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Legislation


1999 Regular Session

HOUSE BILL 962

File Code: Primary and Secondary Education
Sponsored By:
Delegates Zirkin, Dewberry, Hurson, Kopp, Morhaim, Finifter, R. Baker, Marriott, Barve, Minnick, Montague, Barkley, Doory, Hecht, Malone, Benson, DeCarlo, Ports, Menes, Hubbard, Rzepkowski, O'Donnell, Stull, Grosfeld, Nathan-Pulliam, Cane, Kach, Klausmeier, Moe, Bronrott, Mohorovic, Giannetti, Turner, Carlson, Valderrama, Rosenberg, Paige, Swain, Frush, D'Amato, McHale, Phillips, A. Jones, Rosso, Riley, Dypski, Mandel, Griffith, Stocksdale, Kirk, Hubers, Pitkin, Oaks, Patterson, Goldwater, Petzold, La Vay, Hammen, Pendergrass, Boschert, Sher, Brown, Bartlett, Amedori, Hill, Kagan, and Dembrow
Entitled:
Education - Class Size Reduction Program - Establishment

Synopsis:

Establishing the Class Size Reduction Program to limit the class size in kindergarten through grade 3 to 18 students for core curriculum classes in a participating county within 10 years; requiring the Department of Education to administer the Program; authorizing a county board to submit a Comprehensive Class Size Reduction Plan to the Department for approval; requiring the Department to appropriate funds to implement the Plan; establishing required and discretionary measures to be included in a participating county board's plan; etc.

History by Legislative Date

House Action
2/12
First Reading Ways and Means
2/17
Hearing 2/23 at 11:00 a.m.
3/22
Unfavorable Report by Ways and Means
Senate Action
No Action
Sponsored by:
Delegate Robert A. Zirkin, District 11
Delegate Carmen Amedori, District 5
Delegate Rushern L. Baker, III, District 22B
Delegate Charles Barkley, District 39
Delegate Joseph R. Bartlett, District 3
Delegate Kumar P. Barve, District 17
Delegate Joanne C. Benson, District 24
Delegate David Boschert, District 33
Delegate William A. Bronrott, District 16
Delegate Anthony Brown, District 25
Delegate Rudolph C. Cane, District 37A
Delegate Paul Carlson, District 39
Delegate Richard D'Amato, District 30
Delegate Diane DeCarlo, District 6
Delegate Dana Lee Dembrow, District 20
Delegate Thomas E. Dewberry, District 47B
Delegate Ann Marie Doory, District 43
Delegate Cornell N. Dypski, District 46
Delegate Michael J. Finifter, District 11
Delegate Barbara Frush, District 21
Delegate John A. Giannetti, Jr., District 13B
Delegate Marilyn R. Goldwater, District 16
Delegate Melony Griffith, District 25
Delegate Sharon M. Grosfeld, District 18
Delegate Peter A. Hammen, District 46
Delegate C. Sue Hecht, District 3
Delegate Kerry Hill, District 26
Delegate James W. Hubbard, District 23
Delegate Nancy Hubers, District 6
Delegate John Adams Hurson, District 18
Delegate Adrienne A. Jones, District 10
Delegate A. Wade Kach, District 9A
Delegate Cheryl C. Kagan, District 17
Delegate Ruth M. Kirk, District 44
Delegate Katherine Klausmeier, District 8
Delegate Nancy K. Kopp, District 16
Delegate Richard La Vay, District 15
Delegate James E. Malone, Jr., District 12A
Delegate Adrienne A. Mandel, District 19
Delegate Salima Siler Marriott, District 40
Delegate Brian K. McHale, District 47A
Delegate Pauline H. Menes, District 21
Delegate Joseph J. Minnick, District 7
Delegate Brian R. Moe, District 21
Delegate Jacob J. Mohorovic, Jr., District 7
Delegate Kenneth C. Montague, Jr., District 43
Delegate Dan K. Morhaim, District 11
Delegate Shirley Nathan-Pulliam, District 10
Delegate Nathaniel T. Oaks, District 41
Delegate Anthony J. O'Donnell, District 29C
Delegate Jeffrey A. Paige, District 44
Delegate Obie Patterson, District 26
Delegate Shane E. Pendergrass, District 13A
Delegate Carol Stoker Petzold, District 19
Delegate Wendell F. Phillips, District 41
Delegate Joan B. Pitkin, District 23
Delegate James F. Ports, Jr., District 8
Delegate B. Daniel Riley, District 34
Delegate Samuel I. Rosenberg, District 42
Delegate Mary Rosso, District 31
Delegate James E. Rzepkowski, District 32
Delegate Tod David Sher, District 14A
Delegate Nancy Reter Stocksdale, District 5
Delegate Paul S. Stull, District 4A
Delegate Darren M. Swain, District 24
Delegate Frank S. Turner, District 13A
Delegate David M. Valderrama, District 26
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
APPROPRIATIONS
COUNTIES -see also- CHARTERED COUNTIES; CODE COUNTIES
EDUCATION, BOARDS OF
EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF
EDUCATION -see also- PUBLIC SCHOOLS; SPECIAL ED.; HIGHER ED.
PENALTIES
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
STUDENTS
SUNSET
TEACHERS
Bill affects the following Statutes:
Education
( 2-205 , 5-208.1 , 5-301 )

Documents:

Bill Text: First Reading (PDF), Third Reading, Enrolled
Fiscal Note: Available (PDF)

Amendments: None offered
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