SR175

SR175 Sponsored by Ben Nevers
Latest Action: 06/23/2008 - Enrolled, signed by the President of the Senate and sent to the Secretary of State on 06/25.

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Requests BESE to establish a group to study and make recommendations to the legislature relative to group health insurance coverage afforded to charter school employees.

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Latest Action: 06/22/2008 - Introduced in the Senate. Read by title, rules suspended, adopted.

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Requests BESE to study the feasibility of requiring that automated external defibrillators be placed in public high schools.

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Latest Action: 06/16/2008 - Enrolled, signed by the President of the Senate and sent to the Secretary of State.

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Requests BESE to adopt a policy requiring local school boards to require students committing certain offenses to wear a hot pink jump suit.

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SCR96

SCR96 Sponsored by Ben Nevers
Latest Action: 06/23/2008 - Signed by the Speaker of the House.

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Requests BESE to study the feasibility of requiring compulsory kindergarten attendance.

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SCR59

SCR59 Sponsored by Ben Nevers
Latest Action: 06/19/2008 - Sent to the Secretary of State.

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Requests BESE and the Board of Regents to develop an equitable funding mechanism for dually enrolled students.

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Latest Action: 06/26/2008 - Taken by the Clerk of the House and presented to the Secretary of State in accordance with the Rules of the House.

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Requests BESE to study the effectiveness of the Dolly Parton Imagination Library in improving literacy among the state's preschool children and to submit a written report to the House and Senate education committees prior to the 2009 R.S.

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Latest Action: 06/19/2008 - Sent to the Secretary of State.

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Requests BESE to study and determine the feasibility of incorporating school leadership accountability factors into the computation of School Performance Scores.

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SB548

SB548 Sponsored by Ben Nevers
Latest Action: 06/25/2008 - Effective date 6/25/08.

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Requires BESE to adopt rules requiring local school systems to conduct exit interviews for teachers who leave their employ. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE EX See Note)

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SB504

SB504 Sponsored by Ben Nevers
Latest Action: 03/31/2008 - Introduced in the Senate, rules suspended, read first and second time by title and referred to the committee on Education.

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Requires BESE to develop and implement competency-based testing for secondary school students who earn industry-based certifications. (8/15/08) (OR SEE FISC NOTE EX)

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Latest Action: 03/31/2008 - Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.

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Requires BESE to establish a committee to advise the board on matters related to public elementary and secondary schools under the jurisdiction of the Recovery School District (OR INCREASE GF EX See Note)

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Latest Action: 05/06/2008 - Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.

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Prohibits renewal of the charter of a failing school unless the school meets certain criteria. (8/15/08) (EG SEE FISC NOTE EX See Note)

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Latest Action: 03/31/2008 - Introduced in the Senate, rules suspended, read first and second time by title and referred to the committee on Education.

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Gives BESE discretion as to when to return certain schools transferred to the Recovery School District back to the transferring school system. (8/15/08) (OR NO IMPACT EX See Note)

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Latest Action: 06/17/2005 - Sent to the Secretary of State.

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Requests BESE to study the issue of improving the health and safety of students.

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SCR36

SCR36 Sponsored by Robert Adley
Latest Action: 06/17/2005 - Sent to the Secretary of State.

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Requests BESE to develop and adopt an MFP that provides for the reallocation of state funds attributable to a secondary school student who is enrolled in a technical college from the local school system where the student attends to the technical college.

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Latest Action: 06/23/2005 - Enrolled, signed by the President of the Senate and sent to the Secretary of State on 6/24.

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To urge and request the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE) to grant diplomas for students with disabilities taking alternative LEAP tests and exit examinations.

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Latest Action: 04/25/2005 - Read by title and referred to the committee on Education.

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Requires BESE to use a "personal wealth" factor as not less than 50% of the basis for any determination of local wealth used for any reason in the MFP. (gov sig) (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

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Latest Action: 06/15/2005 - Taken by the Clerk of the House and presented to the Secretary of State in accordance with the Rules of the House.

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Requests BESE to adopt a MFP formula for the 2006-2007 school year requiring that at least 70% of local school system general fund monies be spent at the school building level for instructional services and at least 65% of the general fund monies to be spent at the classroom level for the instruction of students by teachers and instructional staff members and requires certain reports

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Latest Action: 06/15/2005 - Taken by the Clerk of the House and presented to the Secretary of State in accordance with the Rules of the House.

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Requests BESE to study the future income-earning capacity of those who pass the General Education Development (GED) examination in comparison to that of those who obtain a standard high school diploma

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