STUDENTS: Expands the purpose of the Steve Carter Literacy Program to include educational services in math (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
This bill modifies the Steve Carter Literacy Program to officially include math education services alongside its existing literacy focus. It directly affects students and educators participating in the program by expanding the scope of educational support they receive. The key mechanism is a conditional funding provision that delays the bill's effective date until the state legislature passes a separate law specifically appropriating money for these new math services. Essentially, the program cannot begin offering math help until additional state funding is secured and authorized.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2024
Committee Review
May 2024
House Passage
May 2024
Senate Passage
May 2024
Signed into Law
Jun 2024
Introduced Feb 27, 2024
Signed Jun 11, 2024
Floor votes · Senate May 30, 2024 · House May 8, 2024
How they voted
36–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 37
May 30, 2024
D
Democratic12
91% Yea
R
Republican25
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
28
Key actions
7
Committee
9
May 31, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read by title, roll called, yeas 88, nays 2, Senate amendments concurred in.
lower
May 30, 2024
Upper · Passed
Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
May 28, 2024
Committee
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
May 28, 2024
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. Recalled from Committee.
upper
May 20, 2024
Committee
Read by title. Recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
upper
May 16, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably.
upper
May 8, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 94, nays 4. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
May 6, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably (19-0).
lower
Mar 25, 2024
Committee
Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.
lower
Mar 21, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported with amendments (12-0).
lower
Mar 11, 2024
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.
lower
Feb 27, 2024
Committee
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Education.
lower
1 primary · 6 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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