File Code: Primary and Secondary Education
Crossfiled with: HOUSE BILL 1421
- Sponsored By:
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Senators Pugh, Conway, Currie, Forehand, Jones, King, Lenett, Madaleno,
McFadden, Peters, and Raskin
- Entitled:
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Education - High School Diploma - GED Options Program
Requiring the State Board of Education to establish a GED Options
Program that provides specified students with an alternative course
for obtaining a high school diploma beginning on August 1, 2009;
providing for specified Program requirements; requiring students
enrolled in the GED Options Program to be counted in the average daily
attendance of a local school system; and requiring the State Board to
adopt specified regulations.
Legislative date is used to record
history occuring in the Chambers
otherwise Calendar date is used.
Senate Action
- 1/31
- First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- 2/13
- Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m.
- 2/18
- Hearing cancelled
- Hearing 3/5 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/17
- Unfavorable Report by Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House Action
- No Action
Sponsored by:
- Senator Catherine E. Pugh, District 40
- Senator Joan Carter Conway, District 43
- Senator Ulysses Currie, District 25
- Senator Jennie M. Forehand, District 17
- Senator Verna L. Jones, District 44
- Senator Nancy J. King, District 39
- Senator Mike Lenett, District 19
- Senator Richard S. Madaleno, Jr., District 18
- Senator Nathaniel J. McFadden, District 45
- Senator Douglas J. J. Peters, District 23
- Senator Jamie Raskin, District 20
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- Education -see also- Driver Ed; Higher Ed; Special Ed; etc
- Education, State Board of
- Rules and Regulations
- Students
Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Education
- (
7-206 ,
7-208 ,
7-301
)
- Bill Text (Displayed in PDF Format):
First Reading,
Third Reading, Enrolled
- Fiscal and Policy Note (Displayed in PDF Format):
Available
- Amendments:
None offered