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CS/SB 862: Parent Empowerment in Education

GENERAL BILL by Appropriations ; Stargel

Parent Empowerment in Education; Providing that parents who have a student in a public school that is implementing a turnaround option may petition to have a particular turnaround option implemented; requiring the school district to notify parents of a public school student being taught by an out-of-field teacher or by a teacher with an unsatisfactory performance rating; creating the Parent Empowerment Act; requiring the school district to consider the turnaround option on the valid petition with the most signatures at a publicly noticed school board meeting, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2013
Last Action: 4/29/2013 Senate - Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 7009 (Ch. 2013-250) -SJ 752
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Education (ED)
  2. Appropriations Subcommittee on Education (AED)
  3. Appropriations (AP)

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  • Bill History

  • CS/SB 862, Committee Substitute 1 (Current Bill Version) Posted 4/25/2013 at 12:19 PM

  • SB 862, Original Filed Version Posted 2/13/2013 at 7:26 PM