AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- POSTSECONDARY STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE (Authorizes the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to establish a program to expand the issuance of teaching certificates to bilingual dual language and world language teachers in urban and urban ring schools.)
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2023
Committee Review
Jun 2023
Senate Passage
Jun 2023
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Mar 7, 2023
Last action Jun 15, 2023
Floor votes · Senate Jun 15, 2023
How they voted
26–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 28
Jun 15, 2023
D
Democratic25
92% Yea
R
Republican3
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
8
Key actions
2
Committee
2
Jun 15, 2023
Upper · Passed
06/15/2023 Senate passed Sub A
upper
Jun 15, 2023
Legislature · Passed
06/15/2023 Committee recommends passage of Sub A
legislature
May 9, 2023
Committee
05/09/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
legislature
Mar 7, 2023
Introduced
03/07/2023 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance
upper
10 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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