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CS/HB 1159: Education

GENERAL BILL by Education and Employment Committee ; Busatta ; (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)
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  • Bill History

  • CS/HB 1159, Enrolled (Current Bill Version) Posted 4/30/2021 at 9:11 AM

  • CS/HB 1159, Engrossed 1 Posted 4/30/2021 at 8:52 AM

  • CS/HB 1159, Committee Substitute 1 Posted 4/15/2021 at 8:21 PM

  • HB 1159, Original Filed Version Posted 2/19/2021 at 2:05 PM