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CS/HB 1159: Education

GENERAL BILL by Education and Employment Committee ; Busatta Cabrera ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) McClain

Education; Authorizing a parent or guardian to request that his or her K-5 student be retained in a grade level for academic reasons for a specified school year; requiring that such a request be submitted in a specified manner; requiring school principals to consider such requests if they are timely received; authorizing school principals to consider requests that are not timely received; requiring a school principal who considers a request for retention to inform the student's teachers of the request and collaboratively discuss with the parent or guardian any basis for agreement or disagreement with the request; requiring the Commissioner of Education to provide learning growth data calculated in accordance with a certain formula to each school district by a specified date each year; revising the minimum qualifications for part-time and full-time nondegreed teachers of career programs; revising the criteria for the Department of Education to issue a professional certificate; revising the goals of the program, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2021
Last Action: 7/6/2021 - Chapter No. 2021-228; companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 7011 (Ch. 2021-9), CS/CS/SB 1028 (Ch. 2021-35)
Bill Text: PDF



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
2/19/2021 House • Filed
2/28/2021 House • Referred to Secondary Education & Career Development Subcommittee
• Referred to Post-Secondary Education & Lifelong Learning Subcommittee
• Referred to Education & Employment Committee
• Now in Secondary Education & Career Development Subcommittee
3/2/2021 House • 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
3/19/2021 House • Added to Secondary Education & Career Development Subcommittee agenda
3/23/2021 House • Favorable by Secondary Education & Career Development Subcommittee
• Reported out of Secondary Education & Career Development Subcommittee
• Now in Post-Secondary Education & Lifelong Learning Subcommittee
3/30/2021 House • Added to Post-Secondary Education & Lifelong Learning Subcommittee agenda
4/1/2021 House • Favorable by Post-Secondary Education & Lifelong Learning Subcommittee
• Reported out of Post-Secondary Education & Lifelong Learning Subcommittee
• Now in Education & Employment Committee
4/13/2021 House • Added to Education & Employment Committee agenda
4/15/2021 House • Favorable with CS by Education & Employment Committee
• Reported out of Education & Employment Committee
• Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
• CS Filed
• 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
4/16/2021 House • Bill referred to House Calendar
• Added to Second Reading Calendar
4/18/2021 House • Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/21/2021)
4/21/2021 House • Read 2nd time
• Placed on 3rd reading
• Added to Third Reading Calendar
4/22/2021 House • Read 3rd time
• CS passed; YEAS 115, NAYS 0
4/22/2021 Senate • In Messages
4/22/2021 House • Message sent to senate
4/22/2021 Senate • Referred to Appropriations -SJ 651
• Received -SJ 651
4/26/2021 Senate • Withdrawn from Appropriations -SJ 688
• Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
• Substituted for CS/CS/SB 934 -SJ 688
• Read 2nd time -SJ 688
• Amendment(s) adopted (523776, 925196) -SJ 688
• Read 3rd time -SJ 689
• CS passed as amended; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 -SJ 689
4/26/2021 House • In Messages
4/29/2021 House • Added to Senate Message List
• Amendment 925196 Concur
• Amendment 523776 Concur
• CS passed as amended; YEAS 114, NAYS 0
• Ordered engrossed, then enrolled
• Message sent to senate
6/28/2021 • Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
6/29/2021 • Approved by Governor
7/6/2021 • Chapter No. 2021-228; companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 7011 (Ch. 2021-9), CS/CS/SB 1028 (Ch. 2021-35)