SB 82 DE

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This Act is a substitute for Senate Bill No. 82. Like Senate Bill 82, this Substitute does all of the following: (1) Codifies the Department of Education’s (“Department”) current efforts to establish a uniform public school registration process and requires that, beginning with the 2023 through 2024 school year, all public schools shall use the uniform public school registration process. This registration process will simplify the process for families, enable public schools to engage with families and plan in advance of the school year, and integrate data systems to eliminate duplication of effort. (2) Requires the uniform public school registration process to be Internet-based and in paper form and in English and Spanish and may be in other languages. This Act also requires that certain information must be provided in the process and that the Internet-based uniform public school registration process must include certain features. (3)Requires the Department to provide training to certain school district and charter school employees regarding the uniform public school registration process and issue guidelines for privacy of information submitted as part of the registration process. (4) Requires the Department to report to the Governor and General Assembly, no later than March 14, 2022, on the Department’s ability to connect the Internet-based uniform public school registration process to other Internet-based systems that are used to collect student data by the State; the Department; a licensed child care provider, including Head Start; or a public school serving preschool through age 21. This Substitute differs from Senate Bill No. 82 by doing all of the following: (1) Clarifying that a student must be registered in the student’s school district of residence before being eligible for the school choice process. (2) Requiring a public school be certified as completing training from the Department on the uniform public school registration process before providing paper forms as part of the in-person registration process. (3) Requiring the Department to provide uniform information about the uniform public school registration process to public schools and requiring the public schools to post the information on the school’s website and in other publications. (4) Requiring a public school to provide a parent with certain information after the parent completes the registration process, including the public school and school in which the child is enrolled.

• S. Elizabeth Lockman Democratic · primary
• Melissa Minor-Brown Democratic · primary
• Kimberly Williams Democratic · primary

1. May 18, 2021 Adopted in lieu of the original bill SB 82, and Assigned to Education Committee in Senate · upper
2. May 18, 2021 Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 3 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits · upper
3. Jun 9, 2021 Amendment SA 1 to SS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill · upper
4. Jun 10, 2021 Assigned to Finance Committee in Senate · upper
5. Jun 10, 2021 Reported Out of Committee (Finance) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits, 1 Unfavorable · upper
6. Jun 10, 2021 Amendment SA 1 to SS 1 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES · upper
7. Jun 10, 2021 Passed By Senate. Votes: 15 YES 6 NO · upper
8. Jun 11, 2021 Assigned to Education Committee in House · lower
9. Jun 16, 2021 Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 2 Favorable, 9 On Its Merits · lower
10. Jun 17, 2021 Assigned to Appropriations Committee in House · lower
11. Jun 21, 2021 Reported Out of Committee (Appropriations) in House with 3 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits · lower
12. Jun 29, 2021 Amendment HA 1 to SS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill · upper
13. Jun 29, 2021 Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES · lower
14. Oct 20, 2021 Signed by Governor · executive