Why 3/5: It establishes a new requirement for the Department of Education that could lead to future policy changes at the local level.
The Department of Education will develop and distribute guidance on best practices for open school enrollment policies to all local school boards. This initiative could inform how school boards manage student transfers between schools, potentially impacting student access and school choice options in the future.
Update
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB686)
Referred to committee
Assigned HED sub: K-12 Subcommittee
Substitute adopted
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 4-N)
Cleared committee
Reported from Education with substitute (18-Y 3-N)
Substitute adopted
Committee substitute printed 26107695D-H1
Update
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB686)
First reading
Read first time
Second reading
Read second time
Substitute adopted
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committee substitute agreed to
Substitute adopted
Engrossed by House - committee substitute
Passed a chamber
Read third time and passed House (85-Y 11-N 0-A)
Update
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
Referred to committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
Referred to committee
Assigned Education sub: Public Education
Deferral
Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (9-Y 6-N)