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HB 4837: Education

GENERAL BILL by Education Appropriations; Sublette; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Albright; Alexander; Andrews; Argenziano; Arnall; Arnold; Bainter; Ball; Barreiro; Betancourt; Bitner; Bloom; Boyd; Bradley; Brennan; Bronson; Brooks; Brown; Bullard; Burroughs; Bush; Byrd; Carlton; Casey; Chestnut; Clemons; Constantine; Cosgrove; Crady; Crist; Crow; Culp; Dawson-White; Dennis; Diaz de la Portilla; Dockery; Edwards; Effman; Eggelletion; Fasano; Feeney; Fischer; Flanagan; Frankel; Fuller; Futch; Garcia; Gay; Goode; Gottlieb; Greene; Hafner; Harrington; Healey; Heyman; Hill; Horan; Jacobs; Jones; Kelly; King; Kosmas; Lacasa; Lawson; Lippman; Livingston; Logan; Lynn; Mackenzie; Mackey; Maygarden; Meek; Melvin; Merchant; Miller; Minton; Morroni; Morse; Murman; Ogles; Peaden; Posey; Prewitt; Pruitt; Putnam; Rayson; Reddick; Ritchie; Ritter; Rodriguez-Chomat; Safley; Sanderson; Saunders; Sembler; Silver; Sindler; Smith; Spratt; Stabins; Stafford; Starks; Tamargo; Thrasher; Tobin; Trovillion; Turnbull; Valdes; Villalobos; Wallace; Warner; Wasserman Schultz; Webster; Westbrook; Wiles; Wise; Ziebarth

Education; deletes certain provisions re background check re qualifications of district school system personnel; revises provisions re teaching out-of-field; revises provisions re qualification for temporary certificate; creates additional divisions of DOE; provides show-cause process for violations of probation imposed by Education Practices Commission; creates pilot programs for deregulated public schools in maximum of six counties, etc. Amends FS.

Effective Date: 5/28/1998 5/28/1998
Last Action: 5/28/1998 - Became Law without Governor's Signature; Chapter No. 98-281
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Bill History

Date Chamber Action
4/23/1998 House • Filed; Introduced -HJ 01090
4/24/1998 House • Placed on General Calendar; Read second time -HJ 01136
4/28/1998 House • Read third time -HJ 01503; Passed; YEAS 119 NAYS 0 -HJ 01503
4/28/1998 Senate • In Messages
4/29/1998 Senate • Received, referred to Education; Ways and Means -SJ 01224; Immediately withdrawn from Education; Ways and Means -SJ 01153; Substituted for CS/CS/SB 2258 -SJ 01153; Read second time -SJ 01153; Amendment(s) adopted -SJ 01153; Read third time -SJ 01161; Passed as amended; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 -SJ 01161
4/29/1998 House • In returning messages
4/30/1998 House • Concurred -HJ 01725; Passed as amended; YEAS 112 NAYS 3 -HJ 01734; Ordered engrossed, then enrolled -HJ 01734
5/12/1998 • Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
5/28/1998 • Became Law without Governor's Signature; Chapter No. 98-281