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2024 Regular Session

House Bill 5416

AN ACT CONCERNING VARIOUS REVISIONS TO THE EDUCATION STATUTES.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives on April 22, 2024. The 2024 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.

To (1) include the Greek genocide as part of the Holocaust and genocide education and awareness curriculum, (2) require the Department of Education to develop a plan to replace the current state-wide mastery examination, (3) allow teachers employed by Goodwin University Magnet Schools, Inc. or Goodwin University Educational Services, Inc. to be considered continuously employed, (4) amend the way crisis response drills are conducted in schools, (5) require the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection to study the efficacy of crisis response drills, (6) include the town of Madison in the open choice program, (7) require receiving boards of education to include open choice grants in proposed revenue statements, (8) require the State Board of Education to study the method of addressing racial imbalances, (9) specify that the training program for administration of emergency first aid to students experiencing an allergic reaction is for students who do not have prior medical or parental authorization, (10) prohibit boards of education from requiring parental involvement as a condition for enrollment of students in a public school, (11) require regional community-technical colleges to consult with counselors and administrators at public high schools to establish partnerships, (12) allow providers of child care services that are exempt from licensing to administer epinephrine for the purposes of emergency first aid, (13) require the special education task force to administer a survey to special education teachers, paraeducators, administrators and parents or guardians of students receiving special education, and (14) require the Department of Education to notify each town of an estimate of the equalization aid grant amount such town may receive during the next fiscal year.

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

4 co-sponsors

Eleni Kavros DeGraw, Jennifer Leeper, Hector Arzeno, Sarah Keitt

In the Senate

    1 co-sponsor

    Heather S. Somers

    Its course

    March 6 to April 22, 2024, 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 RepresentativesMar 6 to Apr 22 · stopped47 days

    Education CommitteeMar 6 to Mar 1812 days

    Appropriations CommitteeMar 18 to Apr 417 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 Mar 6 – Apr 4

    1. Mar 6Introduced and sent to Education Committee
    2. Mar 7Heard in Education Committee
    3. Mar 18Education Committee recommended a substitute for it and sent it to Appropriations Committee
    4. Apr 4Appropriations Committee recommended a substitute for it
    All 14 actions, as published
    1. Mar 6REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
    2. Mar 7PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses
    3. Mar 18Joint Favorable Substitute Change of ReferenceBoth houses
    4. Mar 19FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
    5. Mar 21RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
    6. Mar 21FAV. CHG. OF REF. HOUSE TO COMM. ONHouse of Representatives
    7. Mar 22FAV. CHG. OF REF., SEN. TO COMM. ONSenate
    8. Apr 4Joint Favorable SubstituteBoth houses
    9. Apr 5FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
    10. Apr 15REFERRED TO OLR, OFABoth houses
    11. Apr 22RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
    12. Apr 22FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDARHouse of Representatives
    13. Apr 22HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBERHouse of Representatives
    14. Apr 22FILE NO.Both houses