SB1278
Public schools; increases kindergarten instructional time.
Summary
As Introduced. Public schools; kindergarten instructional time.
Increases from 540 hours to 990 hours the minimum instructional hours in a school year for students in kindergarten. The bill directs the Board of Education to promulgate regulations by July 1, 2021, establishing standards for accreditation that include a requirement that the standard school day for students in kindergarten ... (More) average at least 5.5 instructional hours in order to qualify for full accreditation. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2021. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/07/2019 - Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101549D
- 01/07/2019 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 01/18/2019 - Senate: Impact statement from DPB (SB1278)
- 01/23/2019 - Senate: Assigned Education sub: Public Education
- 01/31/2019 - Senate: Reported from Education and Health (8-Y 7-N)
- 02/01/2019 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/04/2019 - Senate: Read second time and engrossed
- 02/04/2019 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/04/2019 - Senate: Passed Senate (34-Y 6-N)
- 02/04/2019 - Senate: Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/04/2019 - Senate: Passed Senate (30-Y 10-N)
- 02/06/2019 - House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/06/2019 - House: Read first time
- 02/06/2019 - House: Referred to Committee on Education
- 02/08/2019 - House: Assigned Education sub: Subcommittee #2
- 02/13/2019 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 4-N)
- 02/13/2019 - House: Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
- 02/13/2019 - House: Reported from Education (18-Y 4-N)
- 02/13/2019 - House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 02/13/2019 - House: Assigned App. sub: Elementary & Secondary Education
- 02/19/2019 - House: Left in Appropriations
