Bill
Number: H.B. 2427
Livingston
Floor Amendment
Reference
to: FINANCE Committee amendment
Amendment
drafted by: Julia Paulus
FLOOR
AMENDMENT EXPLANATION
1. Modifies components
related to adopting attendance boundaries.
2. Requires schools to
post open enrollment and capacity information by specialized program, including
dual language and career and technical education programs, and defines specialized
programs.
3. Allows a school
district to give enrollment preference to children who are attending a school
that is closing.
4. Limits, to 30-miles
each way, the transportation provided to and from a pupil's school of
attendance, pickup point or to an adjacent district for eligible pupils or
pupils with disabilities.
Fifty-fifth Legislature Livingston
First
Regular Session H.B. 2427
LIVINGSTON FLOOR AMENDMENT
SENATE AMENDMENTS TO H.B. 2427
(Reference to FINANCE Committee
amendment)
Page 11,
line 7, after "boundaries" strike remainder of line insert "that
include the following components:"
Strike lines
8 and 9
Line 15,
after "change" insert "and
capacity is available"
Page 17,
line 13, strike the colon insert a comma
Line 14,
strike "1."
Strike lines
16 through 20
Page 18,
line 14, after "effort" insert "; definition"
Page 19,
line 2, after the period insert "if a school has a separate
capacity by specialized program, the information required pursuant to this
subsection shall also be posted by program."
Line 17,
strike "either"
Between
lines 21 and 22, insert:
"3. attend a school that is closing."
Line 31,
strike "application" insert "request"
Page 20,
lines 18 and 26, strike "limited to no more than"
insert "limited to no more than"; after "twenty"
insert "thirty"; strike "miles
each way" insert "miles each way"
Page 22,
between lines 4 and 5, insert:
"N. For the purposes of this section “specialized program” includes
dual language programs and career and technical education or any other program
outside of a general education course of study and shall not include special education
programs. a whole school may not be identified as a specialized program unless
the school is an already established magnet school.”
Amend title to conform