Free public elementary and secondary education; eligibility criteria.
Summary
Requires every person of school age to be deemed to reside in a school division for the purpose of eligibility for free public elementary and secondary education in such school division when all or any portion of the building in which such person resides with certain other individuals or as an emancipated minor is taxable by the locality in which the school division is located. The bill provides that each student who resides on property that is located in more than one school division and who registers for enrollment at a public school in one such school division prior to July 1, 2019, and any sibling of any such student, is deemed to reside in the enrolled school division and is eligible to attend public school in such school division for free.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2019
Committee Review
Feb 2019
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2019
Senate Passage
Feb 2019
Signed into Law
Mar 2019
Introduced Jan 8, 2019
Signed Mar 18, 2019
Floor votes · Senate Feb 15, 2019 · House of Delegates Jan 28, 2019
How they voted
34–0
Passed
Total votes 34
Feb 15, 2019
D
Democratic15
100% Yea
R
Republican19
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
25
Key actions
7
Committee
7
Mar 18, 2019
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 586 (effective 7/1/19)
executive
Feb 19, 2019
Lower · Passed
Passed by for the day
lower
Feb 18, 2019
Upper · Passed
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB2297S1
upper
Feb 18, 2019
Upper · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 19106590D-S1
upper
Feb 15, 2019
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (34-0)
senate
Feb 8, 2019
Committee
Assigned Education sub: Public Education
upper
Feb 4, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
upper
Feb 1, 2019
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (95-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 28, 2019
House Of Delegates · Passed
House of Delegates Vote: pass (21-0)
house of delegates
Jan 21, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education
lower
Jan 21, 2019
Committee
Referred from Finance by voice vote
lower
Jan 8, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on Finance
lower
Jan 8, 2019
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19103220D
lower
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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