SCHOOLS/CHARTER: Removes requirements that charter schools meet a certain threshold with respect to the number of students with exceptionalities and economically disadvantaged students relative to its total student enrollment
This bill modifies state rules for charter schools by removing the mandate that they must enroll a specific percentage of students with disabilities or from economically disadvantaged backgrounds. Currently, charter schools are required to match the demographic composition of the surrounding district, but this legislation eliminates that requirement. The change allows charter schools to set their own student enrollment numbers without these specific diversity thresholds. This policy adjustment directly affects the operational guidelines for charter school operators and the demographic makeup of their student bodies.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2024
Committee Review
May 2024
House Passage
May 2024
Senate Passage
May 2024
Signed into Law
Jun 2024
Introduced Mar 1, 2024
Signed Jun 18, 2024
Floor votes · Senate May 28, 2024 · House Mar 27, 2024
How they voted
28–7
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 37
May 28, 2024
D
Democratic12
58% Nay
R
Republican25
96% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
24
Key actions
5
Committee
5
May 29, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read by title, roll called, yeas 89, nays 6, Senate amendments concurred in.
lower
May 28, 2024
Upper · Passed
Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 30 yeas and 7 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
May 6, 2024
Committee
Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
May 1, 2024
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. Reported with amendments.
upper
Mar 27, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 66, nays 33. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Mar 21, 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
Barbara Freiberg
RRepublican
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