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CS/CS/CS/SB 1702: Education

GENERAL BILL by Rules ; Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education ; Education Pre-K - 12 ; Burgess

Education; Specifying sufficient notice and prior warning for immediate arrest and prosecution for school bus trespassing; authorizing a private school in a county that meets certain criteria to construct new facilities on certain property; requiring a charter school sponsor to use a standard monitoring tool to monitor and review a charter school; authorizing a student in a full-time virtual instruction program to participate on an interscholastic athletic team at a public school in the school district in which the student resides or to develop an agreement to participate at a private school; requiring the Commissioner of Education to coordinate with school districts selected by the department to implement a policy for a specified school year prohibiting the use of cell phones while on school grounds or engaged in certain activities off school grounds, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Last Action: 4/24/2025 Senate - Retained on Special Order Calendar -SJ 553
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Education Pre-K - 12 (ED)
  2. Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education (AED)
  3. Rules (RC)



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
2/28/2025 Senate • Filed
3/7/2025 Senate • Referred to Education Pre-K - 12; Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education; Rules
3/10/2025 Senate • Introduced
3/20/2025 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Education Pre-K - 12, 03/25/25, 11:00 am, 412 Knott Building --Not Considered
3/26/2025 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Education Pre-K - 12, 03/31/25, 4:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
3/31/2025 Senate • CS by Education Pre-K - 12; YEAS 7 NAYS 2
4/2/2025 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
• Now in Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education
• CS by Education Pre-K - 12 read 1st time
4/7/2025 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education, 04/10/25, 8:30 am, 37 Senate Building
4/10/2025 Senate • CS/CS by Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
4/14/2025 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
• Now in Rules
• CS/CS by Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education read 1st time
• On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/16/25, 8:30 am, 412 Knott Building
4/16/2025 Senate • CS/CS/CS by- Rules; YEAS 22 NAYS 1
4/17/2025 Senate • Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
• Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
4/21/2025 Senate • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/23/25
4/22/2025 Senate • CS/CS/CS by Rules read 1st time
4/23/2025 Senate • Retained on Special Order Calendar
4/24/2025 Senate • Retained on Special Order Calendar -SJ 553