| Bill |
Description |
Public
Chapter |
| SB1364
HB1433 |
Allows the Commissioner of Education
to approve the unrestricted use of accumulated funds in FY 2004-05
if an LEA submits a budget containing the use of unrestricted
accumulated based on state-shared revenues distributed to counties
being equal or greater than levels distributed in the 2002-2003
fiscal year. Also removes present law whereby an appointed member
of the State Board of Education may not commence his or her
term of office until the General Assembly confirms the appointment.
(S: Crutchfield; H: Brown) |
P.C.
837
Effective 6/08/04 |
| SB1550
HB1175 |
Permits the Commissioner of Education
to authorize up to 24 school systems or schools thereof to operate
as innovative educational programs which emphasize school-based
decision making and the creation of small learning communities.
(S: Dixon; H: Brown) |
P.C.
832
Effective 6/07/04 |
| SB2114
HB2134 |
Changes lottery scholarship eligibility
requirements for graduates of regular high schools to a 3.0
GPA or a 21 ACT score. Previously, graduates of regular high
schools had to achieve a 3.0 GPA or a composite ACT score of
19 or SAT score of 890. Changes eligibility requirements for
graduates of home school programs or non-eligible high schools
to a 21 ACT score or the equivalent SAT. Previous requirement
was a 23 ACT score. Also allows student graduating after December
1, 2003, rather than January 1, 2004, to qualify for the HOPE
scholarship. (S: Cohen; H: Newton) |
P.C.
840
Effective 6/08/04 |
| SB2122
HB3006 |
Allows public and private schools to
permit volunteer school personnel to provide assistance, excluding
insulin administration, to students with diabetes. Requires
departments of health and education to develop guidelines for
the training of personnel and the administration of care. Permits
a student to administer personal care as needed. Specifies that
any individual providing reasonable assistance with care under
the guidelines developed by the departments of health and education
shall not be liable for injuries. (S: McNally; H: Armstrong)
|
P.C.
734
Effective 7/01/04 |
| SB2205
HB2224 |
Directs the State Board of Education
to establish a task force to recommend a uniform grading policy
for secondary schools. Requires each LEA to adopt and use the
uniform grading system developed by the State Board. (S: Miller
J.; H: Newton) |
P.C.
679
Effective 5/18/04 |
| SB2207
HB2409 |
Limits choice options to students in
non-Title I schools placed on probation to those students in
subgroups not meeting adequately yearly progress. (S: McNally;
H: Winningham) |
P.C.
680
Effective 5/18/04 |
| SB2208
HB2428 |
Allows all school board members to participate
in the state group insurance plan upon payment of entire monthly
premium. (S: McNally; H: Winningham) |
P.C.
586
Effective 5/03/04 |
| SB2242
HB3261 |
Permits school employee
elected to hold statewide office as president of TEA to have
mandatory leave during term or terms of office. (S: McLeary;
H: Winningham) |
P.C.
650
Effective 5/14/04 |
| SB2255
HB2978 |
Authorizes the Department
of Education to establish a demonstration project for distance
learning through videoconferencing for public school students.
(S: Dixon; H: Jones, U) |
P.C.
887
Effective 6/07/04 |
| SB2286
HB2341 |
Requires each LEA, upon written permission
of parent and upon waiver of parentÕs claims relating to the
possession or self-administration of the asthma inhaler, to
allow asthmatic students to carry and self-administer asthma
medications. (S: Ford J.; H: Armstrong) |
P.C.
493
Effective 7/01/04 |
| SB2416
HB2561 |
Specifies that charter schools are responsible
for administering state tests to their students. (S: Atchley;
H: Winningham) |
P.C.
653
Effective 5/14/04 |
| SB2449
HB2861
|
Removes requirement that students achieve
a 3.0 in only college core curriculum courses to be eligible
for a lottery scholarship. Allows students pursuing vocational/technical
training to obtain lottery scholarships if they achieve overall
high school grade point average of 3.0. (S: Atchley, H: Brooks,
Harry) |
P.C.
881
Effective 6/08/04 |
| SB2474
HB2422 |
Permits children, upon approval from
LEA, to finish out school year in same school if parent or guardian
is temporarily unable to care for them due to illness, military
duty, or other reason. (S: Burchett; H: Kernell) |
P.C.
686
Effective 5/18/04 |
| SB2582
HB2632 |
Requires local education
agencies to develop policies and procedures to encourage parental
involvement in public schools with regard to homework, attendance
and discipline. (S: Ketron; H: Montgomery) |
P.C.
706
Effective 7/01/04 |
| SB2614
HB2685 |
Permits each LEA to issue high school
diplomas to veterans who were unable to complete their education
due to military service in the Korean War. Current law specifies
veterans of World War I and World War II only. (S: Crowe; H:
Curtiss) |
P.C.
