Public schools; enrollment, certain children placed in foster care.
Summary
School enrollment; students formerly in foster care. Provides for the immediate enrollment of any student who was in foster care upon reaching 18 years of age but who has not yet reached 22 years of age for whom the local department of social services or child-placing agency is unable to produce documents normally required for enrollment. Under current law, an exception to the requirement for such documentation is provided only to students currently in foster care.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Feb 2020
Senate Passage
Jan 2020
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2020
Signed into Law
Mar 2020
Introduced Jan 3, 2020
Signed Mar 25, 2020
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
29
Key actions
8
Committee
7
Amendments
2
Mar 25, 2020
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 475 (effective 7/1/20)
executive
Feb 24, 2020
Introduced
House amendment agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 20, 2020
Lower · Passed
Passed House with amendment BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 20, 2020
Introduced
Engrossed by House as amended
lower
Feb 20, 2020
Lower · Passed
Committee amendment agreed to
lower
Feb 17, 2020
Lower · Passed
Reported from Education with amendment (22-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 12, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education
lower
Jan 14, 2020
Upper · Passed
Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 13, 2020
Upper · Passed
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB275S1
upper
Jan 13, 2020
Upper · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 20105415D-S1
upper
Jan 9, 2020
Upper · Passed
Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 3, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
upper
Jan 3, 2020
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101876D
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
GB
George Barker
DDemocratic
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