE to develop system to measure annual pupil progress; provides for identification of schools by performance grade category according to student & school performance data, etc. Amends FS.

Effective Date: 06/21/1999 except as otherwise provided
Last Action: 6/21/1999 - Approved by Governor; Chapter No. 99-398
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
2/12/1999 House • Prefiled; Referred to Select Committee on Transforming Florida Schools; On Committee agenda-- Select Committee on Transforming Florida Schools, 02/22/99, 1:00 pm, Reed Hall --Discussion; On Committee agenda-- Select Committee on Transforming Florida Schools, 02/24/99, 2:00 pm, Reed Hall --Meeting cancelled
3/1/1999 House • On Committee agenda-- Select Committee on Transforming Florida Schools, 03/03/99, 3:30 pm, Reed Hall
3/2/1999 House • Introduced, referred to Select Committee on Transforming Florida Schools -HJ 00066; On Committee agenda-- Select Committee on Transforming Florida Schools, 02/22/99, 1:00 pm, Reed Hall --Discussion; On Committee agenda-- Select Committee on Transforming Florida Schools, 02/24/99, 2:00 pm, Reed Hall --Meeting cancelled; On Committee agenda-- Select Committee on Transforming Florida Schools, 03/03/99, 3:30 pm, Reed Hall
3/3/1999 House • CS combines this bill with 753 & 755; Comm. Action:-CS by Select Committee on Transforming Florida Schools -HJ 00251
3/9/1999 House • CS read first time on 03/09/99 -HJ 00248
3/5/1999 House • Pending review of CS under Rule 113
3/8/1999 House • CS referred to Education Appropriations (FRC) -HJ 00248
3/15/1999 House • On Committee agenda-- Education Appropriations (FRC), 03/16/99, 3:00 pm, 212K
3/16/1999 House • Comm. Action:-Favorable with 1 amendment(s) by Education Appropriations (FRC) -HJ 00333
3/17/1999 House • Placed on Calendar -HJ 00333
3/24/1999 House • Placed on Special Order Calendar; Read second time -HJ 00337; Amendment(s) adopted -HJ 00339; Amendment pending -HJ 00347; Amendment(s) failed -HJ 00348; Pending amendment abandoned -HJ 00358
3/25/1999 House • Read third time -HJ 00390; Amendment(s) adopted -HJ 00391; Amendment(s) failed -HJ 00392; CS passed as amended; YEAS 71 NAYS 49 -HJ 00393
3/26/1999 Senate • In Messages
3/30/1999 Senate • Received, referred to Education; Fiscal Policy -SJ 00424
4/13/1999 Senate • Withdrawn from Education; Fiscal Policy -SJ 00489; Placed on Special Order Calendar -SJ 00489
4/15/1999 Senate • Placed on Special Order Calendar -SJ 00512, -SJ 00575; Read second time -SJ 00534; Amendment(s) adopted -SJ 00536, -SJ 00574
4/16/1999 Senate • Read third time -SJ 00588; CS passed as amended; YEAS 26 NAYS 14 -SJ 00590; Immediately certified -SJ 00590
4/16/1999 House • In returning messages
4/21/1999 House • Was taken up -HJ 00632; Refused to concur -HJ 00633; Conference Committee appointed: Reps. Lynn, Chair; Diaz de la Portilla, Feeney, Melvin, Roberts; Alternate: Logan -HJ 00671
4/21/1999 Senate • In returning messages
4/22/1999 Senate • Was taken up -SJ 00652; Refused to recede, acceded to request for conference committee -SJ 00654; Conference Committee appointed: Senators Cowin, Chair; Horne, Lee, Sullivan, Webster; Alternate: McKay -SJ 00654
4/22/1999 House • In returning messages
4/28/1999 House • Conference Committee Report received -HJ 01516; Conference Committee Report adopted -HJ 01555; Passed as amended by Conference Committee Report; YEAS 70 NAYS 48 -HJ 01555
4/28/1999 Senate • In returning messages
4/30/1999 Senate • Conference Committee Report received -SJ 01703; Conference Committee Report adopted -SJ 01743; Passed as amended by Conference Committee Report; YEAS 25 NAYS 15 -SJ 01743
4/30/1999 House • Ordered engrossed, then enrolled -HJ 02194
6/15/1999 • Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
6/21/1999 • Approved by Governor; Chapter No. 99-398