Education matters.
Summary
Requires the state board of education (state board) to adopt administrative rules to allow an organization to provide credit under a Core 40 curriculum model for alternative programs in which students obtain credit counting toward the student's graduation requirements from nonschool educational experience that applies or incorporates content area knowledge in lieu of a required or elective course in the Core 40 curriculum model.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2021
Committee Review
Mar 2021
Senate Passage
Feb 2021
House Passage
Mar 2021
Signed into Law
Apr 2021
Introduced Mar 31, 2021
Signed Apr 19, 2021
Floor votes · House Mar 23, 2021
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
22
Key actions
5
Committee
3
Amendments
3
Apr 19, 2021
Signed into law
Signed by the Governor
executive
Apr 1, 2021
Amended
Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 315: yeas 47, nays 1
upper
Mar 31, 2021
Introduced
Motion to concur filed
upper
Mar 24, 2021
Amended
Returned to the Senate with amendments
lower
Mar 23, 2021
Lower · Passed
Third reading: passed; Roll Call 291: yeas 92, nays 2
lower
Mar 18, 2021
Lower · Passed
Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
lower
Feb 24, 2021
Committee
Referred to the House
upper
Feb 23, 2021
Upper · Passed
Third reading: passed; Roll Call 179: yeas 39, nays 9
upper
Feb 22, 2021
Amended
Amendment #1 (Ford J.D.) failed; Roll Call 143: yeas 13, nays 34
upper
Feb 18, 2021
Upper · Passed
Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
upper
3 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Dennis Kruse
RRepublican
P
Jeff Raatz
RRepublican
P
TC
Tony Cook
RRepublican
Co
Dale DeVon
RRepublican
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