An Act relative to charter school expansion
This bill modifies state education laws to impose a three-year waiting period if the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education rejects a charter school's request to expand into new school districts. The key provision ensures that a rejected expansion application automatically pauses any future attempts to add new districts to the school's charter for three years. This change directly affects charter schools seeking to grow their geographic reach and the state agency responsible for reviewing those requests.
Bill status
passed
3 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2023
Committee Review
Feb 2024
Senate Passage
Feb 2024
Governor
Introduced Dec 14, 2023
Last action Jul 8, 2024
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate. No roll call record of that vote is available.
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
5
Key actions
1
Committee
2
Feb 5, 2024
Upper · Passed
Senate concurred
upper
Feb 1, 2024
Committee
Reported, referred to the committee on Joint Rules, reported, rules suspended and referred to the committee on Education
lower
Dec 14, 2023
Committee
Referred to the committee on House Rules
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Rich Haggerty
DDemocratic
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