Spencer Deery
- Republican
- Senator
- District 23
Author
Requires the department of education (department) to grant an initial practitioner license to an individual who: (1) holds a bachelor's degree with a major in any combination of science, technology, engineering, or mathematics; (2) successfully completes a total of at least nine academic credits regarding certain instruction in teaching; and (3) meets other specified requirements. Provides that the department may grant a license to teach a high school level course or grades 5 through 9 to an individual who completes a licensure pathway established by the department. Requires a principal to allow a student who is enrolled in a public secondary school to receive religious instruction for a period or periods that do not exceed the amount of time that is equivalent to attending one elective course at the public secondary school during the week. (Current law provides for a period or periods of not more than 120 minutes in total in any week.) Provides that a public secondary school may award academic credit to a student who attends religious instruction if: (1) the religious entity providing the instruction agrees to certain conditions; and (2) the governing body of the school corporation adopts a policy that allows the awarding of credit (current law only provides that a public secondary school may award academic credit to a student who attends religious instruction if the governing body of the school corporation adopts a policy that allows the awarding of credit). Changes certain requirements regarding the reporting of a bullying "incident" to the reporting of a bullying "investigation". Requires discipline rules to include a provision to make a reasonable attempt to notify both the parent of a targeted student and the parent of an alleged perpetrator that the school is investigating a possible incident of bullying or similar misconduct before the end of the next school day after the school becomes aware of the possible incident.
Signed by the Governor
Public Law 194
Signed by the President of the Senate
Signed by the President Pro Tempore
Signed by the Speaker
CCR # 1 filed in the Senate
Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 498: yeas 32, nays 12
Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 533: yeas 66, nays 25
CCR # 1 filed in the House
Representative Smith H added as conferee
Representative DeLaney removed as conferee
Senator Qaddoura removed as conferee
Senator Rogers removed as advisor
Senator Ford J.D. removed as coauthor
Senator Rogers added as conferee
Senator Yoder removed as coauthor
Senate advisors appointed: Yoder and Rogers
Senate conferees appointed: Deery and Qaddoura
Senate dissented from House amendments
Returned to the Senate with amendments
Motion to dissent filed
House advisors appointed: Behning, Culp and Smith V
House conferees appointed: Davis and DeLaney
Third reading: passed; Roll Call 447: yeas 94, nays 0
Second reading: ordered engrossed
Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
Referred to the House
Senator Yoder added as coauthor
Cosponsor: Representative Culp
Third reading: passed; Roll Call 30: yeas 49, nays 0
House sponsor: Representative Davis
Second reading: ordered engrossed
Committee report: do pass, adopted
Senator Ford J.D. added as coauthor
Senator Johnson T added as third author
Senator Rogers added as second author
Authored by Senator Deery
First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development
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| Fiscal Note: SB0255.06.ENRH.FN001 |
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