Josh Cole
- Democratic
- Delegate
- District 65
Primary
School boards; meetings; public comment or citizen participation; enrolled students. Requires each school board to permit any student enrolled in a public elementary or secondary school in the local school division who provides acceptable proof of identification, if requested, and who signs up in accordance with the sign-up procedures for the respective school board meeting to submit oral comments during any public comment portion of such meeting, subject to the same reasonable time, place, and manner restrictions imposed by such school board on the expression of any other citizen participant in such meetings.
School boards; meetings; public comment or citizen participation; enrolled students. Requires each school board to permit any student enrolled in a public elementary or secondary school in the local school division who provides acceptable proof of identification, if requested, and who signs up in accordance with the sign-up procedures for the respective school board meeting to submit oral comments during any public comment portion of such meeting.
School boards; meetings; public comment or citizen participation; enrolled students. Requires each school boardto permit any student enrolled in a public elementary or secondaryschool in the local school division who provides acceptable proofof identification, including any current student identification cardor other school document such as a report card or a personal schoolemail address, and who signs up at least 12 hours in advance of thescheduled start of a school board meeting or is physically presentat a school board meeting to submit oral comments during any publiccomment or citizen participation portion of such meeting.
Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0689)
Approved by Governor-Chapter 689 (effective 7/1/24)
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024
Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024
Signed by President
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB253ER)
Signed by Speaker
Impact statement from DPB (HB253ER)
Enrolled
VOTE: Adoption (54-Y 45-N)
Senate amendment agreed to by House (54-Y 45-N)
Read third time
Passed Senate with amendment (38-Y 2-N)
Engrossed by Senate as amended
Committee amendment agreed to
Reading of amendment waived
Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
Reported from Education and Health with amendment (15-Y 0-N)
Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
Assigned Education and Health Sub: Public Education
Impact statement from DPB (HB253E)
Constitutional reading dispensed
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
VOTE: Passage (56-Y 44-N)
Read third time and passed House (56-Y 44-N)
Printed as engrossed 24101889D-E
Engrossed by House as amended HB253E
Committee amendments agreed to
Read second time
Read first time
Reported from Education with amendment(s) (13-Y 8-N)
Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (7-Y 1-N)
Assigned Education sub: K-12 Subcommittee
Impact statement from DPB (HB253)
Referred to Committee on Education
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101889D
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101889D | PDF HTML |
| Printed as engrossed 24101889D-E | PDF HTML |
| HB253ER | PDF HTML |
| CHAP0689 | PDF HTML |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| Fiscal Impact Statement: HB253FER122.PDF | |
| Fiscal Impact Statement: HB253FE122.PDF | |
| Fiscal Impact Statement: HB253F122.PDF | |
| Amendment: HB253ASE | HTML |
| Amendment: HB253AS | HTML |
| Amendment: HB253AH | HTML |
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