1999 Regular Session

HOUSE BILL 10

CHAPTER NUMBER: 601 File Code: Primary and Secondary Education
Sponsored By:
Delegates Kopp, Taylor, Hixson, Rawlings, Arnick, Busch, Dewberry, Doory, Guns, Harrison, Howard, Hurson, Menes, Montague, Owings, Rosenberg, Vallario, Wood, W. Baker, Benson, Bartlett, Bozman, Brown, Cadden, Carlson, C. Davis, Conroy, Cryor, Donoghue, Finifter, Franchot, Frush, Fulton, Giannetti, Healey, Hecht, Heller, Hubers, James, A. Jones, V. Jones, Kirk, Klausmeier, Krysiak, Love, Marriott, McKee, Moe, Patterson, Petzold, Pitkin, Rzepkowski, Rosso, Rudolph, Shriver, Slade, Sophocleus, and Turner
Entitled:
Commission on Education Finance, Equity, and Excellence

Synopsis:

Establishing a Commission on Education Finance, Equity, and Excellence; requiring the Commission to make recommendations regarding the adequacy and equity of public school funding, the pursuit of excellence in school systems and student performance, the status of current funding initiatives and procedures, and the effect that local property tax policies have on the equitable allocation of public school funding statewide; providing for the membership and staffing of the Commission; and requiring specified reports.

History by Legislative Date

House Action
11/20
Pre-filed
1/13
First Reading Ways and Means
1/27
Hearing 2/16 at 11:00 a.m.
3/1

Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means
3/2
Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
Second Reading Passed with Amendments
3/4
Third Reading Passed (138-0)
4/6
House Concur - Senate Amendments
Third Reading Passed (138-1)
Passed Enrolled
5/27
Signed by the Governor Chapter 601
Senate Action
3/5
First Reading Budget and Taxation & Economic and Environmental Affairs
3/17
Hearing 3/26 at 2:00 p.m.
4/8
Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation
4/7
Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
Second Reading Passed with Amendments
4/8
Third Reading Passed with Amendments (47-0)
Sponsored by:
Delegate Nancy K. Kopp, District 16
Delegate John S. Arnick, District 7
Delegate Wheeler R. Baker, District 36
Delegate Joseph R. Bartlett, District 3
Delegate Joanne C. Benson, District 24
Delegate K. Bennett Bozman, District 38
Delegate Anthony Brown, District 25
Delegate Michael Erin Busch, District 30
Delegate Joan Cadden, District 31
Delegate Paul Carlson, District 39
Delegate Mary A. Conroy, District 23
Delegate Jean B. Cryor, District 15
Delegate Clarence Davis, District 45
Delegate Thomas E. Dewberry, District 47B
Delegate John P. Donoghue, District 2C
Delegate Ann Marie Doory, District 43
Delegate Michael J. Finifter, District 11
Delegate Peter Franchot, District 20
Delegate Barbara Frush, District 21
Delegate Tony Edward Fulton, District 40
Delegate John A. Giannetti, Jr., District 13B
Delegate Ronald A. Guns, District 36
Delegate Hattie N. Harrison, District 45
Delegate Anne Healey, District 22A
Delegate C. Sue Hecht, District 3
Delegate Henry B. Heller, District 19
Delegate Sheila Ellis Hixson, District 20
Delegate Carolyn J. B. Howard, District 24
Delegate Nancy Hubers, District 6
Delegate John Adams Hurson, District 18
Delegate Mary-Dulany James, District 34
Delegate Adrienne A. Jones, District 10
Delegate Verna Jones, District 44
Delegate Ruth M. Kirk, District 44
Delegate Katherine Klausmeier, District 8
Delegate Carolyn J. Krysiak, District 46
Delegate Mary Ann E. Love, District 32
Delegate Salima Siler Marriott, District 40
Delegate Robert A. McKee, District 2A
Delegate Pauline H. Menes, District 21
Delegate Brian R. Moe, District 21
Delegate Kenneth C. Montague, Jr., District 43
Delegate George W. Owings, III, District 27B
Delegate Obie Patterson, District 26
Delegate Carol Stoker Petzold, District 19
Delegate Joan B. Pitkin, District 23
Delegate Howard P. Rawlings, District 40
Delegate Samuel I. Rosenberg, District 42
Delegate Mary Rosso, District 31
Delegate David D. Rudolph, District 35B
Delegate James E. Rzepkowski, District 32
Delegate Mark K. Shriver, District 15
Delegate John F. Slade, III, District 29B
Delegate Theodore Sophocleus, District 32
Delegate Casper R. Taylor, Jr., District 1C
Delegate Frank S. Turner, District 13A
Delegate Joseph F. Vallario, Jr., District 27A
Delegate John F. Wood, Jr., District 29A
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
COMMITTEES AND COMMISSIONS -see also- POLITICAL COMMITTEES
COUNTIES -see also- CHARTERED COUNTIES; CODE COUNTIES
EDUCATION -see also- PUBLIC SCHOOLS; SPECIAL ED.; HIGHER ED.
PROPERTY TAX -see also- ASSESSMENTS
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
REPORTS -see also- RECORDS
STATE AID

Documents:

Bill Text: First Reading (PDF), Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled (PDF)
Fiscal Note: Available (PDF)
Amendments:
House
Number: 785950/1 (PDF)     Offered on: March 2, 1999   at: 10:54 a.m.     Status: Adopted
Senate
Number: 429422/1 (PDF)     Offered on: April 8, 1999   at: 12:59 p.m.     Status: Adopted
Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
House
March 4, 1999: Third Reading Passed (138-0)
April 6, 1999: Third Reading Passed (138-1)
Senate
April 8, 1999: Third Reading Passed (47-0)