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CS/CS/SB 554: Disability Awareness

GENERAL BILL by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs ; Education Pre-K - 12 ; Ring ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Fasano

Disability Awareness; Requiring that each district school board provide disability history and awareness instruction in all K-12 public schools; requiring that the Department of Education assist in creating the curriculum for the disability history and awareness instruction; creating the Disability History and Awareness Advisory Council within the Department of Education; requiring that the department act as the fiscal agent for all financial transactions required by the council, etc.

Effective Date: upon becoming a law
 Last Action: 3/9/2012 Senate - Died in Budget Subcommittee on Education Pre-K - 12 Appropriations
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Education Pre-K - 12 (ED)
  2. Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (CF)
  3. Budget Subcommittee on Education Pre-K - 12 Appropriations (BEA)
  4. Budget (BC)


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Bill History

Date Chamber Action
10/14/2011 Senate • Filed
11/2/2011 Senate • Referred to Education Pre-K - 12; Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Budget -SJ 48
12/21/2011 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Education Pre-K - 12, 01/09/12, 10:00 am, 301 Senate Office Building
1/9/2012 Senate • CS by Education Pre-K - 12; YEAS 6 NAYS 0 -SJ 112
• Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
1/10/2012 Senate • Introduced -SJ 48
• CS by Education Pre-K - 12 read 1st time -SJ 104
1/11/2012 Senate • Now in Children, Families, and Elder Affairs -SJ 112
1/20/2012 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 01/25/12, 3:30 pm, 401 Senate Office Building --Temporarily Postponed
2/6/2012 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 02/09/12, 1:15 pm, 401 Senate Office Building
2/9/2012 Senate • CS/CS by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; YEAS 4 NAYS 1 -SJ 500
2/10/2012 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
2/13/2012 Senate • Now in Budget -SJ 500
• CS/CS by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs read 1st time -SJ 502
2/14/2012 Senate • Subreferred to Budget Subcommittee on Education Pre-K - 12 Appropriations -SJ 518
• Now in Budget Subcommittee on Education Pre-K - 12 Appropriations
3/9/2012 Senate • Died in Budget Subcommittee on Education Pre-K - 12 Appropriations