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CS/SB 850: Schools/Instructional Materials

GENERAL BILL by Education ; Cowin

Schools/Instructional Materials; prescribes duty of school boards to provide instructional materials; defines term "adequate instructional materials"; changes references to DOE to Education Commissioner re certain duties re selection & adoption of said materials; establishes procedures for determining accuracy of instructional materials, correcting errors in content, & removing inaccurate instructional materials from state-adopted list, etc. Amends Chs. 233, 230, 229.512.

Effective Date: 06/15/2000
Last Action: 6/15/2000 - Approved by Governor; Chapter No. 2000-291
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Bill History

Date Chamber Action
12/29/1999 Senate • Prefiled
1/6/2000 Senate • Referred to Education; Fiscal Policy
1/11/2000 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Education, 01/18/00, 12:30 pm, 412-K
1/18/2000 Senate • Comm. Action: CS by Education; YEAS 9 NAYS 0
1/20/2000 Senate • Now in Fiscal Policy
3/7/2000 Senate • Introduced, referred to Education; Fiscal Policy -SJ 00053; On Committee agenda-- Education, 01/18/00, 12:30 pm, 412-K; Comm. Action: CS by Education; YEAS 9 NAYS 0 -SJ 00009; CS read first time on 03/07/00 -SJ 00122; Now in Fiscal Policy -SJ 00009
3/8/2000 Senate • Withdrawn from Fiscal Policy -SJ 00135; Placed on Calendar
3/21/2000 Senate • Placed on Special Order Calendar -SJ 00235
3/22/2000 Senate • Placed on Special Order Calendar -SJ 00251; Read second time -SJ 00270; Amendment(s) adopted -SJ 00270; Ordered engrossed -SJ 00270
3/29/2000 Senate • Read third time -SJ 00287; CS passed as amended; YEAS 36 NAYS 0 -SJ 00287; Immediately certified -SJ 00287
3/29/2000 House • In Messages
5/4/2000 House • Received -HJ 01541; Read second time -HJ 01542; Amendment(s) adopted -HJ 01542; Read third time -HJ 01547; CS passed as amended; YEAS 113 NAYS 0 -HJ 01547
5/4/2000 Senate • In returning messages
5/5/2000 Senate • Was taken up -SJ 01155; Concurred -SJ 01161; CS passed as amended; YEAS 36 NAYS 0 -SJ 01161; Ordered engrossed, then enrolled -SJ 01161
6/1/2000 • Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
6/15/2000 • Approved by Governor; Chapter No. 2000-291