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Legislation


1998 Regular Session

HOUSE BILL 242

File Code: Primary and Secondary Education Crossfiled with: SENATE BILL 16
Sponsored By:
Delegates McHale, E. Burns, Beck, Conroy, Curran, DeCarlo, Dewberry, Doory, Dypski, Hammen, Harkins, Healey, Holt, Hurson, Hutchins, Kelly, Krysiak, Malone, Marriott, McIntosh, Montague, T. Murphy, O'Donnell, Opara, and Pitkin
Entitled:
Education - Public Schools - Required Curriculum

Synopsis:

Requiring each public elementary school and each public secondary school in the State to instruct its students in the historical causes, effects, and lessons of the mass starvation that occurred in Ireland between 1845 and 1850; requiring the State Board of Education to adopt regulations to implement the provisions of the Act; and generally relating to the curriculum required in public schools in the State.

History by Legislative Date

House Action
1/26
First Reading Ways and Means
2/4
Hearing 2/17 at 11:00 a.m.
3/24
Unfavorable Report by Ways and Means
Senate Action
No Action
Sponsored by:
Delegate Brian K. McHale, District 47A
Delegate Raymond Beck, District 39
Delegate Emmett C. Burns, Jr., District 10
Delegate Mary A. Conroy, District 23
Delegate Gerald J. Curran, District 43
Delegate Diane DeCarlo, District 6
Delegate Thomas E. Dewberry, District 47B
Delegate Ann Marie Doory, District 43
Delegate Cornell N. Dypski, District 46
Delegate Peter A. Hammen, District 46
Delegate James M. Harkins, District 35A
Delegate Anne Healey, District 22A
Delegate Kenneth C. Holt, District 6
Delegate John Adams Hurson, District 18
Delegate Thomas E. Hutchins, District 28
Delegate James M. Kelly, District 9B
Delegate Carolyn J. Krysiak, District 46
Delegate James E. Malone, Jr., District 12A
Delegate Salima Siler Marriott, District 40
Delegate Maggie L. McIntosh, District 42
Delegate Kenneth C. Montague, Jr., District 43
Delegate Timothy D. Murphy, District 47A
Delegate Anthony J. O'Donnell, District 29C
Delegate Clay C. Opara, District 41
Delegate Joan B. Pitkin, District 23
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
EDUCATION -see also- PUBLIC SCHOOLS; SPECIAL ED.; HIGHER ED.
EDUCATION, STATE BOARD OF
HISTORICAL MATTERS
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS -see also- FOREIGN TRADE
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
RULES AND REGULATIONS
Bill affects the following Statute:
Education
( 7-113 )

Documents:

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

Amendments: None offered
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