• Establishes the "Public School Open Enrollment Act", DESE to develop model

    • Last Action: In Committee
    • Upcoming Hearing - No Hearing Scheduled

    • Education

  • Creates Election Crimes Unit to investigate election crimes

    • Last Action: In Committee
    • Upcoming Hearing - No Hearing Scheduled

    • Elections

  • Establishes Attendance Center, requires all districts to upgrade as an accredidation requirement, Department of Revenue (or DESE- need to double check) to promulgate the rules

    • Last Action: In Committee
    • Upcoming Hearing - Jan 17th @ 8:00 am

    • Education

  • 88 page omnibus upon filing, Allows DESE to promulgate the rules, decreases individual max amount, removes standardized testing, accreditation, charters, parents bill of rights

    • Last Action: In Committee
    • Upcoming Hearing - No Hearing Scheduled

    • Education

  • Expands Charter Schools

    • Last Action: In Committee
    • Upcoming Hearing - No Hearing Scheduled

    • Education

  • Tax credits for private and homeschools, requires registration with DESE, Dept. of revenue will write rules (acceptable curriculum, background checks, etc), includes the IB program

    • Education

  • abolishes DESE and authorizes the Governor to transfer its powers, duties, personnel, and property as part of a reorganization plan under existing law

    • Education

  • Requires Hand-Counting of all ballots, prohibits contracts with foreign entities, enforces appointment of election judges, voter participation transparency, prohibits sharing of voter registration data

    • Elections

  • Modifies standardized testing, modifies school accountability, modifies the powers of the State Board of Ed. and returns local control back to individual school districts

    • Education

  • Modifies the requirements for the SOS to approve electronic voting systems pertaining to equipment, software, hardware, firmware and source code.

    • Elections