TO AUTHORIZE AN INCORPORATED TOWN OR A CITY OF THE SECOND CLASS TO PETITION THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A LOCAL PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OR SATELLITE SCHOOL UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS.
House Bill 1966 authorizes incorporated towns or cities of the second class to petition for the establishment of a local public elementary school or satellite school. This option is available if the area's school district resulted from a consolidation within the last 20 years and previously included an elementary school. The town or city, along with parents and guardians, must first appeal to the receiving school district board of directors. If the local board approves, they then jointly appeal to the State Board of Education for the school's establishment. Any school created under this act would be part of the receiving district, with the possibility of in-kind contributions from the town or city.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2025
Committee Review
Apr 2025
House Passage
Apr 2025
Senate Passage
Apr 2025
Signed into Law
Apr 2025
Introduced Apr 1, 2025
Signed Apr 21, 2025
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Act 914
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MINOR
The bill text was reformatted from Act 914 to HB 1966, removing the approval date and adding blank lines. No substantive policy changes were made to the legislative content itself.
TECHNICAL
Removed the approval date (4/21/25) that was present in the previous Act 914 version.
Added blank lines at the beginning of the document for formatting purposes.
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
13
Key actions
7
Committee
2
Apr 21, 2025
Signed into law
Notification that HB1966 is now Act 914
lower
Apr 16, 2025
Lower · Passed
Returned from the Senate as passed.
lower
Apr 16, 2025
Upper · Passed
Returned to the House as passed.
upper
Apr 16, 2025
Upper · Passed
Read the third time and passed.
upper
Apr 14, 2025
Upper · Passed
Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass
upper
Apr 9, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
lower
Apr 8, 2025
Lower · Passed
Returned by the Committee Do Pass
lower
Apr 1, 2025
Introduced
Filed
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
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Lincoln Barnett
DDemocratic
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