2008 Regular Session

HOUSE BILL 169

CHAPTER NUMBER: 362
File Code: Primary and Secondary Education Crossfiled with: SENATE BILL 77
Sponsored By:
Delegates Jones, Branch, Burns, Dumais, Gaines, Haynes, Hecht, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, and F. Turner
Entitled:
Education - Children in Informal Kinship Care Relationships

Synopsis:

Requiring a superintendent of schools of a county to allow a child to attend a public school in a school attendance area other than the school in the school attendance area where the child is domiciled with the child's parent or legal guardian if the child lives with a relative in the school attendance area in an informal kinship care relationship due to a serious family hardship and the relative verifies the informal kinship care relationship through a sworn affidavit; requiring affidavits to contain a specified notice; etc.

History by Legislative and Calendar Date

Legislative date is used to record history occuring in the Chambers otherwise Calendar date is used.
House Action
1/21
First Reading Ways and Means
1/23
Hearing 2/5 at 11:00 a.m.
2/18
Favorable Report by Ways and Means
2/19
Favorable Report Adopted
Second Reading Passed
2/21
Third Reading Passed (136-0)
4/4
House Concur - Senate Amendments
Third Reading Passed (136-0)
Passed Enrolled
Senate Action
2/22
First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs
4/3
Favorable Report by Education Health and Environmental Affairs
4/2
Favorable Report Adopted
Floor Amendment (Senator Pinsky) Adopted
Second Reading Passed with Amendments
4/3
Third Reading Passed with Amendments (46-0)
Action after passage in House and Senate
5/13
Approved by the Governor
- Chapter 362

Sponsored by:

Delegate Adrienne A. Jones, District 10
Delegate Talmadge Branch, District 45
Delegate Emmett C. Burns, Jr., District 10
Delegate Kathleen M. Dumais, District 15
Delegate Tawanna P. Gaines, District 22
Delegate Keith E. Haynes, District 44
Delegate Sue Hecht, District 3A
Delegate Dan K. Morhaim, District 11
Delegate Shirley Nathan-Pulliam, District 10
Delegate Frank S. Turner, District 13

Bill indexed under the following Subjects:

Child Custody
Counties -see also- Chartered Counties; Code Counties
Education, Boards of
Foster Care
Notices
Public Schools
Students

Bill affects the following Statute:

Education
( 7-101 )

Documents:

Bill Text (Displayed in PDF Format): First Reading, Third Reading, Enrolled, Chapter
Fiscal and Policy Note (Displayed in PDF Format): Available
Amendments (Displayed in PDF Format):
Senate
Number: 604236/02     Offered on: April 5, 2008   at: 1:41 p.m.     Status: Adopted
Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
House
February 21, 2008: Third Reading Passed (136-0)
April 4, 2008: Third Reading Passed (136-0)
Senate
April 3, 2008: Third Reading Passed (46-0)