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.
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 |