AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- STATE DEPARTMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION (Requires district and independent charter schools to use a random selection process to select eligible public school students who would be invited to attend the charter school and allows a parent to decline the invitation.)
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2022
Committee Review
May 2022
House Passage
May 2022
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 20, 2022
Last action May 27, 2022
Floor votes · House May 25, 2022
How they voted
55–9
Passed · 8 other
Total votes 72
May 25, 2022
D
Democratic63
87% Yea
R
Republican9
100% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
9
Key actions
2
Committee
3
May 27, 2022
Committee
05/27/2022 Referred to Senate Education
upper
May 25, 2022
Lower · Passed
05/25/2022 House passed Sub A
lower
May 18, 2022
Legislature · Passed
05/18/2022 Committee recommends passage of Sub A
legislature
Apr 11, 2022
Committee
04/11/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
legislature
Jan 20, 2022
Introduced
01/20/2022 Introduced, referred to House Education
lower
10 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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