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2015 Regular Session

House Bill 6835

AN ACT CONCERNING ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives on May 12, 2015. The 2015 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.

To require school districts to provide a program of bilingual education when there are six or more eligible students enrolled in a public school; to increase the time a student may spend in a program of bilingual education from thirty months to sixty months; to expand the measures used to evaluate the effectiveness of bilingual education and English as a second language programs; to provide school districts flexibility in who may provide instruction as part of the bilingual education requirement; and to require the Department of Education to study the feasibility of regional educational service centers providing assistance to school districts for the provision of bilingual education programs.

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

12 co-sponsors

Terry B. Adams, Robyn A. Porter, Ezequiel Santiago, Edwin Vargas, Patricia Billie Miller, Christopher Rosario, Ernest Hewett, Bruce V. Morris, Victor Cuevas, Jason Rojas, Linda A. Orange, Susan M. Johnson

Its course

February 19 to May 12, 2015, 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 action14 actions on 10 days

In the House of RepresentativesFeb 19 to May 12 · stopped82 days

Education CommitteeFeb 19 to Mar 2736 days

Appropriations CommitteeMar 27 to Apr 2933 days

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 Feb 19 – Apr 29

  1. Feb 19Introduced and sent to Education Committee
  2. Feb 20Heard in Education Committee
  3. Mar 27Education Committee recommended a substitute for it and sent it to Appropriations Committee
  4. Apr 29Appropriations Committee recommended it
All 14 actions, as published
  1. Feb 19REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
  2. Feb 20PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses
  3. Mar 27Joint Favorable Substitute Change of ReferenceBoth houses
  4. Mar 30FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
  5. Mar 31RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
  6. Mar 31FAV. CHG. OF REF. HOUSE TO COMM. ONHouse of Representatives
  7. Apr 1FAV. CHG. OF REF., SEN. TO COMM. ONSenate
  8. Apr 29Joint FavorableBoth houses
  9. Apr 30FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
  10. May 6REFERRED TO OLR, OFABoth houses
  11. May 12RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
  12. May 12FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDARHouse of Representatives
  13. May 12HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBERHouse of Representatives
  14. May 12FILE NO.Both houses