Education
Summary
Education; Establishing the Graduation Alternative to Traditional Education (GATE) Program within the Department of Education; revising the services to which the one-stop delivery system is intended to provide access; requiring a student’s certified school counselor or other school personnel to inform the student of opportunities in the GATE Program; requiring district school boards to notify all candidates for the high school equivalency diploma of adult secondary and postsecondary education options, including specified eligibility requirements; creating the GATE Scholarship Program; requiring the department to administer the program, etc.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2024
Committee Review
Mar 2024
Senate Passage
Mar 2024
House Passage
Mar 2024
Signed into Law
May 2024
Introduced Jan 17, 2024
Signed May 9, 2024
Floor votes · Senate Feb 28, 2024 · House Mar 6, 2024
How they voted
40–0
Passed
Total votes 40
Feb 28, 2024
D
Democratic11
100% Yea
I
Independent1
100% Yea
R
Republican28
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
34
Key actions
12
Committee
6
May 9, 2024
Signed into law
Approved by Governor
legislature
Mar 7, 2024
Upper · Passed
CS passed as amended; YEAS 40 NAYS 0
upper
Mar 7, 2024
Upper · Passed
Concurred in 3 amendment(s) (089309, 133095, 616755)
upper
Mar 6, 2024
Lower · Passed
CS passed as amended; YEAS 112, NAYS 0
lower
Mar 5, 2024
Lower · Passed
Amendment 133095 adopted
lower
Mar 5, 2024
Lower · Passed
Amendment 089309 adopted
lower
Mar 5, 2024
Lower · Passed
Amendment 616755 adopted
lower
Mar 4, 2024
Committee
Bill referred to House Calendar
lower
Feb 28, 2024
Upper · Passed
CS passed; YEAS 40 NAYS 0
upper
Feb 26, 2024
Upper · Passed
Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
upper
Feb 19, 2024
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 02/22/24, 12:00 pm, 110 Senate Building
upper
Jan 17, 2024
Introduced
Introduced
upper
Jan 17, 2024
Committee
Referred to Appropriations
upper
Jan 16, 2024
Upper · Passed
Submitted as Committee Bill and Reported Favorably by Education Postsecondary; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
upper
Jan 11, 2024
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Education Postsecondary, 01/16/24, 11:00 am, 301 Senate Building
upper
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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