Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Education Committee on March 7, 2024. The 2024 session has ended.
2024 Regular Session
House Bill 4161
Increases the limitation on the percentage of students in a school district who may enroll in a virtual public charter school that is not sponsored by the student's resident school district without first receiving approval from the school district.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislative Assembly published with the bill.
Digest: Reduces the cap on students who can attend a virtual public charter school. Requires a school district to allow a student from another district to attend a school in the school district. Allows a student to have an education savings account. (Flesch Readability Score: 62.9). Increases the limitation on the percentage of students in a school district who may enroll in a virtual public charter school that is not sponsored by the student's resident school district without first receiving approval from the school district. Requires school districts to participate in open enrollment. Establishes a waiver process. Directs the Department of Education to develop and implement a policy that provides for the establishment of education savings accounts for students to use for educational expenses.
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
Sponsor
Chief co-sponsors
16 co-sponsors
Court Boice, Shelly Boshart Davis, Vikki Breese-Iverson, Christine Goodwin, Jeffrey Helfrich, James Hieb, Bobby Levy, Rick Lewis, Kevin Mannix, Emily McIntire, Virgle Osborne, Mark Owens, E. Werner Reschke, Anna Scharf, Jami Cate, Lucetta Elmer
In the Senate
1 co-sponsor
Its course
February 5 to March 7, 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 action5 actions on 4 days
In the House of RepresentativesFeb 5 to Mar 7 · stopped31 days
Waiting for a committeeFeb 5 to Feb 50 days
EducationFeb 5 to Mar 7 · stopped31 days
Votes
Yeas to nays, as the Legislative Assembly recorded them. Committee votes are set in.
Education24–34
Feb 15 · 2 present
Text
Each version as the Legislative 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 Legislative Assembly published it is below.
In the House of Representatives Feb 5 – Mar 7
All 5 actions, as published
- Feb 5First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.House of Representatives
- Feb 5Referred to Education.House of Representatives
- Feb 14Public Hearing held.House of Representatives
- Feb 15Motion to withdraw from Education failed.House of Representatives
- Mar 7In committee upon adjournment.House of Representatives