Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Education Committee on March 17, 2004. The 2004 session has ended.
2004 Regular Session
House Bill 5372
AN ACT CONCERNING SPECIAL EDUCATION PLACEMENTS.
What it does
The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.
To amend the special education statutes to specify that local and regional boards of education are to make placements in private schools, agencies and institutions providing special education only if the school, agency or institution is approved by the Commissioner of Education, except that the commissioner may give prior approval to placements in nonapproved or out-of-state facilities if the commissioner determines that there is no approved private school, agency or institution that is appropriate and available for a particular child, and make technical changes to provisions concerning such placements including, but not limited to, removing stipulations regarding reimbursement of costs, out-of-date language regarding placements made prior to 1987-88 and hospital placements.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the House of Representatives
Sponsor
Its course
February 19 to March 17, 2004, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Every action3 actions on 3 days
In the House of RepresentativesFeb 19 to Mar 17 · stopped27 days
Education CommitteeFeb 19 to Mar 17 · stopped27 days
Text
Each version as the General Assembly printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the General Assembly published it is below.
In the House of Representatives Feb 19 – Feb 23
- Feb 19Introduced and sent to Education Committee
- Feb 23Heard in Education Committee
All 3 actions, as published
- Feb 19REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
- Feb 23PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses
- Mar 17MOTION FAILEDBoth houses