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2010 Regular Session

House Bill 5491

AN ACT CONCERNING CERTAIN SCHOOL DISTRICT REFORMS TO REDUCE THE ACHIEVEMENT GAP IN CONNECTICUT.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate on May 1, 2010. The 2010 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.

To allow parents to vote to restructure a school that has been identified as in need of improvement pursuant to the federal No Child Left Behind Act; to establish an income tax reimbursement pilot competitive grant program for teachers in priority school districts; to include student academic growth as a factor in educator performance evaluations; to create an online credit recovery program for school districts with dropout rates of eight per cent or greater; to require school districts to conduct two parent-teacher conferences per school year; to establish a task force responsible for examining the achievement gap in Connecticut; to change the date of counting students for purposes of ECS from October first to March first and to require school districts to implement an advanced placement course program.

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

22 co-sponsors

Linda Schofield, Patricia Billie Miller, Matthew J. Conway Jr. Ed. D, Terrie E. Wood, Peggy Sayers, Christopher Lyddy, Michelle L. Cook, Lile R. Gibbons, David A. Baram, Joan A. Lewis, Catherine F. Abercrombie, Mary M. Mushinsky, Jim Shapiro, Jeffrey J. Berger, Bruce Zalaski, Barbara L. Lambert, Lonnie Reed, Susan M. Johnson, Joseph J. Taborsak, Thomas J. Drew, Ernest Hewett, Kelvin Roldan

Its course

March 10 to May 1, 2010, 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 action20 actions on 10 days

In the House of RepresentativesMar 10 to Apr 3051 days

Education CommitteeMar 10 to Mar 2414 days

Appropriations CommitteeMar 24 to Apr 18 days

In the SenateApr 30 to May 1 · stopped1 day

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • House of Representatives floor amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Apr 30

Text

Each version as the General Assembly printed it.

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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 Mar 10 – Apr 30

  1. Mar 10Introduced and sent to Education Committee
  2. Mar 11Heard in Education Committee
  3. Mar 24Education Committee recommended a substitute for it and sent it to Appropriations Committee
  4. Apr 1Appropriations Committee recommended it
  5. Apr 30The House of Representatives adopted House of Representatives Amendment A
  6. Passed the House of Representatives with House of Representatives Amendment A

In the Senate Apr 30

  1. Apr 30Sent to the Senate
All 20 actions, as published
  1. Mar 10REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
  2. Mar 11PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses
  3. Mar 24Joint Favorable Substitute Change of ReferenceBoth houses
  4. Mar 24FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
  5. Mar 30RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
  6. Mar 30FAV. CHG. OF REF. HOUSE TO COMM. ONHouse of Representatives
  7. Mar 31FAV. CHG. OF REF., SEN. TO COMM. ONSenate
  8. Apr 1Joint FavorableBoth houses
  9. Apr 1FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
  10. Apr 12REFERRED TO OLR, OFABoth houses
  11. Apr 19RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
  12. Apr 19FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDARHouse of Representatives
  13. Apr 19HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBERHouse of Representatives
  14. Apr 19FILE NO.Both houses
  15. Apr 30HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH.House of Representatives
  16. Apr 30HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH.House of Representatives
  17. Apr 30IMMEDIATE TRANSMITTAL TO THE SENATEHouse of Representatives
  18. May 1FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.Senate
  19. May 1SENATE CALENDAR NUMBERSenate
  20. May 1FILE NO.Both houses