468
Effective 4/05/04 |
| SB2658
HB2565 |
Authorizes Scott County
to levy an additional litigation tax per case in matters before
the local general sessions, juvenile and municipal courts. Specifies
that revenues generated from this tax shall be used to support
a pilot program of local non-profit drug testing in the public
school system. (S: Kilby; H: Winningham) |
P.C.
861
Effective 6/07/04 |
| SB2735
HB2782 |
Defines ÒhardshipÓ for purposes of parental
delegation of child care-giving authority to another adult.
Specifies that LEAs may make determinations of other hardships
on a case-by-case basis for school enrollment purposes. (S:
Trail; H: Fowlkes) |
P.C.
521
Effective 4/12/04 |
| SB2743
HB2783 |
Directs the State Board of Education
to promulgate rules to establish minimum nutritional standards
for individual food items sold to pupils in grades K-8 through
vending machines or other sources. (S: Trail; H: Fowlkes) |
P.C.
708
Effective 5/18/04 |
| SB2810
HB2652 |
Gives special joint committee
studying mold abatement in public schools additional time to
complete its work and report to general assembly. (S: Kyle;
H: Cooper, B) |
P.C.
868
Effective 6/07/04 |
| SB2859
HB2934 |
Specifies that school board can extend
contract of director of schools only if prior notice (10 calendar
days) of such action is given and it is included as a specific
item on the board meeting agenda. (S: Herron; H: Rinks) |
P.C.
764
Effective 5/24/04 |
| SB2876
HB2161 |
Requires LEAs to include information
on contacting child advocacy groups and information on how to
contact the state department of education in student handbooks
or other information disseminated to parents. Allows schools
to use any existing manuals before printing new stock. (S: Herron;
H: McDaniel) |
P.C.
585
Effective 7/01/04 |
| SB3017
HB3456 |
Requires the Department
of Education, subject to funding, to create a program for recognizing
school districts that develop model character education programs
and policies and to disseminate such program methods and policies
statewide. (S: Graves; H: McMillan) |
P.C.
919
Effective 6/07/04 |
| SB3099
HB2960 |
Directs the Department of
Education to conduct a survey of school systems to determine
the number of schools without a nurse or employee volunteer
who is certified in CPR. (S: Person; H: Lynn) |
P.C.
886
Effective 6/07/04 |
| SB3158
HB3210 |
Authorizes system of competitive grants
for after-school educational programs funded from the lottery
for education account and administered through department of
education. Dependent upon excess lottery funding. (S: Cohen;
H: Newton) |
P.C.
953
Effective 7/01/04 |
| SB3223
HB3236 |
Authorizes LEAs to sell surplus property
through Internet auctions or web sites. (S: Miller, J; H: McKee) |
P.C.
504
Effective 4/12/04 |
| SB3305
HB3341 |
Directs the State Board
of Education to study the need for and necessary elements of
a policy governing the attendance and transfer of students whose
custodial parents reside in two LEAs and who alternate between
residences. (S: Herron; H: Maddox) |
P.C.
814
Effective 6/03/04 |
| SB3349
HB3417 |
Sets forth the time schedule for the
distribution of basic education program growth funds to eligible
local education agencies. 50% of the appropriated amount shall
be distributed to such eligible LEA by February 1 with the remainder,
subject to any adjustment of numbers by the Department of Education
which may affect the remaining amount, to be distributed by
the following June 30. (S: Bryson; H: Sargent) |
P.C.
574
Effective 4/30/04 |
| SB3379
HB3523 |
Allows school boards to determine the
number of teachers to serve on textbook recommendations committee
instead of requiring that the committee have three to five teachers.
(S: Crutchfield; H: McMillan) |
P.C.
722
Effective 5/18/04 |
| SB3395
HB3511 |
Revises state accountability
provisions related to value-added testing. Reduces the amount
of required testing time by transitioning to criterion-referenced
tests and removing the requirement that all tests be fresh and
nonredundant. (S: Crutchfield; H: McMillan) |
P.C.
928
Effective 6/07/04 |
| SB3397
HB3510 |
GovernorÕs Salary Equity Plan. Adds
a new instructional salary component to the BEP funded at a
65 percent state/35 percent local split. Requires development
of a local salary schedule, complying with the salary equalization
schedule, and addresses reductions in local salary supplements,
if necessary. (S: Crutchfield, H: McMillan) |
P.C.
670
Effective 5/14/04 |
| SB3415
HB3551 |
Appropriations bill. Makes
appropriations for the operation of state government. (S: Crutchfield;
H: McMillan) |
P.C.
961
Effective 6/15/04 |
