EDUCATION: Provides relative to student instruction requirements (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
This bill amends existing education laws to clarify how the state tracks and manages student instruction requirements. It directs the Department of Education to maintain a list of all instructional requirements mandated by law, replacing previous references to a database. The legislation also establishes a rule that any new instruction requirement must be balanced by removing another requirement of equal time commitment to prevent an increase in total instructional hours. Additionally, the bill updates the legal citation used for these provisions and adjusts the formatting of the statute's text.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2024
Committee Review
May 2024
House Passage
Apr 2024
Senate Passage
May 2024
Signed into Law
Jun 2024
Introduced Mar 1, 2024
Signed Jun 19, 2024
Floor votes · Senate May 23, 2024 · House Apr 4, 2024
How they voted
34–0
Passed · 4 other
Total votes 38
May 23, 2024
D
Democratic12
83% Yea
R
Republican26
92% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
19
Key actions
4
Committee
5
May 23, 2024
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
May 20, 2024
Committee
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
May 16, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably.
upper
Apr 4, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 100, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Mar 27, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported with amendments (13-0).
lower
Mar 11, 2024
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.
lower
Mar 1, 2024
Committee
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Education.
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Troy Romero
RRepublican
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