2006 Legislation
All bills below are effective August 28, 2006, unless otherwise noted. The full text of the Senate Bills are in |
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HOUSE BILLS |
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Allow certain school districts to provide transportation to students who live less than one mile from school and be reimbursed by the state if unsafe traffic situations can be demonstrated. |
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Allows parents, legal guardians, or other persons with custodial rights to petition a court to his or her child's age of majority to 18 for all purposes under state law. |
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Allows school nurses to keep on hand and administer epinephrine auto syringes to students who the nurse believes is having an anaphylactic reaction. |
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Establishes February 4 as "Rosa Parks Day" and makes it a state observance. |
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Prohibits the state from requiring a substitute or part-time teacher employed within one year of such teacher's retirement to be subject to a background check by a school district. |
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Requires the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to develop standards for high-quality early childhood education. |
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Changes the laws regarding sexual offenders. |
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Requires school districts to grant authorization to pupils for the possession and self-administration of medications for the treatment of asthma and anaphylaxis. |
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Changes the laws regarding the use of eminent domain. |
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SENATE BILLS |
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Removes the termination date for experimental tariffs put in place by the Public Service Commission and gas corporations for schools. |
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Requires collaboration between Higher Education, the Coordinating Board for Higher Education, Elementary and Secondary Education, the state Board of Education, and Economic Development to discuss ways to achieve a more efficient and effective education system to prepare students when entering the workforce. |
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Relating to culinary students who taste, but do not consume, certain alcoholic beverages for instructional purposes. |
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Allows political subdivisions to sell property purchased from a school district for any purpose after 25 years. |
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Permits school districts meeting certain criteria to make a one-time additional transfer from the incidental fund to the capital projects fund. |
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Alters various provisions of the state's special education policy. |
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Requires low-levy school districts to provide written notice to DESE asserting whether or not such district is providing an adequate education |
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Establishes a virtual school program. |
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This act creates the urban flight and rural needs scholarship program and modifies the student loan program for nursing students. |
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Creates the "Holocaust Education and Awareness Commission." |
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