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CS/HB 51: Schools/Divided Districts

JOINT RESOLUTION by Education/K-12 ; Warner ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Feeney ; Ritter ; Merchant ; Thrasher ; Wasserman Schultz

Schools/Divided Districts; constitutional amendment to provide that counties with 45,000 or more students may be divided into two or more school districts pursuant to general or special law, & subject to local voter approval; provides commission to draw district boundary lines, allocate assets, obligations, debts, & bonded indebtedness, etc. Amends s. 4, Art. IX.

Last Action: 5/1/1998 Senate - Died in Committee on Education
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Bill History

Date Chamber Action
11/22/1996 House • Prefiled
1/9/1997 House • Referred to Education/K-12 (AEC); Rules, Resolutions, & Ethics (PC)
3/4/1997 House • Introduced, referred to Education/K-12 (AEC); Rules, Resolutions, & Ethics (PC) -HJ 00052
3/26/1997 House • On Committee agenda-- Education/K-12 (AEC), 04/01/97, 1:00 pm, 413C
4/1/1997 House • Comm. Action: CS by Education/K-12 (AEC) -HJ 00532
4/11/1997 House • CS read first time on 04/11/97 -HJ 00524; Now in Rules, Resolutions, & Ethics (PC) -HJ 00532
5/2/1997 House • Carried over to 1998 Session pursuant to House Rule 96, In House Committee on Rules, Resolutions, & Ethics (PC)
11/17/1997 House • On Committee agenda-- Rules, Resolutions, & Ethics (PC), 12/01/97, 11:15 am, 413C --Pending reconsideration
1/20/1998 House • On Committee agenda-- Rules, Resolutions, & Ethics (PC), 02/02/98, 10:00 am, 413C --Pending reconsideration
2/2/1998 House • Comm. Action:-Favorable by Rules, Resolutions, & Ethics (PC)
2/10/1998 House • In Academic Excellence Council, pending ranking
3/3/1998 House • CARRIED OVER; Referred to Rules, Resolutions, & Ethics (PC); On Committee agenda-- Rules, Resolutions, & Ethics (PC), 12/01/97, 11:15 am, 413C --Pending reconsideration; On Committee agenda-- Rules, Resolutions, & Ethics (PC), 02/02/98, 10:00 am, 413C --Pending reconsideration; Comm. Action:-Favorable by Rules, Resolutions, & Ethics (PC) -HJ 00081; In Academic Excellence Council, pending ranking -HJ 00081
3/18/1998 House • Placed on Academic Excellence Council Calendar -HJ 00257
3/24/1998 House • Read second time -HJ 00317; Amendment(s) adopted -HJ 00317
3/25/1998 House • Temporarily postponed, on Third Reading -HJ 00347
4/7/1998 House • Read third time -HJ 00454; CS failed to pass; YEAS 68 NAYS 47 -HJ 00454; Motion to reconsider adopted --pending roll call -HJ 00454
4/8/1998 House • CS passed as amended; YEAS 74 NAYS 40 -HJ 00492
4/8/1998 Senate • In Messages
4/15/1998 Senate • Received, referred to Education; Ways and Means; Rules and Calendar -SJ 00489
5/1/1998 Senate • Died in Committee on Education